The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of long and rigorous salary and wage negotiations with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), which represents the country’s 257 municipalities and their entities in the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC). After three intense rounds of negotiations, held […]

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Cape Argus writes that the SA Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) in the Western Cape has declared a dispute at the education bargaining council, as it called the Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) consultation with unions over teacher cuts, “meaningless and insufficient”. SADTU has also threatened strike action should the issue of 2 400 teachers who […]

The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) is pleased that after a prolonged struggle, the Labour Court has finally set a date to hear the review application by the City of Tshwane. In 2021, parties within the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC) entered into a three-year salary and wage collective agreement, promising municipal […]

News24 reports that Amatola Water workers who embarked on strike action leaving several households without water in the Buffalo City Metro, will be returning to work. Amatola Water’s Amanda Skritch said the strike was called off on Tuesday evening, following a meeting between labour and management. Several water treatment plants of the East London-headquartered water utility […]

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Ground Up reports that more security guards employed by Golden Security Services downed tools on Tuesday, this time at the Heideveld Day Hospital, over salary disputes. On Friday, GroundUp reported that about 80 security guards stationed at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, also employed by Golden Security Services, picketed. They demanded pay which they say is […]

On August 27, 2024, over three hundred members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) in KwaZulu Natal, embarked on a strike over wages. Despite ongoing efforts, the employer has yet to meet the workers’ demands. The Managing Director has taken over negotiations, sidelining the company’s negotiating team, and has […]

GroundUp reports that about 80 security guards employed by Golden Security Services, who are stationed at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, picketed outside the facility on Friday morning. They demanded that they be paid immediately. The guards say they have been on strike since Monday. Uniformed security guards began picketing outside the hospital at […]

TimesLive reports that despite imposing budget cuts across the board the Western Cape education department (WCED) says it still faces a R3.8bn budget shortfall over the next three years and is left with no choice but to cut more than 2,400 teaching posts. The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) last week said it rejected […]

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] welcomes the Labour Court interim order holding the Minister of Public Service and Administration in contempt of court for failing to implement the PSCBC settlement agreement born-out of NEHAWU strike in March 2023 which the Court declared as valid and enforceable. The order was handed down […]

SABC New writes that the Municipal Worker’s Retirement Fund (MWRF) has raised concerns about municipalities defaulting on permanent employees’ pension contributions saying this is likely to affect their two-pot benefit. As the country prepares to usher in a new retirement fund dispensation, some municipal workers are concerned that they may not qualify to claim funds due to […]