Cosatu says it will not take any action against its affiliate‚ the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu)‚ for its decision to invite expelled former Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi to address its national congress which started on Monday in Bela Bela‚ Limpopo.Fawu was among nine Cosatu affiliates which were opposed to the expulsion of Vavi and the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa).Poster boy Vavi washes hands of UF's PE flopThe Numsa-aligned United Front has not lived up to expectations, failing to win votes from Nelson Mandela Bay's metalworkers.The nine unions were defeated in their attempt to force the federation to reverse its decision to expel Vavi and Numsa.Divisions within Cosatu appeared to have been healed after the attempt to reinstate Vavi and Numsa was defeated.But Fawu turned the tables on Cosatu when it invited Vavi to address its national congress on Monday.And Vavi did not disappoint when he took to the podium to address Fawu delegates. He tore into Cosatu and the ANC."That is what COSATU was originally set up to provide‚ and for many years it was indeed one of the most militant and powerful workers’ federations anywhere in the world."Tragically it is now not even a shadow of its former self and has become little more than a labour desk for the ANC government‚ whose neoliberal policies are the source of the very attacks we are facing."Whatever excuses they continue to make up‚ the expulsion of NUMSA and my dismissal were political – evidence that they can no longer tolerate those who insist that the federation should remain true to its founding principles‚" he said.Vavi said Cosatu’s mandate to put workers first had been replaced with defending President Jacob Zuma."The opportunity for a militant campaign around the National Minimum Wage has been sacrificed in favour of wasting time in the Central Executive Committee on defending President Zuma‚" he said."Cosatu‚ once the most powerful union in the continent and the fastest growing union movement in the world with 2.2 million members‚ has now lost hundreds of thousands of its members either through purges or just sheer neglect of members needs."Cosatu spokesman Sizwe Pamla said it was unfortunate that an affiliate decided to invite Vavi to address its congress."Fawu is our affiliate and we know that the decision was taken by their leaders‚ we call on members of Fawu to make sure that they re-affirm their union as an affiliate of Cosatu."We will not take disciplinary steps against Fawu‚ they are independent‚ we as Cosatu have taken a decision that instead of going the disciplinary route we should instead engage politically‚" he said...