Labour

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Elections, the SABC and the unions

More than a touch of irony that Solidarity and Bemawu took SABC to court, while Cosatu-aligned union cozied up to management

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Opinion | 1 August 2016

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Taxi industry shrugs off minimum wage

Department of Labour has set new wage standards but taxi operators say they will continue paying their drivers with commissions and targets

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News | 29 July 2016

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Strike starts in petrol industry

Workers want 9% but employers offer 7%

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Brief | 28 July 2016

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Silicosis: The gold mines’ ambitious plan

Gold mines bid to change the whole workers’ compensation system

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Analysis | 19 July 2016

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Silicosis: Laduuuma! But who moved the goalposts?

Mining companies prepare a new strategy

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Analysis | 18 July 2016

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Uber drivers protest after hijacking

Cash system puts drivers at risk, they say

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Brief | 12 July 2016

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Farm worker loses four fingers in accident

Zimbabwean awaiting compensation and unable to work

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News | 12 July 2016

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Still no justice for dead construction worker

More than a year after Melikhaya Pisane’s death, police investigation stalled

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News | 20 June 2016

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Fire fighting should never be privatised

Lessons to be learned from the strike in Canada

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Opinion | 20 June 2016

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SA firefighters in Canada: here are the facts

The singing firefighters are returning home after negotiations failed to resolve a pay dispute

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News | 13 June 2016

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Sadtu denial gives ammunition to union bashers

Deeper investigation into "posts for sale" scandal needed

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Opinion | 6 June 2016

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Taxi drivers force Uber passenger out of car

Driver assaulted and his license disk stolen, as cab drivers close road to airport

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Brief | 3 June 2016

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Mining companies appeal silicosis judgment

"We think this is an attempt to frustrate and delay, and characteristic of what they've been doing," says lawyer for mineworkers

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Brief | 3 June 2016

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Siqalo residents protest over rubbish collection jobs

Protesters angry at “failed’ interviews

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Brief | 1 June 2016

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Philippi supermarket workers on strike

Employees demand 15% wage increase

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Brief | 31 May 2016

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UCT aims to shed staff

Morale at “all-time low”, says Academics Union official

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News | 26 May 2016