The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political alliances
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Trade unions from the US and sub-Saharan Africa will be calling for decent work to be put on the agenda at this week’s Agoa forum
The South African Federation of Trade Unions will lobby other police organisations following the loss of 82 000 Sapu members
The architects of our own Lula Moment in 2007 are silent as the Wenzenists call for the return of Da Zuma
Despite being disillusioned with their ally in government, the SACP and the labour federation are unlikely to leave the tripartite alliance
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The labour federations want a basic income grant of R1 500 and for a drop in the price of food, fuel, electricity and interest rates to
Rival labour federation Cosatu has also called for a national protest
Some, including Zwelinzima Vavi, say unions risk collapse if they are run like businesses — a critique that Irvin Jim argues is part of a ‘mischievous attack’ on his leadership
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The metalworkers union leader has alleged that NGOs want to capture the union, using media outlets
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The general secretary says the court should be slow to interfere with internal union disputes
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A court bid that could result in Numsa’s congress being interdicted comes amid a battle for the heart of the country’s single-largest union
Trade federation Saftu’s recent conference has revived debate about whether unions represent the plight of workers or their own ambitions
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The general secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions was re-elected despite moves by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
Saftu and NUM leaders warn that load-shedding will cause devastating job losses and scupper economic recovery
Supporters have stood by Jacob Zuma through scandal after scandal. Some have stayed loyal to him and others have turned their backs
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Public sector unions have cried foul over the government’s plan to freeze wages for three years and have vowed to fight back.
After months of little action, the planned nationwide stayaway may not be an impressive show of force by the trade union movement
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The Saftu general secretary addressed thousands of delegates at Amcu’s national elective congress on Thursday
The labour council has battled to defend its representation of workers’ interests, given that union membership is on the decline across the country
Today’s capitalism is a slide into authoritarianism, using Islamophobia, xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism to keep the state in power
Msimang was treasurer of the party under the leadership of former president Thabo Mbeki
This latest allegation relates to incidents in late August and early September 2017 in which Vavi is said to have harassed and later groped a woman
The labour federation is a victim of the impasse in the grand post-apartheid South African project
The first woman president plans to stamp out sexism
and recruit members, including former ally Numsa
‘The shift to tyranny in SA has been accompanied by political arguments about the nature of South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy’
The general secretary of a Saftu-affiliated union is being investigated for corruption
Cosatu’s Western Cape secretary has informally met senior leaders of the South African Federation of Trade Unions and could soon join Saftu
The political party has said it supports Saftu and urges all workers to join the strike against the proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Act
Saftu with its affiliates, is embarking on a protected strike as part of the campaign to call on the government to rectify labour law amendments
Thousands of workers are expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for a one day strike as Saftu plans to make the country “ungovernable”
The DA said on Monday that it supported the broad idea of a minimum wage, but insisted a blanket implementation is not practical