Federation Of Unions Of South Africa

The government has tried to exploit negative sentiment towards public sector workers, but siding with the employer may be even more difficult

Cosatu pushes back against ‘treasury bureaucracy’ for not allowing civil servants emergency access to their retirement funds as a form of Covid-19 relief

The federation’s former general secretary has been implicated in a dodgy Ayo listing deal which he claims is a ‘deliberate misrepresentation’

Labour minister, however, calls the approval of the National Minimum Wage Bill ‘a milestone’

Workers are expected to take to the streets across the country to protest among other things the minimum wage

Fedusa says unions should have been consulted about plans to introduce an integrated public transport system controlled by municipalities.

Fedusa says the South African Reserve Bank should cut the repo rate by at least 100 basis points to stimulate the economy and create jobs.

Kgalema Motlanthe has declared December 27 a public holiday after Fedusa asked the presidency for an extra day as Christmas falls on a Sunday.

Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel says Fedusa is to draft proposals for the National Development Plan after hearing about issues of concern.

President Jacob Zuma says the government wants more public sector internships to increase job creation and aid skills development.

Some domestic workers from disadvantaged backgrounds are not aware of their legal rights and are vulnerable to bad labour practices, Fedusa says.

Fedusa hopes to discuss "green" jobs with Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel when they meet, to follow up on government’s new growth path.

Fedusa is deeply perturbed by the brazen nature in which the committee on the Protection of Information Bill is trying to push it through Parliament.

Striking unions at Transnet on Wednesday asked the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to intervene in their wage dispute.

Fedusa and its affiliates on Wednesday said they were worried about the number of possible job losses resulting from the global economic crisis.