THE FEDUSA PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE


Ms. Gretchen Humphries
Parliamentary Officer


Ms. Riefdah Ajam
Parliamentary Administrator

The FEDUSA Parliamentary Office based in Cape Town represents FEDUSA and our members in Parliament via our system of monitoring of the parliamentary process. Parliament is the legislative arm of our democracy. The monitoring of the National Parliament is extensive and is conducted by the Parliamentary Office. The FEDUSA Parliamentary Office also monitors the functioning of the nine provincial legislatures in the nine provinces.

The FEDUSA Parliamentary Office provides legislative support to the affiliate members in the forms of outputs ranging from publishing National Executive Reports, preparing and presenting oral and written submissions to the parliamentary portfolio committees in National Parliament as well as the publishing of a parliamentary affiliate newsletter on newsworthy issues being discussed in Parliament. A Bill Profile which serves as a reference document includes profiles of all legislation tabled in National Parliament, as well as monitoring and tracking progress through Parliament. The Bill Profile is an interactive service available through electronic media to all affiliate members.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE FEDUSA PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE ARE:

  • To ensure FEDUSA’ s presence at National Parliament
  • To ensure FEDUSA ‘s participation in the nine provincial legislatures
  • To ensure the interests of workers are defended and promoted in Parliament
  • To input into parliamentary processes through oral and written submissions to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committees
  • Monitoring and following all formal procedures in Parliament
  • To ensure that the FEDUSA affiliated unions are constantly kept informed of parliamentary issues / events in sectors that they organise
  • To provide strategic support and advisory input to affiliates
  • To facilitate interaction amongst affiliates to examine and deliberate policy issues and other matters which are of mutual concern to define desirable industry – sectoral stances
  • To advance the key activities of the Federation being the representation of the formalised policy positions of its affiliated membership to various organs of South Africa’s national and provincial governments.

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