National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) members have been on strike since Friday Lecturers and admin staff at Unisa are on strike over a nine-percent salary increase. The National Education, Health and Allied…
SA Airways (SAA) has cancelled nearly all its domestic, regional and international flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday as the embattled airline faces the “mother of all strikes” by unions. The airline said this was to minimise the…
The labour court ruling on Air Chefs’ application for an interdict to prevent a strike by its staff at major SA airports is expected on Monday afternoon. The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) had warned there would be no food…
King William’s Town was brought to a standstill last week when the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) launched its nation-wide strike which affected municipalities across the country. In King, Cosatu members marched from…
Well, it’s finally over. After three gruelling weeks, the South African Municipal Workers (SAMWU) strike has reached an end. I don’t think I need to go into detail about what the effects have been – we can all see very clearly for…
King William’s Town residents find their town in a state of squalor as the Samwu strike edges forward with no end in sight. Uncollected refuse and overflowing sewerage can be seen on most street corners in the town, leaving a nauseating…
Two Eastern Cape universities, Walter Sisulu University and University of Fort Hare, remain on total shutdown as wage negotiations between management and unions remain deadlocked. Thousands of academic and non-academic staff at WSU and…
The strike at Mango Airlines continued for the second day on Tuesday as the airline approached trade union Solidarity to return to the discussion table so that the parties could try to come to an agreement. Solidarity deputy general…
OR Tambo International Airport is set to be hit by a strike on Friday‚ but management cannot say how bad the effects will be. Staff at South African Airways (SAA) are embarking on their second labour stoppage in the past few months, in…
