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The Congress of South African Trade Unions rejects and condemns the undermining response to the memorandum submitted to the Sun International by workers on 31 October 2009.

Sun International and its Sun City management, their contractors, labour brokers and their shareholders have known about racism, exploitation, victimization and intimidation, which is has been led by Falcom Security Company for years.

Sun International's response to investigate our memorandum or issues is a way of delaying so that it can continue with its capitalist agenda for making profits at the expense of our poor workers. Workers are working under very bad condition, under labour brokers such as inn- staff which employed more than 7 000 - 8000 employees. Others are employed under Falcon Security Company leader of racism in Sun City.

These are all the issues that we have raised in the memorandum and in a brief meeting with the International group HR executive on 10 November 2009 on which we did not agree:

Ø Exploitation of workers has been happening for years
Ø Racism has been happening to the extent that one worker was put in a room with the snake for hours, and workers have been called baboons and ‘kaffir' for years.
Ø Workers are not allowed to exercise their rights of joining the union of their choice.
Ø Workers are employed as casual, contractors, temporaries with no benefits e.g. UIF, no Health and Safety Act and employers not respecting all labour legislatives.

The BEE, shareholders leading the capitalist agenda are exploiting poor workers. There is no decent job at Sun City under Sun International at all.

With Falcon Security Company, we are not compromising or negotiating; they must go. COSATU calls for the termination of their contracts, the resignation of Mr. Burger. It does not take away the racism and discrimination that is taking place led by Falcon Security Company and shareholders.

The programme of action is starting from 3rd December 2009 throughout the holidays to the 2010 FIFA action.

COSATU members first are our priority but racism and exploitation is criminal.

Provincial action starts on 26 November 2009 against the closure of Taung Agriculture, exposing corruption, racism and demobilization
On 3rd December 2009 there will be protest action in Mafikeng with a march to the provincial government and the NWDC, exposing corruption, the racism of Falcon Security Company, and demanding that all racist farmers in the province who were given bail must be re-arrested. We will also fight against labour brokers.