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, 30 August 2016.
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Health sector union Hospersa slams attack on Free State paramedics ANA reports that the Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union of SA (Hospersa) on Tuesday condemned attacks on emergency services workers allegedly perpetuated by tow truck drivers in the Free State. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Miners stage underground sit-in at Thusi Mining in Ermelo SABC News reports that fifty seven miners have staged an underground sit-in at Thusi Mining in Ermelo, Mpumalanga. The miners have been underground for seven days and are demanding their salaries, which apparently have not been paid for three months. Zama zamas arrested in Roodepoort in massive operation Caxton News Service reports that this past Friday the police and their various units, as well as the Metro police, launched a massive operation against illegal mining in Roodepoort. Other labour posting(s) in this news category
Case against 19 Marikana miners postponed ANA reports that the National Prosecuting Authority has indicated that the case against 19 murder-accused Marikana mineworkers was postponed on Monday. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Clothing manufacturing workers win 8.5% salary hike Daily News reports that about 80,000 clothing workers have won an 8.5% salary increase this year in terms of an agreement reached by the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) under the auspices of the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry.
Nehawu warns of strike over establishment of border management agency BDLive reports that the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) on Tuesday threatened a nationwide strike should the Department of Home Affairs continue to push for the creation of a border management agency. Staff at Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha on wage strike DispatchLive reports that staff at the Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha have gone on strike for better salaries and medical aid contributions. Robertson Winery workers still unhappy with pay offer SABC News reported on Tuesday that employees of Robertson Winery in the Boland region of the Western Cape have still not reached an agreement with their employer over a pay dispute. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Domestic workers plan big protest in Springs and at Parliament on 1 October The Citizen reports that the sexual harassment of domestic workers by male employers will form part of a massive protest scheduled in Gauteng and the Western Cape.
Cosatu is dead and Saccawu will soon be following Fawu, says Vavi The Citizen reports that former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is unsurprised at the exit of the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) from the trade union federation.
Unfair trade practices puts steel industry at risk, says Solidarity Business Report writes that trade union Solidarity warned on Tuesday that if there were to be no urgent intervention, the South African steel industry would be at risk of collapse. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
CWU withdraws application to interdict MTN call centre outsourcing Business Report writes that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has withdrawn an interdict application against MTN intended to stop the cellular operator’s call centre outsourcing plans. New Joburg mayor faces Samwu standoff over Pikitup BDLive report that a battle over waste management company Pikitup is brewing between the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and new Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba. #OutsourcingMustFall to stage mass action in Gauteng on 8 September IOL News reports that Gauteng could come to a standstill next Thursday if the leaders of #OutsourcingMustFall movement get their way.
Plight of SA doctors’ working lives captured in new film Daily News reports that South Africans will soon be able to get a glimpse into the lives of doctors who have to deal with 30-hour shifts, trauma cases, casualties, short-staffed emergency units and long queues of irate patients.
Labour Court damming in its dismissal of CWU’s bid to halt Telkom restructuring Fin24 reports that the Labour Court has struck down a Communication Workers Union (CWU) bid to interdict Telkom from completing a restructuring process.
DA calls for Sadtu to account before Parliament over ‘jobs for cash’ scandal The New Age reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday said it had written to Parliament requesting that the leadership of the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) should account for its role in the “jobs for cash” scandal.
See our listing of links to labour articles published on the internet on Tuesday, 30 August 2016 at SA Labour News
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