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The union demanded the city transfer the money back to Samwu when its members protested outside the Johannesburg metro centre council chambers in a show of their frustration with the city. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BUS STRIKE

Samwu shows its local-government muscle

The union’s financial and governance woes have not blunted the tools it has to paralyse municipalities, such as going on strike

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
BUS OPERATORS

Bus strike talks collapse, secondary strike mooted

Wage talks between the South African Municipal Workers Union and Metrobus have deadlocked, with the possibility of a secondary strike being mooted.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
GAUTENG

Municipal workers’ union threatens to strike

Municipal workers will down tools if ”attacks” on Nelson Mandela metropole employees do not stop, the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) said on Thursday. ”These…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read