Solidarity wants all of its 180 000 members countrywide to down tools in solidarity with those at Sasol
DUT is to reopen its doors after positive mediation between unions and management on Tuesday afternoon, government has said
The week-long workers’ strike at Wits has been suspended after management and the workers’ unions reached an agreement
As letters and parcels continue to pile up in post offices across South Africa, there appears to be no end in sight to the long-running strike.
Numsa will convene a number of member meetings to present the latest wage offer to its members, despite Seifsa already making the offer public.
The National Union of Mineworkers and Impala Platinum are in talks to avoid a strike over wages that could affect global prices of the precious metal.
The Cape Chamber of Commerce says Cosatu actually makes the unemployment situation worse with its unreasonable demands for wage increases.
Public servants must be reasonable in their wage demands, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, a KwaZulu-Natal radio station reported.
Unions representing 1,3-million government employees have given PSA Minister Richard Baloyi until next week to improve the government’s wage offer.
Trade union federation is planning fresh strike action, particularly within the public sector, to put pressure on President Jacob Zuma’s government.
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/ 17 December 2009
A London court was set to decide on Thursday whether to grant an injunction blocking a strike by British Aiways cabin crew.
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/ 14 December 2009
BA cabin crew have voted in favour of strike action in protest over pay and are set to walk out over the busy Christmas and New Year holiday season.
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/ 21 September 2009
Zimbabwe teachers, who went on strike over salaries three weeks ago, returned to work on Monday after their union called off the boycott.
A train driver strike went into its fourth day on Thursday with no end in sight to a wage deadlock.
Mineworkers are set to down tools on Monday in protest against Impala Platinum’s refusal to budge on wage demands, NUM said on Thursday.
High inflation, growing socioeconomic inequality and huge salary gaps are key factors in the rash of current and threatened strikes across the country
More than 70 000 workers involved in construction on 2010 World Cup stadiums embarked on a strike on Wednesday to press for higher wages.
The SABC’s ”no work, no pay” principle was not a threat, the CWU said on Wednesday after employees won the right to strike.
A strike is looming in the mining sector, the National Union of Mineworkers said after a deadlock in its negotiations with employers on Thursday.
Johannesburg Emergency Services workers are not on strike, Samwu said on Thursday, despite them failing to carry out their duties.
The five-week Metrobus strike is over, a City of Johannesburg spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Cosatu on Thursday warned of a public-sector strike unless the government fulfilled promises it made in a 2007 wage deal.
Samwu has served notice of a strike among all its members in Gauteng after the collapse of wage talks for bus drivers, an official said on Wednesday.
Metrobus unionists will stay away from work in Johannesburg again on Wednesday as their labour dispute has not been resolved, a shop steward said.
The Gauteng Health Department is considering dismissing doctors who continued striking on Monday.
Johannesburg Metrobus said it would not operate on Tuesday because of a planned strike by its drivers.
The Labour Court in Johannesburg granted an interdict against the doctors on strike in Gauteng, the provincial health department said on Saturday.
Some petrol stations have run dry as a strike in the road freight industry enters its third day, the Fuel Retailers Association said on Thursday.
Talks to resolve a pay dispute between Satawu and the Road Freight Employers’ Association continued late on Tuesday afternoon.
Opposition leaders piled pressure on French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday to boost low wages and cap executive bonuses.
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/ 21 September 2008
The South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union said on Saturday it was considering extending its strike at Woolworths next week.
High salaries paid to legal executives is a great cause for concern, the Federation of South African Trade Unions (Fedusa) said on Tuesday.