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The Educators Union of SA has called on pupils, teachers and parents to picket for the immediate closure of schools.Image: 123RF/undrey
EDUCATION

Union calls on teachers‚ pupils to picket until Ramaphosa ‘listens’ and closes schools

The Educators Union of SA (Eusa) has called on teachers and pupils to picket from Tuesday to pressure President Cyril Ramaphosa to close schools as the number of Covid-19 infections increases. The union said the teaching fraternity felt…

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The public enterprises department said on Monday it has had separate meetings with all unions involved in SAA, as well as non-unionised workers, to table its restructuring plan.Image: SAA
SAA LT RETRENCHMENTS

‘Do it your way’: Gordhan to unions declining SAA retrenchments

The public enterprises department says it is unable to accommodate the demands of several unions linked to the South African Airways (SAA) business rescue plan. In a statement released on Monday evening, the department said it had…

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COSATU and its affiliates marched to the Gauteng Legislature protesting against a lack of jobs and retrenchments both in the public and private sector. Photo Thulani Mbele
BUDGET SPEECH

Government wage bill reduction an “eleventh hour negotiation” – unions

By KGOTHATSO MADISA The state reached out to the public sector unions at the eleventh hour on Tuesday to renegotiate salary increases in an attempt to reduce the government wage bill. This is according to unions who said the government…

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