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Unions march for permanent posts 2024-04-23 [The Witness]

SAFTU marks its 7th anniversary 2024-04-23 [SAFTU]

Fiscal austerity continues to cause low public service headcount 2024-04-23 [SAFTU]

Palestine SAFTU condemns veto by US government to bar Palestine from United Nations 2024-04-23 [SAFTU]

Constitutional Court sets a corporate precedent in Coca-Cola merger retrenchments ruling 2024-04-23 [Daily Maverick]

KwaZulu-Natal Worrying number of teacher vacancies 2024-04-23 [The Mercury]

KwaZulu-Natal Unions march in Pietermaritzburg demanding permanent jobs for workers 2024-04-23 [The Witness]

North West Denosa suspends nurses' sit-in amid talks with health dept 2024-04-23 [Power98.7FM]

COSATU deeply dismayed government accepted resignation of Director-General of Department of Military Veterans 2024-04-23 [COSATU]

COSATU urges Pitso Mosimane and the Compensation of Occupational Injuries and Diseases Fund to compensate his former domestic worker in full 2024-04-22 [COSATU]

COSATU welcomes Pretoria High Court’s dismissal of dubious Thuja Capital attempt to solicit R5 billion from UIF 2024-04-22 [COSATU]

COSATU welcomes positive SABC wage agreement with CWU 2024-04-22 [COSATU]

North West SADTU condemns burning of Tosca primary school 2024-04-22 [SADTU]

Eastern Cape Shop steward shot dead: NUMSA mourns passing of Thembinkosi Mdoda 2024-04-21 [The Bulrushes]

Gauteng Substation fire leaves Mooikloof in darkness 2024-04-21 [SABC]

Daily Maverick shuts down for 24-hours to protest against journalism crisis 2024-04-21 [IFJ]

KwaZulu-Natal Trade unions plan to protest in Pietermaritzburg 2024-04-21 [Crisis24]

Obituary: Remembering Arunajalam Coopsamy Naicker 2024-04-20 [THe Witness]

SADTU pleads with government for more teaching staff 2024-04-19 [Power98.7FM]

Outsourcing fails hundreds of hard-working security guards and cleaners yet again 2024-04-19 [ActionSA]

Eastern Cape COSATU welcomes Volkswagen’s R4 billion investments in its Kariega assembly plant 2024-04-19 [COSATU]

North West Sibanye closes loss-making 4B shaft at Marikana but minimises job losses 2024-04-19 [MiningMX]

Court dismisses Sama’s application to help doctor who was fired 2024-04-19 [Sunday World]

Labour Party fulfilled requirements to contest polls: Mathunjwa 2024-04-19 [SABC]

SAFTU outraged that construction mafias are allowed to proliferate and stop much-needed development 2024-04-18 [SAFTU]

Pressure mounts as Wits University security guards fight against inequality 2024-04-18 [Wits Vuvuzela]

Nehawu has called a strike at the Dube TradePort at King Shaka International Airport 2024-04-18 [Engineering News]

Coca Cola bottler wins ConCourt battle over job cuts 2024-04-18 [News24]

Mpumalanga Tsotsis shut down 48 schools 2024-04-18 [Daily Sun]

Cosatu urges ‘aggressive intervention’ amid job losses at SOEs 2024-04-18 [JacarandaFM]

North West Over 200 unemployed nurses to stage sit-in at Provincial Health offices in Mafikeng on Monday 2024-04-18 [COSATU]

COSATU commends Old Mutual and Santam’s commitment to implement a R15 000 monthly minimum wage 2024-04-18 [COSATU]

COSATU presents its submission on the Railway Safety Bill to Parliament 2024-04-18 [COSATU]

North West COSATU will be marching in Rustenburg in support of urgent action by SAPS following brutal killing of worker by pit bulls in Rustenburg 2024-04-18 [COSATU]

Western Cape No overtime pay for Strand officers 2024-04-18 [News24]

Mpumalanga Minister Phaahla dismayed by alleged attack of workers at Themba hospital 2024-04-18 [SABC]

Nxesi’s LAP job opportunities programme may just be an electioneering ploy, says Saftu 2024-04-18 [IOL]

KwaZulu-Natal Umdoni workers says municipality facing collapse 2024-04-18 [East Coast Radio]

Metals and engineering employers and unions call for a ‘re-set’ plan 2024-04-18 [KZN Industry & Business]

Gauteng Grievances laid bare: security guards strip naked in protest outside Gauteng health department 2024-04-18 [News 24]

Gauteng City of Joburg is talking to union, security personnel at last 2024-04-18 [The Citizen]

KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health building ‘like a bomb waiting to explode’ 2024-04-18 [The Witness]

Water disruptions must not turn into another Eskom – Uasa 2024-04-18 [Polity/UASA]

South Africa Day 1 report – UNI ICTS World Conference kicks off in Cape Town 2024-04-17 [UNI Global Union]

Doubts over government’s R24 billion unemployment programme 2024-04-17 [BusinessTech]

COSATU welcomes excellent progress at Parliament on Pension Fund Amendment Bill (Two Pot Pension Reforms) 2024-04-16 [COSATU]

Public sector unions want to strike over latest 4.7% pay rise offer 2024-04-16 [Daily Maverick]

Western Cape Extortion rackets disrupt work in Cape Town’s townships 2024-04-16 [GroundUp]

North West Call to unbundle NW University due to dominance of Potchefstroom 2024-04-16 [Sunday World]

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This month in labour history

14-04-1979 Inaugural meeting of FOSATU in Hammanskraal, the first non-racial, democratic national trade union federation with a strong field organization encouraging workers' control. [more]