África do Sul: Greve de 70 mil por aumentos de 13% na construção dos estádios do mundial

70,000 strike for 13% pay rise at world cup stadium sites

“This week 70,000 workers started an indefinite strike action on the sites of the stadiums being built for the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa. These construction workers are organised by the country’s National Union of Mineworkers, and the union’s spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka spoke to The Commune about the action.”

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“Many western media reporting on the strike have said that they show that South Africa is not going to be ready to hold the tournament. What is your attitude to these claims?

It is no concern of mine whether the stadiums are built, I am a trade unionist and I am fighting for the cause of the workers. Our union is here to fight, not to do as we are told by government or the LOC or managers. Our right to protest and to strike is something we have without question, World Cup or no World Cup. It is our democratic right. We are not going to be stopped from standing up for ourselves by such claims.”

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