Swazi+Labour+Academy+Manual+and+POA,+Bongani+Masuku

Please find attached the final draft of the trade union manual developed by the newly established Swaziland Labour Academy to be officially launched towards the end of this year in Swaziland. This manual is a general education manual, to be used as a preliminary outline. However, manuals that deal with various topics are to be developed, amongst these are;
 * Dear Cdes,

1. Popular education education as a workers organising Tool

2. Understanding the structure of the Swazi labour market and workers negotiating strategy

3. Gender as site of workers struggle

4. Workers and the law: Understanding the Swazi industrial relations framework

5. Shopsteward Foundation: organising the basic unit of worker control

There are several others to be produced to assist trade union and other educators in advancing the cause of workers through education and organising. The AGM of the Academy held in February also committed itself to various other programmes, amongst them;

1. International Trade union Solidarity Conference on Swaziland

2. Workers Cultural festival in October

3. Swazi workers history project

4. Research into the current state of trade union education in Swaziland, etc.

We wish to appreciate the good spirit and support by all comrades, particularly we wish to acknowledge the outstanding internationalism demonstrated by international allies (both individually and organisationally) in the work of advancing trade union development, particularly education in Swaziland.

We would sincerely appreciate your honest feedback of this preliminary general manual, to enrich all our coming projects using the critical inputs and feedback from this one. Finally, please also find a preliminary discussion paper published by the **//wikispaces Amandlandawonye//** website on the Global economy, apartheid grand plan for Southern Africa and prospects for the democratisation of the Swazi economy.

Regards,

Sent: 26 May 2006 08:30 AM Subject: Swazi Labour Academy manual**
 * From: Bongani Masuku