LETTER: Union theft rife
Some have ignored labour department's demand to produce their books of account
16 September 2019 - 17:26
An unfortunate and serious series of financial shenanigans amounting to almost R20m led to the eventual dismissal of the Food and Allied Workers Union's (Fawu’s) former general secretary (Long-serving Union Boss Fired, September 16).
The department of employment & labour, under the leadership of the registrar, performs an extremely serious function where they demand the unions' annual general meetings and proper books of account to be disclosed to the department. These demands from the department have been ignored for many years, to the detriment of the rank-and-file members of the unions concerned...
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