SACP To Address 60th Birthday and Congress of FAWU

11 September 2001

The General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Blade Nzimande, will address the Congress of the Food and Allied Worker's Union (FAWU) as detailed below.

DATE : Wednesday, 12 September 2001
TIME : 10h00 - 11h00
VENUE : Parktonian Hotel, Jorrisen Street, Braamfontein

In his address, Blade Nzimande will cover the following

• SACP Message on FAWU's 60th Anniversary
• The role of trade unions and the broader working class in South Africa
• The way forward on the restructuring of state assets
• Taking forward the SACP led Campaign to Make Banks Serve the People in view of the NEDLAC Summit on the financial sector due to be held in November 2001

This 60 years of FAWU is a tribute to all those generations of past leaders and workers who built trade unions and fought for workers rights in the dark days of apartheid. This 60 years also represents hard work and contributions made by communists in building the trade union movement in our country, said Blade Nzimande, SACP General Secretary.

Ray Alexander and the late Oscar Mpetha and, both SACP members, played a key role together with tens of other communists in the founding and building of FAWU over the last 60 years.

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