The company agreed to increase monthly pay for its lowest paid workers by R900, while miners, artisans and officials will get a 5.5% raise
Union sounds alarm over lack of worker unity among public service affiliates
DA MP thinks the finance minister is backing out of the wage offer
Finance minister says proposal was from facilitation process and not a full offer
Unions representing SA’s more than 1.3-million public servants must now get a mandate from members on whether to accept the revised wage offer
The best way to curb public debt is to stimulate economic growth and spur job creation, says Matthew Parks
Department of public service & administration’s initial offer was 3%
Union says workers have suffered severely because of cost-cutting measures
Labour and civil society are important in holding municipalities to account and ensuring proper use of public resources, Bheki Stofile tells conference
The city refused to implement a 3.5% salary hike for employees in 2021 and another 5.4% wage increase in 2023, citing a lack of funds
Labour federation and SACP leaders say ‘neoliberal’ GNU is ‘highest form of betrayal of our people’
The labour department conducted 2,681 inspections across SA in September
Public servants demand a 12% pay hike despite inflation easing for a third consecutive month to 4.4%
Business Day TV speaks to Financial Mail editor-at-large David Furlonger
Union calls for full explanation while carmaker denies talk of mass retrenchments
Union federation wants firms banned from public sector tenders
Fighting talk from union as coal miner seeks to retrench more than 1,100
Carmaker denies claims of mass dismissals at Rosslyn plant, says protest is a response to a fraud investigation within the medical aid scheme
Union agrees to five-year above-inflation deal as retrenchments loom at Cullinan and Finsch mines
‘Total madness’ and the first real test of the unity government, says Dawie Roodt