Today's Labour News

newsThis news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.

weblinksOur links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 11 August 2016


Chronological with most recent web postings at the top

Forum ontwrig verkeer by Kuruman uit protes teen myn – Netwerk24 (limited access)

Union tells Telkom, MTN workers to down tools - SABC News

Striking fuel industry workers vow to not back down - SABC News

Aftermath of coalitions worries municipal employees in Tshwane and Joburg - The Star

Petrol plek-plek skaars weens staking - Netwerk24 (limited access)

Eskom strike: Workers tell of battle for decent wages - Business Report

Power supply steady despite strike, says Eskom - Fin24

SA strike season warming up - Fin24

Is there a link between lack of engineers, ANC poll losses, asks SAICE - Engineering News

Strike has not adversely affected operations, Eskom management assures - BDLive

ConCourt calls it right: You can fire someone who uses the k-word - BDLive

Cape Town construction worker critical after 5m fall - The Citizen

KZN's chief cop returns to work after suspension set aside – Daily News

Eskom ranked sixth globally for women representation – SA Govt News Agency

Strike action against MTN 'imminent', warns CWU – Fin24

Striking Telkom workers march through Cape Town demanding 11% and end to retrenchments – GroundUp

Telkom workers march to JSE over wages - EWN

Limpopo teachers boycott over CCTV fitted in classrooms - SowetanLive

Woman disabled by pitbull fights for employment - DispatchLive

Hopes for a light bulb moment as mediation gets underway in Eskom wage dispute - BDLive

Crane used to lower injured worker at Durban’s Pavilion - TimesLive

Councillors out of a job after municipal poll will cost government R309m - BDLive

CWU marches to the bourse - Business Report

Six grass cutters die in fire at Gauteng nature reserve - The Citizen

NUM to lay charges after police fire rubber bullets at Eskom protest - JacarandaFM

Amplats employee killed in fall-of-ground incident at Rustenburg East mine - Mining Weekly

DA bids to help Pretoria bus commuters amid strike - Pretoria News

Course blunder for NW nursing students, qualifications not recognised - SowetanLive

Communication Workers Union calls MTN outsourcing a 'jobs bloodbath' - Fin24

Ceppwawu to take strike to employers' headquarters - EWN

Another petrol strike in the pipeline - Business Report

NUM protest to continue outside Koeberg power station - SABC News

Police monitor strike action at Eskom power stations – EWN

Union says Prasa to blame for its trains burning - The Citizen

Post-election metro purge fears - The New Age

CWU threatens new industrial action at Telkom and MTN - BDLive

NUM members at Eskom defy interdict and go out on Wednesday over wages - BDLive

Students want salary cuts for public servants to fund free higher education - BDLive

Petrol strike could affect rand - The New Age

Eskom: Staking kan jou wél raak - Netwerk24 (limited access)

Marikana: The missing consequences of a massacre - Daily Maverick


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