Numsa is unhappy over changes made to the labour law saying it will severely limit workers’ right to strike.
The union’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says the right to strike is enshrined in the Constitution
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Numsa vows massive strike ‘to protect workers’ rights
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NEHAWU to remain on water strike until demands are met
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JOHANNESBURG – With fears of a shortage of running water in taps across the country due to a nationwide strike in the sector, National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) says that its work stoppage will remain indefinite until all its demands are met.
Taylks between the Water and Sanitation Department and the union deadlocked on Thursday
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Optimum Coal Mine workers have not been paid this month
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JOHANNESBURG – Optimum Coal Mine workers said that they do not know how they are going to get by this weekend after their employer failed to pay them yesterday.
For the past two days, the employees have been demonstrating outside the mine in Mpumalanga demanding for their salaries to be paid.
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Start of academic programme delayed due to DUT strike
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The Durban University of Technology has pushed back it’s opening date.
The institution’s Alan Khan says they’re yet to reach an agreement with administrative staff – who have been striking for weeks.
“The lectures were meant to start on 5 February but the executive committee took a decision today to only commence the academic programme on Monday, 12 February. There’s still a deadlock regarding the salary impasse. At this stage, the university has taken a decision to delay the start of the 2018 academic year,” he says.
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ALERT: Passengers warned of SAA strike at OR Tambo International
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Cape Town – Passengers are being advised to remain in contact with South African Airways, as a strike by its technical crew is set to get underway. Management of OR Tambo International Airport says they are aware of a strike by technical crew of South African Airways (SAA) from Friday 4 August and is “closely..
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Violent protests in Benoni disrupt normal hospital procedures – the staff are sitting in fear
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They don’t care about people’s lives,” said Ken Ford, owner and manager of Sunshine Hospital in Actonville, regarding the protests which erupted in Benoni on Monday (June 26). Service delivery protests raged across Benoni on Monday (June 26). According to Ford, doctors were attacked and intimidated while attempting to get to the hospital. Ford stated..
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