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Original Post Date: 2009-05-19 Time: 01:00:15 Posted By: Jan
Cosatu’s central executive committee is to consider whether to boycott cellphone company Vodacom, the union federation said on Monday.
“We welcome the support for such a campaign by the SA Communist Party, and will appeal to other unions to join the boycott and shift all their cellphone accounts to other operators,” the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said in a statement.
The boycott would be a protest against the listing of Vodacom and the sale of R22,5-billion worth of Telkom shares in Vodacom to the British company Vodafone.
The executive committee would meet on June 1 and 2.
| ‘It was a victory for money over people’ |
Spokesperson Patrick Craven said Cosatu would fight on “to keep Vodacom South African”.
He added that Cosatu was deeply disappointed at Sunday’s decision by Judge John Murphy to reject the application by the union federation and the Independent Communications Authority of SA to seek an urgent interdict to stop the listing of Vodacom and the sale of Telkom shares in Vodacom to Vodafone.
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“It is particularly disturbing that the judge conceded that the applicant – Cosatu – had a legitimate right to apply for such an interdict and that it might well have a good case for public consultation on the Vodacom deal,” Craven said.
However, he added, the judge had taken into account the potential financial damage to the respondents – Telkom, Vodacom and Vodafone.
“It was a victory for money over people,” Craven said.
“Cosatu was not just applying on its own behalf but to protect the interests of Vodacom workers and all South Africans, who we are confident will oppose Telkom’s sale of shares in Vodacom to Vodafone.”
Craven said Cosatu remained convinced that the deal would remove any remaining South African control over the country’s biggest cellphone company.
“The fight against this deal will continue,” Craven said, adding that Cosatu would be consulting with its lawyers on possible further court action to appeal against the decision, “up to the Constitutional Court if necessary”. – Sapa
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20090518163837593C647845