Saccawu

Cosatu affiliate Saccawu avoids collapse

Article Sarah Evans - 1 Apr 2015

With mounting debts hanging over its head, the future existence of the SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union remains under threat.

Massive union on brink of collapse

Article Sarah Evans - 19 Mar 2015

Saccawu is being sued for R30-million by its provident fund but has been given a last chance.

Cosatu special conference on Vavi to go ahead

Article Sapa - 7 Apr 2014

Cosatu's special central executive committee meeting will go ahead despite Numsa asking the trade union federation to postpone it.

Saccawu calls on Cosatu to resolve deepening tension

Article Matuma Letsoala - 13 Sep 2013

Union Saccawu is the fifth Cosatu affiliate to write a letter to the federation president Sdumo Dlamini, calling on him to convene a special congress.

Saccawu plans to strike

Article Sapa & Staff Reporter - 20 Apr 2013

Saccawu members of the National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry will strike for wage increases, the union has said.

This means war: Unions vow to stop DA march on Cosatu

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 May 2012

Unions, the ANCYL and YCL have vowed to disrupt a DA-led march on Cosatu's headquarters, warning it will mark the beginning of "open class warfare".

Saccawu frets over Walmart’s ‘anti-union philosophy’

Article Stuart Graham - 21 Oct 2011

Saccawu says Walmart could pursue its "anti-union philosophy" if its merger with local retailer Massmart goes ahead in its current form.

Unions plan Walmart-Massmart hearing picket

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Oct 2011

Cosatu and Saccawu have announced their intention to embark on "mass pickets" at the Walmart-Massmart appeal hearing in Cape Town this week.

Saccawu wants Walmart to boost supply fund

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Oct 2011

Saccawu wants Walmart and Massmart to increase their planned fund to support SA suppliers from R100-million to at least R500-million.

Massmart conditions are ‘irrational’

Article Lloyd Gedye - 1 Jul 2011

The Competition Tribunal has criticised the government's call for procurement quotas to apply to the Walmart-Massmart merger.

‘We welcome becoming part of the Walmart family’

Article Zeenat Moorad - 31 May 2011

Massmart's chief executive said that the group's management team welcomed the prospect of becoming part of the Walmart family.

Patel walks protectionist tightrope

Article Lloyd Gedye - 13 May 2011

The state's opposition to the Walmart/Massmart merger is sending the wrong message to corporate South Africa, argue stakeholders.

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