Labour unions

Can you be retrenched without being consulted? Constitutional Court makes a far-reaching ruling

AMCU challenged sections of the Labour Relations Act

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Law | 27 January 2020

Domestic workers fight for national minimum wage

“We buy in the same shops, so we must be treated like all workers”

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News | 17 January 2020

Cape Town law enforcement officers protest

JP Smith accuses protesters of “dangerous and irresponsible lies”

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Brief | 25 November 2019

Unions at odds with each other over supermarket’s wage increase

Workers from a minority union are picketing a store in Louis Trichardt, but the majority union wants nothing to do with it

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Brief | 15 November 2019

Low wages are not just the farmers’ fault, says US activist

Baldemar Velásquez shares experience at farm worker conference

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News | 22 October 2019

Oak Valley: employers and employees argue over court jurisdiction

Workers want their plea for better housing heard in the Equality Court

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News | 17 September 2019

Conveyor belt workers picket against payroll system

NUMSA says it is bringing in auditors and SARS to verify payments

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Brief | 18 January 2019

Workers barred from picketing at Dis-Chem

Company claims historic victory in Labour Court; four workers arrested

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News | 5 December 2018

Workers march to premier’s office demanding better working conditions

The working class are the main voters and we are giving government a warning, says COSATU chairperson

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News | 23 November 2018

Unions claim victory in Port Elizabeth municipal back pay agreement

Trollip says coalition council has resolved decades of impasse with workers

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Brief | 13 July 2018

Mayhem at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital as workers demand performance bonuses

Hospital staff were intimidated and patients had to be locked inside for their safety

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News | 31 May 2018

Bus strike over: Employers and unions agree on 9%

Agreement on backdated pay reached

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Brief | 14 May 2018

Unions divided on Workers’ Day

Rival events held on 1 May show unequal support for Saftu and Cosatu

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Analysis | 2 May 2018

COSATU pickets Parliament over “deepening crisis in Cape Town”

Union raises similar issues to those raised by Saftu earlier in the day

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News | 12 April 2018

Unions to march against labour law changes

Saftu says right to strike undermined and minimum wage threatened

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Brief | 9 April 2018