ANC, Cosatu keep mum about meeting
The African National Congress and Cosatu kept mum following their meeting at the ANC's headquarters in Johannesburg on Monday.
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The real reasons why the public-service strike stopped
The public-service strike was suspended for 21 days this week because it was losing public support and members could not afford to forfeit more pay.
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Who are the essential service workers?
Neither the government nor the unions made use of a mediation mechanism that could have avoided the recent month-long strike.
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Strikers return to work amid dissent
Most of SA's 1,3-million striking state workers returned to their posts on Wednesday as union leaders struggled to persuade members to accept a deal.
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Unions mull new wage offer
Public service unions were expected to announce on Monday if a new wage offer had been accepted which would end the national strike.
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Union leaders meet as strike impasse continues
Striking public-service unions held a second day of meetings on Friday as an impasse between government and workers dragged on.
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Worker anger sinks offer
The 1,3-million workers who rejected the government's wage offer appear to have sent a loud "no!" not just to the state but to trade union leaders.
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Waning power behind Zuma action
Jacob Zuma's intervention in the strike was as much an attempt to reassert his political power as a bid to bring the labour action to an end.
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Unions go back to members with pay offer
The strike continued on Thursday with the Cosatu and Independent Labour Caucus declaring a "preliminary" rejection of the government's pay offer.
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Unions mull new offer as strike drags on
Public-service trade unions were expected to announce their decision on the government's latest wage offer on Wednesday.
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