Solidarity has since formally informed the CCMA that the trade union would participate in the process
Industrial action will start on Monday, but not all Solidarity members will down tools at the same time
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
Disagreements over the proposed amendments threaten to push back the implementation date of the minimum wage until after Parliament’s recess in July
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
Saftu was the first to submit an objection to the national minimum wage, which was meant to be implemented on May 1, but has since been postponed
The minimum wage was initially supposed to be introduced on May 1. However, this has been delayed.
Oliphant said she briefed President Ramaphosa to say that government would be unable to implement the national minimum wage by the first of May
The labour department will challenge the plan for an independent commission on decent work.
The watershed political events of a year ago formed the impetus for the private sector to speak its mind.
“The national treasury concludes that approximately 715 000 jobs will be lost. Moreover … the model predicts that GDP will fall by 2.1%.”
Vital that the government and private sector create jobs and invest in youth as their numbers rise.
About 2 000 Numsa members marched for jobs on the National Economic Development and Labour Council premises in Rosebank.
Trevor Manuel says there should be trust between business and government if SA is to continue in Nelson Mandela’s economic-transformation footsteps.
Nedlac head Alistair Smith says business, labour, government and civil society need to work together in order to curb unemployment and growth issues.
Cosatu’s call for a labour broker ban has been cast in a new light by research showing a quarter of jobs created since 1994 were filled by brokerages.
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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.
Youth organisation says it will support the proposal it damned if it can implement it.
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/ 25 February 2011
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is to present a discussion paper on the youth wage subsidy to trade unions and business.
Dire consequences unless a people-centred, ecologically sensitive new world order takes shape.
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/ 30 September 2010
Unemployment and poverty have to be dealt with to ensure growth in SA, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana told Nedlac.
The Independent Democrats on Sunday called on Nedlac to negotiate a "strike free period" during the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
While Trevor Manuel may think South African businesses are cowards by not standing up to the unions, CEOs are rubbing their hands in glee.
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/ 3 December 2008
A combination of global and domestic economic circumstances provides a real test for South Africa’s economic policy, says President Kgalema Motlanthe.