SACTWU+to+protest+against+NAMA+WTO+negotiations




 * 29 March 2006**

=SACTWU TO PROTEST AGAINST NAMA WTO NEGOTIATIONS=

The Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) is to hold a protest tomorrow **30 March 2006** against the WTO Non Agricultural Market Access (NAMA - which includes the textiles and clothing sector) negotiations that are currently taking place in Europe, following last year's WTO meeting in Hong Kong.

The protest is directed against the EU and the USA who are currently calling for massive tariff reductions to be included in a new WTO agreement on clothing and textiles. If their positions are accepted, it will cause further massive job losses in our domestic clothing and textile industries.

The protests are to be held in Cape Town and Pretoria, as follows:

__Cape Town:__ (10h00 - 12h00) French Embassy, 78 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town Contact: Aziza Kannemeyer on 082 8007143

__Pretoria:__ (09h00 - 12h00, with memo handed over at 11h00) EU Offices, Green Park Estate, George Torras Drive, Groenkloof, Pretoria Contact: Jonas Mahlatsane on 0827501113

Issued by
 * Andre Kriel**
 * SACTWU**
 * Deputy General Secretary**

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