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NUMSA Organising Strategy Conference: Ranburg-Johannesburg, 23rd-25th November 2011

  • Authors: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
  • Date: 2011-11-23
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/104384 , vital:32376
  • Description: This document is titled Numsa Organising, Campaigns and Collective Bargaining Strategy. It is also referred to as OCCB Strategy or simply Organising Strategy. The first draft was circulated in 2010 following the National Organising Strategy Workshop. The second draft was presented to the Mid-year 2011 Central Committee. This is Third Draft. This draft takes into account recent developments and some of the lessons drawn from the visit to Canada by the GS, OCCB HOD, National Motor Sector Coordinator and National Engineering Sector Coordinator. We use the phrase “some of the lessons” because two reports concerning experiences from the North American visit are available.
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NUMSA Western Cape Gender Workshop, 13-15 November 1998 Cape Manor Hotel, Sea Point

Gender activity report to the NEC of the 12th-14th November 1998

  • Authors: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
  • Date: 1998-11-12
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/106370 , vital:32645
  • Description: As per our Congress Resolution on Women Empowerment, the main objective for this year (1998) was to implement some of these resolutions. It is obvious that not all the resolutions could be realized this year, however, this department managed to execute the following as per our year plan: mechanisms to empower women in the union, develop education and training programmes on women’s needs, encourage male comrades to take part in gender activities/programmes to raise understanding of gender issues. The above issues were going to be actualized in the following way: national gender schools and gender workshops.
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Report back from Workers College School for Trade Union Women, 20-30 October 1998

NUMSA Gender Workshop

  • Authors: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa , International Labour Resource and Information Group (ILRIG)
  • Date: 1998-07-20
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: eng
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/104624 , vital:32410
  • Description: Objectives: To develop an understanding of the current state of the world economy and its impact on women for the participants. To deepen the understanding of the South African economy in the context of globalisation. To develop an understanding of labour legislation in South Africa in the context of globalisation. To highlight the strengths and weaknesses of labour legislation for the labour movement and women workers in particular. To show how legislation can be used to advance the gains won by the labour movement. To help build capacity of women within the union movement to deal with challenges of globalisation. , Facilitated by: International Labour Resource and Information Group (ILRIG)
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Barbara Lomax Trade Union School for Women 25-30 October 1998 at Franshhoek mountain manor

  • Authors: NUMSA
  • Date: Oct 1998
  • Subjects: NUMSA
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112503 , vital:33601
  • Description: This was the first time I attended any Gender workshop or seminar. I can truly say that this was a real eyeopener to me. I would recommend this course or any other similar course to all women and not only to trade unionist , because we must empower ourselves.
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Successes and challenges of the NUMSA Gender Committee

  • Authors: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
  • Date: 1998
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: eng
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:32406
  • Description: This session will try to cover policies adopted at the Congress and Central committee and will be divided in the following sections: collective bargaining, campaigns, gender structures/coordination, education, recommendations for discussion.
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NUMSA workshop on disclosure, 12 October 1995

  • Authors: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
  • Date: 1995-10-12
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: eng
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/104871 , vital:32439
  • Description: Facilitator introduces him/herself first and the organisation, Turp. Just a brief background of Turp (very brief even if the group is familiar with this). You choose how you want to introduce yourself. You could want to give a bit of a background about yourself. I will have a separate illustration on newsprint, showing what I have done since birth up to now! One could recite that if they like. Group introduction: I propose a game be played, that will have everybody participating. The game is a "picnic game". You say to them we are a happy group who have just decided to go out on a picnic. So each and everyone of us has something to share with us all at the picnic. This must start with the first letter of your name. You (as facilitator) start by saying "for this event I will bring Aloe juice, for keeping healthy skins, because my name is Alfred". The next cde then say the same thing starting from me, the next also saying the same thing, until the last one. Then to see if you can still remember what they said you say it all. Rules: Cdes are not allowed to write down anything here, you could be helped with names and items forgotten during the game. Take a minute discussing how they felt about the whole exercise? You can mention the objectives of the w/shop at this stage from your understanding of the brief. You may say something about the participatory approach used in designing and presentation of this w/shop (methods used in Turp) as we believe that cdes have gone through a lot of experiences in their worklife and know the subject.
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NUMSA Western Cape Voter Education Programme, 4 September 1993

