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GroundUp reports that Almost 100 former nurses at Jubilee District Hospital in Hammanskraal are calling on the Gauteng Department of Health to employ them permanently. Originally contracted in July 2020 to deal with the Covid pandemic, their employment contracts were periodically renewed but terminated at the end of March 2023. The nurses have been sitting […]
News24 reports that three unions at Eskom have rejected the embattled power utility’s latest 4.5% wage increase offer. Eskom tabled its revised offer, which is a hike from an initial 3.75%, to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Solidarity at the Centralised Bargaining Forum (CBF) on […]
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) has learnt with disgust lies being peddled by the George Local Municipality in relation to the Union’s protected strike action that was to commence on 24 May 2023. The municipal management has been all over the show claiming that the Labour Court has interdicted the strike action. What […]
DFA reports that members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) have returned to work at Sol Plaatje Municipality following a two-day “tools down” action over workers’ grievances. Workers gathered at the civic centre on Wednesday after a promised local labour forum (LLF) meeting took place on Tuesday afternoon. During the meeting it was […]
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The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) will be embarking on an indefinite protected strike against the George Municipality. This is after the parties reached a deadlock on negotiations through the Local Labour Forum (LLF) as an extension of the South African Local Bargaining Council (SALGBC). The negotiations go as far back as 2019/2020 on […]
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SABC News reports that the Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism, in partnership with 12 employers in the private sector, say they are on a drive to place in jobs about 5 000 young people this year alone. The partnership says about a thousand young people were matched to job opportunities during the launch […]
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions in Gauteng is saddened by the passing of Cde Joe Mpisi, a true revolutionary, an activist, and a trade unionist par excellence. Comrade Mpisi served diligently in various positions. He was the former Provincial Chairperson of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) in Gauteng as […]
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News24 reports that as the world commemorated International Nurses Day on 12 May, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) raised concerns about the shortage of nurses in public health facilities. Denosa spokesperson Sibongiseni Delihlazo said that according to research conducted by the trade union, there were 20,000 unemployed nurses sitting at home. Delihlazo indicated: “The […]
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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 […]