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Reuters reports that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) is angered by Telkom’s plan to cut up to 3,000 workers and on Sunday called for an urgent meeting with the ruling ANC and the minister of communication.
Telkom, in which the government holds a stake of about 39%, told unions on Wednesday that it could cut up to,3 000 of more than 15,000 staff due to declining performance in fixed voice and fixed data services. The telecoms firm is also grappling with organisational and operational inefficiencies linked to fixed voice and data services, which require more staff to install, maintain and market. CWU said it found the presentation by the company “ridiculous and undermining not only to workers but the country at large,” adding that in 2016 the company presented almost the same reasons to cut over 2,000 jobs and further outsourced thousands more jobs. CWU warned Telkom not to continue with its plan to retrench workers, “but engage on a meaningful dialogue in an attempt to avoid any jobs bloodbath or face mass action.” On Thursday, Solidarity wrote to Telkom requesting a moratorium on forced retrenchments during which a retraining programme be implemented “so workers can be equipped with new skills to help Telkom grow in the fast-changing information environment.” The Federation of Unions of SA on Friday called on the government as the majority shareholder in Telkom to dismiss the entire board with immediate effect for “gross leadership failure over the last five years and a lack of strategic direction and planning.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nqobile Dludla at Moneyweb
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