Cosatu rejects job losses and a wage freeze for public servants, calling this ‘a declaration of war’
Political parties want more details on SOE bailouts, wage cutbacks
A municipal workers’ union is the first to be sanctioned for not following the new rule when deciding whether to go on strike
Although Benjamin Fogel denies the relevance of the South African Communist Party — and gets a few facts wrong — some of his points are correct
The union federation says urgent, bold action is needed to keep the state-owned utility (and South Africa) going
The union federation offers unprecedented concessions on job protections
Popcru used its ninth congress to focus on restoring the rights of police and correctional service workers
Rather than wading into the economic rucks and mauls, we’ve been kicking for touch: buying time, instead of making game-winning yards
Numerous applications for exemption are hampering the government’s efforts to reach its target of six million workers being paid the minimum wage
The plan calls for a significant increase in renewable energy, but still includes coal, gas and nuclear power
Cosatu and Sasbo say the banking strike is not cancelled but suspended after the labour court ruled it unlawful
The CR17 campaign did nothing wrong legally but all political parties’ funds should be regulated
Trade unions disagree with key policy decisions, and won’t budge even as the state-owned power utility’s dire finances threaten the economy
The labour council has battled to defend its representation of workers’ interests, given that union membership is on the decline across the country
Deputy Agriculture Minister Sdumo Dlamini was admitted to hospital with a severe headache, says the ministry
The municipal workers union has reached out to splinter unions, but they do not seem to be biting
Alliance partners Cosatu and the SACP are in a tricky situation: they don’t want Magashule hawking their ideas, but they do want their ideas heard
The president may have kept his cards close to his chest but now he has to make bold moves
Registrar says Numsa’s financial statements from 2009 to 2015 are irregular
At best the rally was a sad reminder of just how badly the battle for control of the governing party have decimated the ANC’s alliance partner.
The finance minister has come out contradicting his ANC colleagues, saying he was unhappy about Sanral’s decision
Cosatu has echoed AMCU’s views, saying Mantashe has downplayed the deaths of mine workers
Cyril Ramaphosa is no Margaret Thatcher but he is having to determine the same issue: Who runs the country?
The utility fears sabotage if Nersa doesn’t grant a price hike, which may lead to retrenchments
The country’s largest trade union federation will embark on a one-day nationwide strike against job losses and Eskom restructuring
Our readers write in about how unions must fight the Companies Bill, saying farewell to former Weekly mail receptionist Seipati, and hope
After allegations about maladministration, union leaders are now accused of not coming clean about corruption
Zuma was campaigning ahead of the ANC’s annual January 8 statement, which will be delivered in Durban by President Cyril Ramaphosa on January 12
The Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party will drive the agenda of working-class South Africans, the union says
Government departments themselves are going to have find the money for unbudgeted increases
This remarkable veteran helped to build the trade union movement even while in exile
Intrigue and internal divisions are dogging South Africa’s largest union, and threatening to destabilise the federation to which it belongs