Trade union leaders on Wednesday petitioned Parliament to withdraw the controversial draft Employment Equity Amendment Bill and consider a new draft.
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Unions have criticised the DA’s proposal to amend the Constitution to hold them responsible for damages caused by members during violent protests.
The public service and administration department said on Monday it would be meeting unions again this week in a bid to avert a potential strike.
Trade union leaders are turning the screws on President Jacob Zuma’s new administration to pay state employees a living wage.
While President Jacob Zuma warned that the recession will affect government spending, unions are waiting in the wings to demand better salaries.
Cosatu has asked ANC president Jacob Zuma to add two more of its leaders to his Cabinet to strengthen the left’s influence in government.
A new federation to rival Cosatu was formed recently. Matuma Letsoalo quizzed its leading light, Cope leader Willie Madisha.
Eskom gives cash-strapped Pamodzi Gold less than a week to settle its electricity bills amounting millions of rands to avoid power cuts at operations.
Ex-Cosatu president Willie Madisha announced on Thursday that a new trade union movement is to be launched on March 28 in Gauteng.
Cosatu: it does not make sense that the gold mines are jumping on the bandwagon of cutting jobs when the price of gold remains stable.
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/ 24 February 2009
Solidarity on Tuesday hit back at Lonmin which earlier said it had reached "an agreement" with trade unions to retrench 4 000 employees.
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/ 16 February 2009
Ex Cosatu president Willie Madisha intends launching a new workers federation before the end of the month, it was reported on Monday.
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/ 18 October 2008
Trade union supporters of ANC president Jacob Zuma scored a victory this week by toppling one of former president Thabo Mbeki’s most vocal supporters.
Thabo Mohlala challenges Sadtu boss Thulas Nxesi on perceptions that the union shields its members at the expense of education.
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/ 23 September 2008
Conflict over an SAPS restructuring exercise is intensifying, after police management told trade unions it will press ahead in collective bargaining.
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/ 8 September 2008
Numsa chief accuses the federation of playing politics when it should remain above the fray, reports Rapule Tabane.
Zuma supporters sweep out leaders of Mbeki-aligned chemical union, writes Matuma Letsoalo.
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/ 1 September 1989
Leaders of the mass democratic movement and the National Council of Trade Unions have both announced plans for nationwide industrial action.
Trade unions representing over a million workers are on course for national strike action.