Telkom fight goes global

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taken from : http://www.finance24.co.za/Finance/Companies/0,,1518-24_1581990,00.html

Johannesburg - Trade union Solidarity on Wednesday claimed that more than 30 000 activists and trade union members world-wide would be mustered this week against dual listed telecommunication giant Telkom's planned retrenchments.

The London-based website Labour Start (www.labourstart.org) contains an exposition of the planned retrenchment of 4 181 Telkom workers during the next three years.

Labour Start invites visitors to the website to send a protest note to Telkom's chief executive, Sizwe Nxasana.

Solidarity said the Labour Start website had already recorded 961 e-mails protesting against the Telkom retrenchments. Labour Start has asked the 18 000 subscribers to its website to mobilise their forces against Telkom.

Locally, Solidarity has used it weekly electronic newsletter Soldeer (www.soldeer.co.za) to appeal to 7 000 trade union members do the same.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and its subsidiary, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), will also mobilise thousands of members by means of electronic mail.

In addition, links to the Labour Start campaign are to be provided on hundreds of trade union websites across the world.

"Mobilisation of public support has now assumed an international aspect. Within a week the Telkom retrenchments will be on the international agenda," Solidarity spokesperson Dirk Hermann said.

Hermann added that Labour Start has a proven track record in successfully running campaigns of this nature.

"When the trade unions Solidarity, CWU and the South African Communications Union (SACU) publish the findings of their Commission of Enquiry into the Telkom retrenchments on September 7, it will attract international interest," he stated.

The trade unions and Telkom will meet again on September 4 to discuss the planned retrenchments.

The meeting will once again be facilitated by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)

"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action."

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OooH! a global fight against Telkom,my dream is coming true.

Google is so smart,I typed in Hellkom and guess what google said

Don`t you mean.....<insert evil laugh>
TELKOM!

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http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php

Solidarity goes online to tackle Telkom retrenchments
September 1, 2004

By Philip Devine

Johannesburg - Trade union Solidarity on Wednesday said it would this week muster the voices of more than 30 000 activists and trade union members world-wide to protest against Telkom's planned retrenchments.

This was the 'largest campaign of its kind', Solidarity said.

The London-based website Labour Start is currently hosting a feature about Telkom's planned retrenchment of 4 181 of its workers over the next three years.

The feature invites visitors to the website to send a protest note to Telkom's chief executive, Sizwe Nxasana, and has already recorded 961 e-mail responses, according to the union.

Solidarity said it would appeal to its 7 000 union members to lodge their protest and added that Cosatu and its subsidiary, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), would also mobilise thousands of members by means of electronic mail.


Solidarity spokesman Dirk Hermann said: "Mobilisation of public support has now assumed an international aspect. Within a week the Telkom retrenchments will be on the international agenda."

According to Hermann, Labour Start has a proven track record in successfully running of campaigns of this nature.

"When the trade unions Solidarity, CWU and the South African Communications Union (SACU) publish the findings of their Commission of Enquiry into the Telkom retrenchments on September 7th, it will attract international interest," he said.

The unions and Telkom are scheduled to meet again on Saturday, September 4, to discuss the planned retrenchments. – Philip Devine