With general secretary Zwelenzima Vavi favouring the ANCYL’s economic freedom march and president Sdumo Dlamini dead against it, whither Cosatu now?
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/ 17 October 2011
Cosatu and Saccawu have announced their intention to embark on "mass pickets" at the Walmart-Massmart appeal hearing in Cape Town this week.
The SACP’s Blade Nzimande has urged ANC Youth League members to boycott the Malema-endorsed Economic Freedom Youth Mass Action marches.
Perspectives on the desirability of Walmart’s entry into South Africa continue to differ wildly.
Cosatu is to picket outside the houses of Pick n Pay chairperson Raymond Ackerman and Western Cape premier Helen Zille over the Walmart-Massmart deal.
Cosatu will launch its own youth wing, called Cosatu Young Workers, at its congress next year — and insists it won’t resemble the ANC Youth League.
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/ 16 September 2011
Despite their campaign against Mswati’s despotic rule, Cosatu affiliates have been found to be involved in business deals with the Swazi king.
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/ 15 September 2011
Busa and Cosatu have come an agreement on a joint programme that will aim to fight corruption, unemployment and spur growth in the economy.
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/ 12 September 2011
Fedusa says it is highly disappointed with government’s no show at the Nedlac meeting held to address problems caused by acid mine drainage.
Cosatu says Swaziland will never be able to repay the R2.4-billion loan from the Reserve Bank, and South Africa should call it a gift.
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/ 4 September 2011
The JSC’s interrogation of Mogoeng Mogoeng resumed with the commission wrangling over whether to accept a late submission from Cosatu.
The sands appear to be shifting as the labour federation extends an olive branch to government.
Cosatu says it supports the need to change the Constitution to bolster land redistribution, but does not support expropriation without compensation.
Reaction to the release of the government’s green paper on National Health Insurance has been marked by support and tempered with concerns.
Cosatu has said it is not in disarray after an advert in the <i>Sowetan</i> by Numsa dealt with federation leader Zwelinzima Vavi’s succession.
Six more unions will join the cleaning sector strike, the National Service and Allied Workers’ Union has said.
Nationalisation is the only thing that can bring SA out of a "corrupt" economy, Cosatu has said, as it negotiates with the ANCYL’s hard stance.
The cleaning sector is planning to go on strike on Monday after wage negotiations with employers failed, Cosatu has announced.
A senior Cosatu economist has warned business that nationalisation will take place in SA and the only outstanding issue is how it will be implemented.
Numsa has added its voice to criticism of SA’s granting of a R2.4-billion loan to Swaziland, slamming the ‘"tyranny" of "hyena" King Mswati’s regime.
Relations between Zwelinzima Vavi and Sdumo Dlamini have deteriorated so much that Cosatu set up a high-level committee to address the issues.
The economy will lose more working hours if planned strikes by hundreds of thousands of workers in the coal and diamond sector go ahead.
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The huge pay hikes of SA’s top 40 executives (an average increase of over 23%) are unacceptable while workers fight for reasonable wages, says Cosatu.
Cosatu says it has noticed with growing concern the allegations being levelled against the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela.
<b>Rapule Tabane</b> spoke to Blade Nzimande about his continued support for President Zuma, his fight with Cosatu and views on nationalisation.
When we call for strong leadership, don’t forget that’s what we had under the former president, says <b>Rapule Tabane</b>.
Numsa boss Irvin Jim, who is leading the national metal and engineering workers’ union wage strike, has been touted as a possible successor to Vavi.
The petroleum, chemical and mining industries — key sectors in the economy — are bracing themselves for rolling mass action starting next week.
Cosatu has expressed "shock" at Pick n Pay’s announcement that it is contemplating retrenching about 3 137 workers.
Walmart may have won the boardroom battle, but the street war was just beginning, Cosatu’s president Sdumo Dlamini has warned.
Zwelinzima Vavi is right: Cosatu’s increasingly vocal opposition to the Protection of Information Bill was enormously important.