Deadlocked negotiations could lead to the shutdown of commuter rail operations, trade unions representing workers in the sector warned on Wednesday.
Unions representing gold miners met with employers for final wage talks on Tuesday, saying a strike was ”highly likely” if they fail to reach a deal.
A union representing workers in the energy, paper and pharmaceuticals sectors said on Thursday it plans to start a strike next week.
A wage agreement was signed on Wednesday afternoon signalling the official end to a strike over pay at 2010 Soccer World Cup stadiums.
A 12% wage offer ended a week-long strike by 70 000 workers at World Cup construction sites, officials said on Wednesday.
Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has commended labour and Safcec for their efforts to end a strike that has halted work on World Cup stadiums.
Workers in various sectors downed tools this week to push for better pay and working conditions. <i>M&G</i> photographers followed the protest action.
South African building workers began an indefinite strike on Wednesday that will halt work at stadiums for the 2010 World Cup.
Hundreds of South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) workers are expected to down tools during lunchtime on Wednesday over a wage dispute.
SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said on Tuesday that there will be no broadcast blackouts should a strike by SABC workers go ahead.
Workers at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) plan to strike next week in a dispute over wages.
A court on Friday heard arguments for an application to prevent a strike that could see work on World Cup stadiums grind to a halt.
KwaZulu-Natal doctors returned to work on Friday morning after downing tools for almost two weeks.
Congress of South African Trade Unions president Sdumo Dlamini called on KwaZulu-Natal’s striking doctors to go back to work on Friday.
The SA Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors says it will apply for an interdict to stop workers at World Cup sites from going on strike.
The government signed a revised pay offer for public-sector doctors on Tuesday in the hope of ending weeks of picketing and strikes.
NUM said on Tuesday that 50 000 construction workers would launch a strike over pay from next Wednesday, halting work across the economy.
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) doctors on Monday defied a court order that compels them to go back to work.
KZN minister of health Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo has issued an ultimatum to striking doctors, calling on them to return to work or face the music.
Striking doctors in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday embarked on a campaign to cajole their counterparts in other parts of the country to join them.
Hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have cancelled operations and were turning away patients as the doctors’ strike entered its third day on Wednesday.
The pulp and paper sector may be the next to be hit by industrial action, with workers at Mondi and Sappi threatening to down tools.
The Health Department is expected to table a new, revised salary offer for doctors, reports said on Wednesday.
Some KZN and Free State hospitals were shut down on Tuesday as doctors protested over salaries, the SA Registrars’ Association said.
Hundreds of angry public-sector doctors demanded better wages on Monday at a picket outside Durban’s King Edward VIII hospital.
An SABC Labour Court application to prevent a strike at the public broadcaster was postponed on Friday until next week.
While Trevor Manuel may think South African businesses are cowards by not standing up to the unions, CEOs are rubbing their hands in glee.
Cosatu and the SACP on Monday criticised Trevor Manuel for suggesting that unions were exacerbating the global economic crisis by going on strike.
Cosatu on Thursday backed a call by metal workers for strikes to demand deeper interest-rate cuts.
The Department of Health says striking doctors owe the nation an explanation for their conduct.
The current road freight sector strike is affecting several of the Shoprite Group’s suppliers, the retailer said on Wednesday.
Reports that South Africa is on the brink of a national fuel shortage are exaggerated, the petroleum industry association said on Tuesday.