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It’s terrible, say workers as more bodies clog morgue 2024-05-11 [Daily News]

Durban fishers demand access to piers 2024-05-07 [GroundUp]

COSATU Leadership to embark on an ANC campaign trail this week 2024-05-07 [COSATU]

‘Morgue jobs making us sick’ 2024-05-05 [Independent on Saturday]

NEHAWU continues with its strike action at Dube Tradeport 2024-05-01 [COSATU]

Dube Tradeport employees continue wage strike 2024-04-26 [East Coast Radio]

Municipality loses third bid to dishonor wage deal 2024-04-25 [Northern Natal News]

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

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

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

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

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

Education Dept warned to pay schools’ financial allocations on time 2024-04-10 [East Coast Radio]

Nehawu pleads with health dept to resolve doctor grievances 2024-04-06 [East Coast Radio]

The Wild Wild Umhlathuze: Samwu slams municipality 'where everyone is carrying a gun' 2024-03-31 [News 24]

Calls for justice after PMB doctor found dead 2024-03-27 [JacarandaFM]

Government workers flee another uninhabitable CBD building 2024-03-27 [The Witness]

Union plans strike action in eThekwini despite lack of recognition 2024-03-25 [The South African]

Still no final word on end of strike 2024-03-23 [Independent on Saturday]

eThekwini wants Samwu officials jailed or fined and to pay R3m for illegal strike 2024-03-23 [TimesLIVE]

Another workers' protest looms in eThekwini 2024-03-21 [Eyewitness News]

uShaka Marine World reopens after strike 2024-03-19 [JacarandaFM]

Another eThekwini strike looms that could halt service delivery 2024-03-17 [Sunday Tribune]

eThekwini punishes workers not on strike 2024-03-17 [Independent on Saturday]

eThekwini ‘on brink of collapse’ as city struggles with Samwu strike fallout 2024-03-15 [Daily Maverick]

Durban is dying: Violent strike highlights ongoing decay 2024-03-15 [Mail & Guardian]

Bid to revive service delivery in eThekwini 2024-03-14 [The Witness]

Maspala workers granted bail amid protests 2024-03-14 [Daily Sun]

Majority of striking eThekwini employees return to work 2024-03-13 [The Witness]

eThekwini Municipality to provide service delivery recovery plan 2024-03-13 [SABC]

Samwu urges striking eThekwini municipal workers to return to work 2024-03-13 [Business Day]

Ethekwini mayor warns strikers to return to work or face dismissal 2024-03-12 [GroundUp]

‘Third force behind strike’ 2024-03-11 [Sunday Tribune]

Power restored to Albert Luthuli Hospital 2024-03-09 [The Witness]

eThekwini ANC mayor Mxolisi Kaunda lashes out at strike by alliance partner Samwu 2024-03-08 [Daily Maverick]

eThekwini strike taking its toll on healthcare facilities 2024-03-08 [SABC]

Return to work or face dismissal, threatens Mayor Kaunda 2024-03-07 [The Witness]

COSATU deeply concerned about the state of affairs in eThekwini 2024-03-07 [COSATU]

eThekwini strike: IMATU tells members to report threats, intimidation 2024-03-06 [East Coast Radio]

SAPS, Metro to guard council staff as violent eThekwini strike continues 2024-03-06 [Mail & Guardian]

13 municipal workers arrested after violent eThekwini strikes 2024-03-06 [TimesLIVE]

eThekwini municipality concerned about impact of SAMWU protest 2024-03-04 [SABC]

Mineworkers’ union rallies local support 2024-03-03 [Zululand Observer]

eThekwini suspends load shedding amid municipal strike 2024-03-02 [SABC]

eThekwini workers’ strike reaches fourth day 2024-03-02 [The Witness]

Ethekwini granted interdict to stop unprotected Samwu strike 2024-02-29 [Business Day]

Samwu calls for eThekwini to raise salaries to match other metropolitan municipalities 2024-02-29 [The Witness]

Nurses down tools over safety concerns at Pietermaritzburg clinic 2024-02-28 [The Witness]

Hundreds of eThekwini municipal workers march for higher wages 2024-02-28 [GroundUp]

SAMWU reiterates its call for removal of Msunduzi Municipal Manager. 2024-02-22 [COSATU]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

2-05-1969 SACTU leaders meet in Tanzania to improve its overseas operations and decide to establish the union's headquarters in Zambia. [more]

20-05-1974 The police raid the black workers' provident fund (GFWBF) and take away it records and assets, which were never returned. [more]

22-05-1974 5,000 workers strike in East London. The strike lasts until 3 August. It starts when distributor factory workers walk out and are joined by workers from 20 other auto parts factories. [more]

25-05-1920 70,000 black miners strike work for better wages. Police open fire killing 35. Employers decide to fire 10,000 white miners and replace them with much lower-paid black workers. [more]