Strike-related damages have soared as state insurer Sasria gets its biggest claim ever – R70-million in damages after farmworker strikes in Cape Town.
The Constitutional Court has ruled that a union does not enjoy special protection from damages claims by its own members.
Unions rail against the plan to cut bonuses at the government’s ‘model of excellence’ – the treasury.
South Africa is girding itself for a fresh round of labour unrest as collective wage negotiations get under way.
Zimbabwe’s leaders were nurtured in the organisations that changed the country.
The South African workplace must be opened up to regulated industrial democracy.
The SA Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) has pledged R1-million for the establishment of a formal farm workers’ union.
Those with jobs emerge as a major new force,
but it’s at the expense of the unemployed.