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News24 reports that the Western Cape health department says it will have to freeze more than 2 000 posts if it does not get additional funding following the public sector wage agreement. Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said she would be working closely with her national counterparts to enact the needed change in the healthcare system. “Only […]
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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) led by its General Secretary Cde Jack Mazibuko, yesterday the 11th of May 2023, held a lengthy and difficult meeting with the management of Transnet to discussed what the management calls ‘Transition’ and the Private Sector Participation within the entity, at the Transnet Durban Port Terminal. The […]
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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union in Limpopo says bus company Great North Transport remains disinterested to engage with the union on issues of pension benefits for current and former GNT employees. GNT has since denied allegations that it has defaulted on its commitment to finalise the Pension Fund Liquidation process and pay all outstanding […]
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BusinessLive reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which represents the majority of workers at embattled power utility Eskom, has lowered its wage demands from 15% to 12%, saying it was “persuaded” by the cash-strapped utility to do so after it presented its financials to labour. Representatives of NUM, the National Union of Metalworkers […]
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Sunday Times Daily reports that the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA) has taken a firm stance against employers that fiddled with provident fund contributions during a Covid concession period. The Private Security Sector Provident Fund amended its rules to allow employers to pay contributions at a lower rate (5%) from September 2021 to March […]
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SABC News reports that the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) will on Thursday march to the office of Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi over the outsourcing of municipal services in the City of Johannesburg. Samwu says the City has enough capable workers to execute municipal services, but the City insists on outsourcing labour. Union’s Deputy […]
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has noted the Department of Employment and Labour’s lamentations about the lack of compliance by employers, in particular the banking and financial sector, with the Employment Equity Act. The federation is calling on the government to move away from condemnations and be decisive to ensure employers comply […]
The Congress of South African Trade Unions salutes and congratulates the thousands of workers who participated in our nationwide May Day celebrations. We congratulate them for ensuring that our activities were characterized by supreme discipline, solidarity, and a festive atmosphere. We thank our affiliates for not just mobilising workers but for providing transportation for them. […]
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is calling on all workers across all sectors of the economy and in all corners of the country to come out in their numbers to celebrate this year’s International Workers Day “May Day” on the 1st of May 2023. Our federation is celebrating this year’s May Day under the theme; Build Working […]
The Congress of South African Trade Unions wishes workers and South Africans in general, a wonderful Freedom Day today, 27 April 2023. This year marks the 29th anniversary of our freedom which marked the demise of the apartheid regime and heralded our democratic breakthrough. This remains an important day in our calendar that we need to […]