{"id":293745,"date":"2020-07-15T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=293745"},"modified":"2020-07-15T20:25:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:25:03","slug":"rossing-workers-left-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=293745","title":{"rendered":"R\u00f6ssing workers left exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ni\u00ebl Terblanch\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>TACTICS by the Chinese owners and managers of Namibia\u2019s oldest uranium mine to decapitate the Branch Executive Committee (BEC) of the Mine Workers Union of Namibia (MUN) at R\u00f6ssing from its regional and national structure has failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The dispute started when the proxies of the Chinese Government, China National Nuclear Corporation, unilaterally decided to do away with a decades-old right of union representatives to be afforded their own office space for administrative purposes is now growing into an inevitable confrontation which could lead to criminal charges being brought against individuals in the mine&#8217;s management structure.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant restrictive measures have reduced a festering dispute at the mine to a contest of letter writing skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rossing-workers-left-exposed.png\" alt=\"R\u00f6ssing Chinese owners managers Namibia uranium mine Branch Executive Committee BEC Mine Workers Union\" class=\"wp-image-293746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rossing-workers-left-exposed.png 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rossing-workers-left-exposed.png 80w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rossing-workers-left-exposed.png 130w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rossing-workers-left-exposed.png 85w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rossing-workers-left-exposed.png 165w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rossing-workers-left-exposed.png 112w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rossing-workers-left-exposed.png 170w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rossing-workers-left-exposed.png 455w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rossing-workers-left-exposed.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption>LOOMING SHOWDOWN: The President of the Mine Workers Union of Namibia, Allan Kalumbu, is concerned about workers of R\u00f6ssing Uranium Limited being treated as second-class citizens by the Chinese mine owners.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A letter of demand by the legal representatives of the BEC to restore the union\u2019s entrenched rights led to the summary suspension of committee members and shop stewards which left workers on the mine without any representation and exposed to the whims of the Chinese managers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To counter the move by the mine\u2019s management, workers elected interim shop stewards to represent them if and when the need would arise.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The managers in a letter, however, notified the workers that the people in acting positions will not be recognised as legitimate union representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The workers then countered by informing the management in a letter that they intend to withhold labour by staying on the buses that transports them until such time that they are allowed to hand over a petition in which they demand that the suspension of the BEC members must be lifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The mine informed the workers in a letter that \u201cstaying on the bus\u201d would be tantamount to an illegal strike and in contradiction of a certain section in the Procedural Agreement that they have signed with their employers and that matter will be dealt with in terms of the company\u2019s performance and conduct procedure.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The MUN\u2019s Regional Chairperson, Abiud Kapere, said the situation at the mine has become untenable because the BEC members were suspended and that they were informed that it is subject to an investigation of some kind.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have to be informed what the investigation is all about,\u201d Kapere said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said that in the meantime the MUN\u2019s regional leadership has engaged the mine\u2019s management in a letter and requested that the handover of the petition be put on hold until an amicable point can be reached between the two parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have since sent us a letter that a moratorium was placed on further disciplinary action against the BEC members,\u201d Kapere said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The President of the MUN, Allan Kalumbu, said the current situation at the mine is of grave concern to the Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe workers are left exposed and we are reduced to corresponding with letters to rectify the situation. It would be better if we all could sit around a table where the way forward can be hammered out and discussed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kalumbu said that with the State of Emergency in place the national body can hardly do anything and added that it would be a very sad day in Namibia\u2019s labour history if the COVID-19 pandemic is used as a loophole by the management of China National Nuclear Corporation to dismiss workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":293746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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