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One strike and you’re out – registrar tells unions

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A municipal workers’ union is the first to be sanctioned for not following the new rule when deciding whether to go on strike
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Unions up the ante in talks

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The platinum sector wage negotiations are seeing a mixed bag of demands and counter-offers
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It’s mayday for unions as May Day turnout disappoints

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At best the rally was a sad reminder of just how badly the battle for control of the governing party have decimated the ANC’s alliance partner.
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Mboweni to deliver budget in the face of massive debt and blackouts

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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is under pressure to bail out the state power utility Eskom — along with its $30-billion mountain of debt
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Freedom fighter and trade unionist Eric Mtshali dies

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This remarkable veteran helped to build the trade union movement even while in exile
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Cosatu must introspect and fix itself, fast

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The labour federation is a victim of the impasse in the grand post-apartheid South African project
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Thuma mina: Unions unmoved by president’s challenge

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'All the problems of unemployment and inequality are all getting worse since President Ramaphosa took over'
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Samwu’s term of office extension faces opposition from members

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Members of the trade union intend to challenge the amendment of the union's constitution to extend the term of office for leaders
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Bus services expected to resume tomorrow

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The sticking point that delayed a settlement was the insistence by the unions that the agreed 9% pay rise be backdated to April 1
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Why changes to South Africa’s labour laws are an assault on workers’ rights

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Two problems loom large in the implementation of the national minimum wage. One is compliance, the other redress.
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In the name of union game

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In defending its territory an established federation objects to the name of the new kid on the block
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​Humanitarian and union leader Phiroshaw Camay dies aged 69

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He spent two decades working to strengthen civil society, after leading two trade unions.
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A municipal workers’ union is the first to be sanctioned for not following the new rule when deciding whether to go on strike

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