CWUSA founding Congress 31-08-07

 

Media alert

Creative Workers Union of South Africa

Founding Congress

The media are invited to the historic Founding Congress of the Creative Workers Union of South Africa (CWUSA), a merger of the Performing Arts Workers Equity and the Musicians Union of South Africa, which will bring together all the country's workers in the arts and culture sector. The new union will provide a platform for all our creative workers to tackle the challenges the sector faces, such as preventing exploitation, stopping piracy, providing proper social security and ensuring that all workers are covered by the provisions of the country's labour laws.

Witness and record the creative workers taking charge of their destiny!

A full agenda will be sent early next week.

The details are:

DATE: 7-9 September 2007

TIME: 09h00 each day

VENUE: Johannesburg Metropolitan Centre, Braamfontein

Keynote speakers include:

Friday 7 September:

a.. Dr Pallo Jordan, Minister of Arts and Culture
b.. National Office Bearer of COSATU

Saturday 8 September:

a.. Jacob Zuma, Deputy President of the ANC
b.. Dr Blade Nzimande, General Secretary of the SACP

For further information and accreditation, please phone:

a.. President, Mabutho (Kid) Sithole on 083 699 2113
General Secretary, Oupa Lebogo on 083 671 7022