NUM signs wage deal with Petra Diamonds

Union agrees to five-year above-inflation deal as  retrenchments loom at Cullinan and Finsch mines

Fiscal wild card as public servants demand 12% wage hike

‘Total madness’ and the first real test of the unity government, says Dawie Roodt

Economists warn on above-inflation pay raises

Unions, however, argue that there is little concern about CEO salaries and widening income inequality gap

Satawu approaches courts over nonpayment of members’ salaries

Employment benefits including pension fund contributions have also not been paid for six months

Municipal unions reject Salga’s revised offer as ‘poor’

Imatu and Samwu refuse to take counter-offer of 3.75% back to members for consideration

Numsa signs 6.8% wage deal at Gautrain

The one-year wage agreement brings the 17-day strike at Gautrain operator Bombela Operating Company to an end

Wage talks must consider cost of living, says Salga boss Stofile

Union Samwu’s primary demands include a one-year 15% wage increase — almost three times the 5.2% inflation rate recorded in April and May

Numsa and Gautrain operator remain deadlocked

Bombela says union’s original demands equated to an increase of almost 50% on overall wage bill

Ford strike ends with R20,000 payout to workers

Workers to receive a one-off R20,000 payment each and no dismissals, says Numsa

Numsa to start indefinite strike at Gautrain on Monday

The union is demanding a 13% wage increase and 60% contribution to medical aid costs

Numsa slams Mercedes plan to axe more than 700 jobs

German company seeks to cut production due to declining global demand for its C-Class sedan

Mercedes-Benz SA to lay off 700 workers in East London

Company will adjust production from three daily shifts to two

Stability rules as unions and miners sign five-year wage pacts

Petra Diamonds and National Union of Mineworkers are latest to agree on long-term deal

Axed Sibanye-Stillwater workers expected to appeal dismissals

The mining company has asked employees to use the established grievance mechanisms or union representatives to address any concerns

Miners stage sit-in underground at Sibanye shaft over share option scheme

The striking Kroondal workers are aggrieved they did not receive employee share option scheme payments

Numsa tells members not to vote for ‘antiworker, xenophobic’ parties

If given chance to lead,  DA and ActionSA will take working class back to slavery, general secretary says

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