First-time offenders will be penalised and in some cases the holding companies will also be targeted
The federation wants to bring together trade unions and civil society to fight the capitalist class
The advocacy group contends that teaching should not be deemed an essential service
The ANC national executive committee member raised concerns about what he termed South Africa’s lazy approach to protecting its local industries
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The Cosatu in KwaZulu-Natal wants people who live on land controlled by the Ingonyama Trust to be given individual land tenure rights
Disgruntled workers are expected to hand over a memorandum to the power utility’s management demanding 15% wage increases
The general secretary of a Saftu-affiliated union is being investigated for corruption
The public sector wage agreement is close to being a done deal, with 48% of workers represented by trade unions at the PSCBC supporting the offer
“Whenever there is a crisis, I’m called in to solve them, but I don’t have the legal mechanism to prevent them,” says minister.
About 40% of public sector unions have signed a three year wage offer from the department of public service and administration
Unity cannot and should not be equated to the absence of differences within the structures of the organisation
Labour minister, however, calls the approval of the National Minimum Wage Bill ‘a milestone’
More than 4 000 worker and government delegates from the organisation’s 187 member states will attend the conference to tackle a wide range of issues
The idea of ‘social justice activism’ becomes a lie when its organising spaces are fraught or abusive
Disagreements over the proposed amendments threaten to push back the implementation date of the minimum wage until after Parliament’s recess in July
The president says the process of implementing the Bill is moving ahead
Despite calls for more consultation an agreement is set to be signed on Monday
At a picket outside the Chamber of Mines on Thursday, unions called for the enforcement of safety regulations
The tragedy at Sibanye Stillwater has sparked outcry about flouted safety regulations on mines
But an apparition at the march morphs into Niehaus – Daddy has even gutted Cosatu
Cosatu’s Western Cape secretary has informally met senior leaders of the South African Federation of Trade Unions and could soon join Saftu
The president has hit back at critics of the national minimum wage saying the proposed R20 an hour is just a baseline
The labour union has taken aim at trade federation Cosatu for allowing the president to address workers at their May Day celebration
The strike was ignored by three other federations, who described the action as a miscalculation
The country is boiling over with industrial action affecting key sectors such as transport, manufacturing and the civil service
The union has ‘totally rejected’ calls by Saftu to join it in a nationwide strike against the national minimum wage
The department of labour is expected to weigh in on Tuesday in an attempt to bring the parties closer to a settlement
The strike comes after a “stalemate in wage talks” between unions and employer associations
Nersa is holding public hearings over the next three weeks, relating to Eskom’s application for the regulatory clearing account (RCA) balance.
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