The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union on Monday stated that it was still consulting its members on the way forward regarding the ongoing strike at some of the country’s main airports.
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/ 9 December 2003
Black economic empowerment (BEE) is not a risk factor for South African transport group Imperial Holdings but an opportunity for transformation and development of the group, says chief executive Bill Lynch. Imperial has entered into an agreement with broad-based BEE group Ukhamba Holdings.
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/ 8 December 2003
Trade union Solidarity and South African steel producer Iscor appear to be headed for further conflict over the exact number of people the company wants to retrench. Solidarity spokesperson Dirk Hermann said the union wanted to know exactly how many people Iscor planned to retrench at all its plants throughout SA.
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/ 25 November 2003
The National Union of Mineworkers and the FGTB, a Belgian construction workers’ union, have joined hands to form a partnership against HIV/Aids in the construction sector. Spokesperson Moferefere Lekorotsoane said the project aims to run over three years, beginning in 2003 and ending in 2005.
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/ 18 November 2003
The three-week strike at all major South African airports falling under the authority of the Airports Company South Africa on Monday came to an end after the company and the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union reached a wage settlement. The two parties have been at loggerheads over wage increases.
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/ 17 November 2003
South African steel producer Iscor on Monday said the number of planned retrenchments at its divisions has not yet been confirmed, contrary to claims by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa that it intends to axe 1 600 production workers and an additional 2 000 staff members by December 2003.
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/ 10 November 2003
The stakes in the ten day old Airports Company South Africa dispute have risen with baggage handling workers and South Africa Airways cabin crew walking off the job in support of the Acsa workers demands for a 10% wage increase.
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/ 29 October 2003
The Airports Company of South Africa on Wednesday said the South African Police Service on Wednesday morning arrested 36 striking members of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) at Cape Town International airport. The Satawu strike is the first strike action at the company in five years.
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/ 28 October 2003
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) on Tuesday said it would resist plans by steel group Iscor to axe 2 000 workers by December 1 as a result of the strong rand. Numsa spokesperson Dumisa Ntuli said the company would resume consultation with the union on Wednesday.
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/ 27 October 2003
The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) has stated that there have been no disruptions at all the major airports under its authority despite the first day of strike action by members of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union. An Acsa spokesperson said contingency measures were in place.
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/ 15 October 2003
All South African airports falling under the authority of the Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) could come to a standstill later this week or early next week when the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union is likely serve a 48-hour strike notice to the company.
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/ 15 October 2003
The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (Numsa) on Wednesday said about 8 000 workers at arms manufacturer Denel remain "highly mobilised" for industrial action. Numsa said about 1 000 workers at the Vektor division in Centurion near Pretoria would stage a picket protest action on Wednesday at 12h00.
The long-awaited government taxi recapitalisation programme will once again take another two years to come to fruition after the South African Transport and Trade and Industry Departments agreed with a taxi body to postpone the cut-off dates for the programme rollout.
The Delta Motor Corporation in Port Elizabeth on Thursday claimed that despite the ongoing strike by close to 3 000 National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa members, the workers’ attendance continued to increase each day. Delta on Wednesday urged Numsa members based in Port Elizabeth to return to work.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has announced it is throwing its full weight behind the campaign to make sure that every eligible voter is registered to vote in next year’s national and provincial elections. Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal each have more than two million people that still need to register.
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/ 11 September 2003
South African Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana told the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in a Cape Town seminar that the commission plays a vital role in protecting the rights of the most vulnerable of workers.
The wage dispute between the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), the Fuel Retailers Association and the Retail Motor Industry, remains unresolved after the two employer organisations failed to increase their wage offer to the union.
The National Union Of Metalworkers and electricity utility Eskom are still at loggerheads after five rounds of wage negotiations failed to produce an agreement on wage increases.
Wage confirmation talks, which constitute the three-year agreement between the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and the Automobile Manufacturers Employers Organisation, hit a snag this week after the parties failed to reach an agreement on wage increases.
A resolution to the dispute between South African steel producer Iscor (ISC) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is in sight following the union’s decision to withdraw its demand for back pay.
The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa and South African steel group Iscor are expected to resume talks on Tuesday in an attempt to resolve a wage dispute as the strike enters its eighth day.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions on Monday called on the government to expand the public service rather than reduce it.
The second round of wage talks between National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and power utility company Eskom is continuing accusations by the union that the company is paying huge bonuses to its bosses while offering peanuts to workers.
Three South African civil society organisations have welcomed what they say is the considerable progress made around public works, sectoral strategies to create jobs and strengthen local government.
Two months after the implementation of the law on minimum wages in the South African agricultural sector came to force and talk of retrenchments in the sector is rife, but the Labour Department refuses to budge on the new law.
There would inevitably be an economic backlash for smaller economies from the US-led war in Iraq, the unrest in the Middle East, and the surging oil and gold prices.
The Congress Of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Wednesday it was shocked that the official unemployment rate had risen rapidly in the past year, rising from 29,4% in February 2002 to 30,5% in September 2002.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions on Wednesday added its voice to criticism of plans by electricity utility Eskom to increase its tariffs for electricity by more than the rate of inflation, possibly by as much as 16%.
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/ 10 January 2003
The Congress of South African Trade Unions said it was concerned that the substantial revaluation of the rand has not led to an equal drop in the price of maize.