The union has accepted a wage offer from employers but will continue striking over conditions relating to future pay negotiations.
Employer organisations in the metals and engineering sector say a settlement that is short-sighted could lead to long-term hardships.
The employers’ body says it hopes the industry’s bargaining council will be able to secure a wage settlement between it and employees.
Numsa has plans to intensify its strike but the organisation representing steel companies says it has no mandate to continue talking to the union.
Striking workers have been targeting factories on the East Rand where Numsa members are still turning up for work.
Smaller companies are not giving up on the fight against the current collective bargaining system in the metals sector.
The platinum strike, rising inflation and other factors have contributed to a "bleak outlook for consumer spending", according to a new report.
Union spokesperson Castro Ngobese says the metalworkers’ strike is not political, adding that reports of a 10% wage offer by Seifsa are false.
SA’s biggest metals union is verging on a wage agreement with employers one week after embarking upon a strike, the department of labour says.
Cosatu’s secretary general is still defending the union federation’s shaky unity, even though plans for Numsa’s break-away are already in motion.
Employers’ worker lockout has been seen as a drastic attempt to weaken Numsa’s upcoming strike. But the union is just as resolute.
While saying that it still plans to lead 220 000 members in a strike this week, Numsa has gone for the jugular once again and criticised the ANC.
Sacci’s CEO says if Numsa is truly committed to working towards a prosperous SA, it wouldn’t put the country’s economic stability at risk.
Cosatu’s largest union says its 220 000 members in the metals and engineering sector will go on strike from July 1, demanding a 12% wage increase.
In the face of SA’s longest-running strike, organisations mull rumours of government contemplating regulating the duration of industrial action.
May Day is D-day for Zwelinzima Vavi, as Cyril Ramaphosa has issued a reminder that Cosatu must communicate the same message as the ANC.
Following his reinstatement at Cosatu, the trade union federation’s general secretary has responded to Numsa’s call for him to "abandon Cosatu".
The time has surely come for the intervention of wholly independent private conciliation specialists in SA’s mining industry.
Reports say the ANC deputy president has brokered a deal that will keep Cosatu’s general secretary and largest affiliate in the federation.
Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapela has declared Cosatu’s suspension of its general secretary invalid, setting aside the order.
Numsa says it won’t respond to Cosatu’s demands about whether the union should be suspended or expelled until it received certain documentation.
Zwelinzima Vavi says he intends on suing the union federation and an auditing firm for defamation after a report on his conduct was made public.
After declining a request for a special conference, Cosatu has asked its largest affiliate to provide reasons for not being suspended – or expelled.
Cosatu affiliates have given the trade union federation a deadline to convene a special congress or face "extraordinary measures".
Gwede Mantashe says the ANC’s 2014 manifesto will surprise no one. But will Jacob Zuma survive the boos as the party campaigns for election support?
Rights groups say SABC employees were told not to report on Numsa’s calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down, an allegation the broadcaster denies.
Zwelinzima Vavi says Jacob Zuma has ignored festering corruption within government while failing to abate the country’s unemployment crisis.
A speaker at Numsa’s special congress, Sakhela Buhlungu, says ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has to answer for the Marikana massacre.
Numsa’s president says the union will stand by suspended Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, who was "isolated by forces of darkness".
Numsa’s newly elected president says the union should call for Jacob Zuma’s resignation, adding the Nkandla saga was a blight on Madiba’s legacy.
Cosatu will hold a special congress with its executives, but whether Zwelinzima Vavi’s fate will be on its agenda is yet to be decided.
A four-week strike by workers in the motor industry has come to an end as wage negotiations resulted in the acceptance of a 10% wage increase offer.