personalized shirts: 'Made in China' T-shirts make Numsa blush

July 23 2006 at 03:10PM

The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is to apologise to its sister union for textile workers after distributing cheap Chinese personalized T-shirts and bags to its members, the SABC reported on Sunday.

Numsa distributed the items at its regional conference in Cape Town at the weekend.

Delegates expressed dismay when they found that the items had not been made in South Africa.

The conference considered a call to return the goods, then accepted the organisers' proposal that they be distributed to members along with a promise not to repeat the mistake.

The organisers said they would write to the SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (Sactwu) to apologise.

The textile industry has been badly affected by cheap imports into the local market.

N Numsa and Sactwu both belong to the Congress of SA trade Union. - Sapa