Solidarity is taking SANBS to court hoping to set a precedent applying to companies that employ "the principle of absolute exclusion based on race".
Workers and employers in South Africa’s petroleum sector have agreed on a two-year wage deal, says labour union Solidarity.
Trade union Solidarity says a Cell C employee has committed suicide after he received notice of his retrenchment.
Absa has issued hundreds of staff members with retrenchment notices but it claims it’s in the interests of its clients and a more efficient operation.
Solidarity has shown people getting fired from Absa "Wall Street" style on YouTube and FNB embraces the power of social media during a power crisis.
Absa has denied claims that it plans to fire 3 000 staff members, saying its processes are in line with labour relations best practices.
Absa has denied retrenchment rumours, saying employees affected by its restructuring will be given the chance to apply for new jobs at the company.
The end of the Pamodzi and Aurora crisis may finally be in sight if the Pamodzi liquidators succeed in selling the Grootvlei and Orkney mines.
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/ 17 February 2012
Trade union Solidarity has hit out at the state in a new report, pleading the case for mine ownership to be left in private hands.
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/ 15 February 2012
Union says government’s rejection of the full scale implementation of nationalisation in favour of a mixed economy is worrying for mining’s future.
Certain economic sectors are facing severe shortages but others are oversupplied, writes <b>Lisa Steyn</b>.
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/ 20 December 2011
Trade union Solidarity confirmed having received four section 189 layoff notifications from Sappi, which affects about 959 employees.
As the sun sets on the now-liquidated mining company, Aurora director Michael Hulley’s selection as the president’s legal adviser has raised eyebrows.
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/ 20 October 2011
After an increase of 8% in bank charges in 2011, Absa remains the most expensive commercial bank in SA, with Capitec the cheapest, says Solidarity.
The strike in the coal industry has ended after agreement on wage increases ranging from 8%, depending on job category.
Industrial action in the chemical and fuel sectors has come to an end after employers reached an agreement on wage increases on Thursday.
Fuel industry workers who are members of Solidarity have suspended their strike and will return to work, the union said on Wednesday afternoon.
Wage negotiations continue in the chemical and petroleum sector after a new offer of between 8% and 10% was presented.
Wage negotiations in the country’s chemical sector have deadlocked over 1%, the trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday.
Labour union Solidarity said it had declared a wage dispute in the country’s petroleum sector after negotiations failed.
Solidarity has warned against an uncertain future in the construction industry, following the latest GDP data, which revealed no growth in the sector.
Solidarity has insisted that Telkom had enough room for a "solid" salary hike of up to 12%.
The union says it was ‘no doubt’ linked to liquidators dismissal.
The Department of Justice on Monday fired Enver Motala and Gavin Gainsford as liquidators of Pamodzi Gold estate, according to Solidarity.
In a bid to force Aurora Empowerment Systems to pay salaries or close its doors, Solidarity has served a liquidation application on Aurora.
The ANC’s support for Julius Malema’s hate speech has led to distrust of the ruling party in the Afrikaans community, the Solidarity trade union said.
Parliamentarians shocked by disclosures at meeting held to discuss beleaguered company.
Trade union leaders on Wednesday petitioned Parliament to withdraw the controversial draft Employment Equity Amendment Bill and consider a new draft.
Jimmy Manyi said on Thursday he was speaking on behalf of the BMF when he said there were too many coloured people in the Western Cape.
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/ 9 February 2011
The ANC on Wednesday condemned the "cold-blooded murder" of the uncle of trade union Solidarity’s deputy general secretary Dirk Hermann on his farm.
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/ 19 January 2011
Trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday that regulation, not a "deathblow", was needed to deal with the issue of labour broking.
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/ 20 December 2010
Trade union Solidarity has accused Standard Bank of an "arrogant slap in the face" for employees facing retrenchment.