The trade union will not accept an offer made by the Fuel Retailers Association and is now mobilising members for a ‘national strike’
Union federation wants indebted workers to have immediate access to a third of their savings
The trade union’s members will be negatively affected by the no-work-no-pay policy if they elect to down tools
The parties are meeting to try to break a wage deadlock after three rounds of talks failed to hammer out a pay deal
Indefinite strike starts after a CCMA ruling, while the company insists NUM’s demands are out of reach in tough trading conditions
There were fears infighting within Numsa, which has more than 400,000 members, could threaten its dominance in the SA economy
Finance minister says he has taken an interest in the negotiations since staff wage bill accounts for the biggest share of government spending
Court order renders Wednesday’s elective congress null and void
The PSA, together with Nehawu, are demanding above-inflation pay hikes of 11.5% and 12%, respectively
Labour and the government have been locked in talks for weeks after unions rejected the government’s offer
The labour court judge also says placing the Mpumalanga region under administration is unconstitutional
The Public Servants Association claims criminals are taking advantage of alleged lax security at borders due to the strike action
Worker action may continue for some time as no talks are planned yet to break the impasse
Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim says workers are demanding a double-digit increase, but ‘negotiations are give and take’
Public Servants Association has urged the finance minister to ensure government tables an inflation-beating wage offer to avoid a debilitating strike
Labour federation says it favours vaccination but can’t support the dismissal of any workers for non-compliance
Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Hilton Trollip, independent consultant in energy research and a research fellow in the Global Risk Governance programme at the ...
Company says workers will get inflation-beating increases over the multi-term agreement
But while Numsa and Num say they are not behind the unprotected strike, they say they understand the workers’ struggles
Evan Pickwoth interviews Lerisha Naidu, who has been appointed managing partner of Baker McKenzie from July
