This 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.
In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Tuesday, 10 May 2016.
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Solidarity institutes class action against GEPF over fund calculations Fin24 reports that trade union Solidarity has served court papers on the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) for unlawfully amending the formula for calculating employees' preservation fund payouts at the time of resignation. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Bodies of five illegal miners found in Harmony’s Eland mine in Welkom News24 reports that the decomposing bodies of five illegal miners, known as zama-zamas, were found underground on Monday in Harmony Gold's Eland shaft in Welkom, Free State police said on Tuesday. Negotiations to end nine week-long action at Glencore colliery deadlocked SABC News reports that negotiations to end the nine week industrial action at Glencore's Wonderfontein coal mine in Belfast have deadlocked. WAU denies it was formed to destroy Amcu ANA reports that the general secretary of the Workers Association Union (WAU), Elifas Ngoepe, insisted on Tuesday that the union was formed to advance the interests of the workers, not to dilute support for other unions. NUM wants a buyer for Exxaro’s Arnot colliery Bloomberg reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) wants a buyer to step in at Exxaro Resource’s Arnot colliery to avert job cuts at the end of July. DMR’s negligence in Glencore court case cost taxpayers R700 000 Fin24 reports that the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) wasted close to R700,000 in taxpayers’ money because it failed to follow up on a court case.
Unions up wage demands to double digits after Myeni says SAA has money BDLive reports that trade unions involved in wage negotiations at South African Airways (SAA) have reviewed their wage demands, raising them back from single to double digits, following statements made by the airline’s board chairwoman Dudu Myeni. New initiatives may set a different tone at this year’s auto industry wage talks Engineering News writes that this year will see organised labour and the automotive assembly and component manufacturing sectors return to the bargaining table to thrash out new wage accords.
Cosatu calls for urgent jobs summit The New Age reports that after President Jacob Zuma led discussions between the government, business and labour in Pretoria on Monday, Sdumo Dlamini, president of labour federation Cosatu, expressed grave concern over recent unemployment statistics. Protecting Amsa puts industry and jobs at risk, says Neasa Business Report writes that Gerhard Papenfus, CE of the National Employers’ Association of SA (Neasa), has thrown down the gauntlet to government to review its decision to cushion ArcelorMittal SA (Amsa) against cheap Chinese steel imports through tariffs. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Samwu wants municipalities to stop using EPWP and CWP workers TMG Digital reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has called on local government to stop using labour offered through the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) and Community Works Programme (CWP) to render services to communities.
Fawu fights hard for BEE payout in brewery merger between AB InBev and SABMiller BDLive reports that the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) is determined to drag out the completion of the merger between Anheuser Busch InBev (AB InBev) and SABMiller in a bid to secure benefits for its members. Competition Tribunal approves SABMiller, Coke bottling deal with limit on layoffs Fin24 reports that the Competition Tribunal on Tuesday conditionally approved a SABMiller and Coca-Cola deal to combine their African soft drink operations into what would be the continent's biggest Coke drinks bottler.
Sadtu protests over vacant KZN teaching posts Daily News reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has embarked on indefinite pickets outside the KwaZulu-Natal education department’s district offices, demanding the urgent filling of teacher posts around the province. Massive squeeze at Port Elizabeth schools with new wave of teacher shortages HeraldLive reports that a Port Elizabeth school was forced to cram 84 pupils into a single classroom on Tuesday as a new wave of teacher shortages hit the northern areas.
See our listing of links to labour articles published on the internet on Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at SA Labour News
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