Cosatu on Thursday backed a call by metal workers for strikes to demand deeper interest-rate cuts.
Cosatu on Tuesday said it was ”shocked and dismayed” by the news of the deaths of 36 illegal miners.
Cosatu said on Friday it would still push for economic policy changes after the ANC warned labour against pressuring Jacob Zuma to meet their demands.
Cosatu on Thursday warned of a public-sector strike unless the government fulfilled promises it made in a 2007 wage deal.
Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi and its spokesperson, Patrick Craven, are still on the Vodacom network, it was reported on Tuesday.
Cosatu has asked ANC president Jacob Zuma to add two more of its leaders to his Cabinet to strengthen the left’s influence in government.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions will mark Workers’ Day on May 1 with 36 rallies around the country, Zwelinzima Vavi said on Wednesday.
A new federation to rival Cosatu was formed recently. Matuma Letsoalo quizzed its leading light, Cope leader Willie Madisha.
Cosatu deputy president Violet Seboni was killed in a car accident while travelling to Mafikeng for an ANC election campaign, the union said.
Cosatu hampering workers’ right to choose their political affiliation was equivalent to what the apartheid government practiced, Willie Madisha said.
Cosatu: it does not make sense that the gold mines are jumping on the bandwagon of cutting jobs when the price of gold remains stable.
Cosatu has vowed to press for higher pay increases during this year’s round of wage negotiations, despite the country’s difficult economic conditions.
South Africa’s largest trade union federation has called for an official inquiry into allegations of impropriety involving a social grants tender.
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/ 27 February 2009
The Congress of South African Trade Unions wants ANC president Jacob Zuma’s new administration to axe Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.
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/ 26 February 2009
The battle lines have been drawn ahead of the upcoming national elections, the Congress of South African Trade Unions said on Thursday.
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/ 30 January 2009
The president’s decision to enact legislation disbanding the Scorpions marks a dark day in South Africa’s democracy, the opposition said on Friday.
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/ 29 January 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe is no different from former president Thabo Mbeki in his position on the Zimbabwe issue, Cosatu said on Thursday.
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/ 28 January 2009
Cosatu on Wednesday vowed to distribute its anti-Cope booklet to as many places as possible.
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/ 23 January 2009
Cosatu denied reports on Friday that its Western Cape leader is considering the creation of a new party to help the ANC win back dwindling support.
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/ 21 January 2009
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has declined his nomination as an ANC representative in the National Assembly.
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/ 16 January 2009
The Congress of South African Trade Unions wants the South African government to cease all relations with Israel and close down the Israeli embassy.
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/ 13 January 2009
Cosatu on Tuesday warned Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota that if he continued threatening the rights of the workers he would be in for a ”big surprise”.
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/ 22 December 2008
Cosatu has vowed to fight an anticipated flurry of retrenchments in the new year as companies come to blows with the global economic recession.
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/ 3 December 2008
A combination of global and domestic economic circumstances provides a real test for South Africa’s economic policy, says President Kgalema Motlanthe.
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/ 27 November 2008
Cosatu warned on Thursday of the potential for violence amid attempts by the Congress of the People breakaway party to form a new union federation.
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/ 12 November 2008
Cosatu has launched a new project that will focus on making sure the lives of the poor and workers are improved, it announced on Wednesday.
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/ 6 November 2008
Trade unions need to stand together against ”unscrupulous politicians”, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday.
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/ 1 November 2008
The national convention failed to answer questions and concerns of Cosatu, the trade-union federation said in a statement on Saturday.
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/ 24 October 2008
While it’s a formality for Bills that squashed the Scorpions to be approved in the NCOP, in reality the unit was already on the skids.
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/ 18 October 2008
Trade union supporters of ANC president Jacob Zuma scored a victory this week by toppling one of former president Thabo Mbeki’s most vocal supporters.
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/ 18 October 2008
Compelling as it may be, getting too absorbed in the intrigue of palace politics and personalities will lead us away from clarity in this crisis.
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/ 15 October 2008
Mbhazima Shilowa was sharply criticised by the tripartite alliance on Wednesday, while Jacob Zuma prepared to discuss the breakaway movement on TV.