Labour Dispute
latest news & developmentsRefuse collection uneven in Randburg as Pikitup and workers trade blame
Some Randburg suburbs have gone more than two weeks without refuse collection as Pikitup and striking casual workers trade blame over service disruptions at the Randburg depot
Flysafair reaches wage deal with pilots, ending strike
According to union Solidarity, pilots will receive salary increases of between 6% and 6.9% over the next four years
Word ‘boer’ not racist or racially offensive — ConCourt
This was the unanimous judgment of the Constitutional Court on Thursday following a labour dispute
Fired drivers say Unitrans’s settlement offer is a slap in the face
The union says it will settle for nothing short of the court ruling, which is that all the workers must be re-employed and given back pay.
Minister asked to revoke language board’s dismissals
Split SA Language Board pleads with Parliament to act on the dismissal of 49 employees
Editorial: Trust is key to a new labour deal
Nobody wants a repeat of Marikana’s bloody August 16 2012. But what measures are being put in place to prevent that?
Amplats management unsure of striking miners’ demands
Underground protest action at Amplats’s Tumela mine in Limpopo is continuing, but management says it still does not know what miners’ demands are.
Labour: Bargaining council barneys
Three cases have challenged the ability of centralised bargaining to apply decisions to non-parties. Teigue Payne reports.
Give credit where credit’s due
The farm worker protests in recent weeks in some areas of the wine-producing region of the Western Cape are troubling and, in some cases, misdirected.
Zuma: Zille must work with ministers on farm protests
Western Cape premier Helen Zille must approach national ministers to assist in provincial farmworker labour unrest, President Jacob Zuma has said.
Rubber bullets, teargas fired after Amplats blaze
Police used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse around 1 000 people at Amplats’ Rustenburg operation after a power sub-station was set alight.
Blurring of boundaries exists in US unions too
There can’t be many other outsiders as qualified to hold forth on the labour movement in SA than Andy Stern, who was here on a flying visit this week.
Wits set for another one-day strike
The Academic Staff Association says a second one-day strike by academic and support staff is to hit Wits University next week.
Baby Kruger’s nanny fired
The nanny of baby Marzanne Kruger was going to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) after being fired by her employer.
Emergency services mum on wage talks
Johannesburg Emergency Services management was keeping mum on Wednesday about an ongoing salary dispute with its workers.