  • Authors: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
  • Date: 1993-09-04
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: eng
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/104439 , vital:32385
  • Description: This Congress resolves that: That the Central Committee decision in regard to membership of political parties be adopted by this congress. That Numsa as an organisation would encourage its members to support the ANC in the coming elections. Cosatu should remain independent of the political parties or government both now and in the post-apartheid State. The future of the Alliance will be decided by the Alliance partners themselves. Cosatu must intensify efforts to strengthen its structures and develop its leadership in order to ensure it has a strong support base. The workings of the Alliance need to be improved by strengthening the local and regional Alliance structures so that decisions can be taken involving members and lower structures and not only a top down process of decision making. The Alliance should establish a report back process and establish a mandating process. The reportback should start at a national level and go down to all levels. The mandating process should start from bottom structures to the national level. This process should be done within a specific time period. Numsa should conduct regular discussions Locally, Regionally and Nationally wherein positions pertaining to the political negotiations should be adopted. These positions should reflect the interests of our members and through Cosatu we should influence the positions of the Alliance.
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NUMSA: 4th National Congress July 1993

  • Authors: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
  • Date: 1993-09
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: eng
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/104328 , vital:32364
  • Description: NUMSA held its Fourth National Congress in Johannesburg, from July, 1 - 4,1993. There were 773 delegates present, representing all our 11 regions. Delegates elected new office bearers until the next Congress in three years time.
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4th National Congress July 1993

  • Authors: NUMSA
  • Date: July 1993
  • Subjects: NUMSA
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112523 , vital:33603
  • Description: Our National Congress is the highest decision making body of the Union. Its main task is to adopt resolutions that become the policies of NUMSA. These policies guide the union on how to act until the next Congress. After previous Congresses, we have only published the adopted resolutions. But this has meant that our members have lost out on the lively debates that have taken place during the Congress. In this booklet, we try and bring the Congress alive for you. We give you the full text of the General Secretary’s report, the debates as they took place, word for word. What was decided on the Alliance? Why do we want “nationalisation without compensation”? What was the decision on the Working Class Party? The final resolutions that were adopted are there for you to see. Extracts from speeches of various speakers are also given. Two key issues - the contents of the Reconstruction Accord and Restructuring Industry - will continue to be discussed in the Union. (The documents are included; see pages 65-82) Congress mandated the next Central Committee in October 1993 to take decisions on these issues. Use the booklet to find out for yourself what was said. You will be able to see what were the reasons given for the different positions. This will help you explain to members why NUMSA has adopted these resolutions. You will also see how democracy takes place. In some cases, compromises were reached, in other cases there was no compromise and the motion had to be put to the vote. Comrades, as our new President, Cde Tom, said in the Congress. “Our primary duty is to serve the interests of our members and those who have elected us to represent them It is therefore necessary for us to be accountable to them in shaping the policies of the union. Most of the time we do not consult our members when we debate issues - even on minor issues we leave them behind It is very dangerous for us to create a distance between ourselves and our members. The members must not follow but must be there with us. We must remember our base is the factory floor." Use this booklet as a tool to get rid of that distance between you and the members. Use it to help you understand the positions that NUMSA has adopted as its policies. The General Secretary’s Report also gives a full picture of how NUMSA functions and gives useful background information to many of the discussions. The Tables mentioned are at the back of the book; see page 83 to the end. In this first section the debates and the speeches have been put into shaded boxes so it is easier for you to read. Use the booklet to build, strengthen and consolidate our Union in these difficult times.
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NUMSA workers build co-operatives

  • Authors: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa , Nunn, Cedric
  • Date: 1988-06-12
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , newsletter
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/105489 , vital:32523
  • Description: There are two main co-operative activities that are supported by NUMSA. The one is SAWCO in Natal and the other is the project that is starting here in the East Cape. Does NUMSA have a policy on co-operatives? NUMSA in its Central Committee has taken a decision to support co-ops. But NUMSA is still busy thinking of how we can formulate a policy on co-operatives. We are working towards such a policy. So what is NUMSA's aim in giving support to co-ops? In other words, how can organised workers benefit from the support that NUMSA is giving to these co-op activities?.
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NUMSA’s bargaining process

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