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BAIC workers suspend 11-week strike, but talks continue 2026-09-05 [News 24]

NUMSA strike forces First Battery to review retrenchments 2026-08-07 [IndustriALL]

Municipal workers block streets over safety concerns 2026-08-06 [GroundUp]

Teachers blocked from posts after qualifications not recognised 2026-08-04 [Daily Dispatch]

SA’s oldest newspaper faces uncertain future while new owners leave staff unpaid 2026-07-31 [Daily Maverick]

Naptosa calls for action after pupil allegedly slaps educator 2026-07-28 [TimesLIVE]

Provincial automotive industry faces survival threat: NUMSA 2026-07-18 [SABC]

Treasury freezes Makana funding, union revolts 2026-07-10 [Grocott's Mail]

COSATU congratulates SADTU Eastern Cape for holding a successful 3rd Quadrennial Conference 2026-07-03 [COSATU]

Hundreds march in support of municipal workers in Ngcobo 2026-06-30 [GroundUp]

MEC, Head of Dept ordered to pay wages or face arrest/fine 2026-06-27 [Juta Medical Brief]

Govt to enter talks with Numsa, BAIC to end strike 2026-06-26 [News]

BAIC strike continues 2026-06-25 [AlgoaFM]

COSATU marches against high cost of living and austerity measures 2026-06-18 [COSATU]

Strike looms in Nelson Mandela Bay — Samwu warns of governance breakdown 2026-05-27 [Daily Maverick]

Samwu threatens action over dysfunctional metro 2026-05-27 [The Herald]

Dana Spicer retrenchments spark strikes, economic alarm in the Bay 2026-05-26 [Nova News]

SAMWU condemns continued union bashing and victimisation of shop stewards at Amatola Water 2026-05-26 [COSATU]

Dana workers strike in support of retrenched colleagues 2026-05-22 [The Herald]

Teacher pay dispute sparks closure announcement at school: department pushes back 2026-05-15 [IOL]

POPCRU saddened by the tragic deaths of three SAPS members in Kariega 2026-05-09 [COSATU]

Chris Hani security guards unpaid for months go on strike 2026-05-05 [GroundUp]

Hundreds of SAMWU members march in Buffalo City: Workers demand an end to outsourcing 2026-05-04 [GroundUp]

National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union Calls Off Strike at Dora Nginza Hospital 2026-04-14 [Central News]

NEHAWU calls on Dora Nginza Hospital workers to resume duties 2026-04-14 [SABC]

Court bars Dora Nginza workers from striking amid hospital chaos 2026-04-13 [The Herald]

Teachers' organisation demands investigation into Education Department corruption 2026-03-29 [IOL]

COSATU supports NEHAWU views on the fire incident at Botha Sigcau building 2026-03-28 [COSATU]

R35,000 payment: Teacher wins bonus dispute after department refuses to acknowledge new qualification 2026-03-27 [IOL]

Illegal strike by clinic staff disrupts Buffalo City health services 2026-03-18 [AlgoaFM]

Chaos at BCM clinics after government denies health workers permanent jobs 2026-03-18 [Daily Dispatch]

SAMWU obtains arbitration award and a certified variation order against Makana Local Municipality for non-implementation of job evaluation outcome 2026-03-14 [COSATU]

Social workers refuse to work in Stutterheim office after labour department finds it unsafe 2026-03-12 [GroundUp]

COSATU reflections on State of the Province Address 2026 2026-03-04 [COSATU]

Municipal employees suspend strike after meeting mayor 2026-02-26 [TimesLIVE]

Livingstone Hospital evicts 50 nurses 2026-02-12 [Juta Medical Brief]

NAPTOSA demands urgent school safety measures after Ntabankulu shooting 2026-02-06 [Mthatha Express]

COSATU welcomes newly sworn in Executive Mayor of Alfred Nzo District 2026-02-05 [COSATU]

COSATU Eastern Cape outraged by the senseless killing of teachers at Ntabankulu 2026-01-27 [COSATU]

SADTU imourns the four innocent female teachers killed at Tabankulu Primary School 2026-01-23 [SADTU]

FEDUSA calls for tighter school security after deadly shooting 2026-01-23 [FEDUSA]

Workers protest for beefed up security at depot 2026-01-22 [GroundUp]

SAFTU on the municipal crisis, austerity and service delivery apartheid in Nelson Mandela Bay 2026-01-05 [SAFTU]

SADTU dips its banner in honour of Comrade Thandaza”Chwama” Soya 2025-12-31 [SADTU]

Business, labour agree on co-ordinated action to halt Nelson Mandela Bay’s economic freefall 2025-12-02 [The Herald]

Nelson Mandela Bay workers demand four months’ overtime pay 2025-11-26 [The Herald]

COSATU Eastern Cape hosts COSATU 40th anniversary lecture 2025-11-22 [COSATU]

Gqeberha e-hailing drivers march over safety concerns, unfair pricing 2025-11-15 [SABC]

There are now two provinces where more people are unemployed than working 2025-11-13 [BusinessTech]

Health workers' union marches over issues plaguing hospitals in Nelson Mandela Bay 2025-10-17 [Eyewitness News]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

23-10-1913 With 5,000 Indian workers on strike in North Natal, Gandhi publicly declares his intention to pull strikers out of the mines and seek a mass arrest, if necessary by illegally crossing the Transvaal border. [more]

25-10-1913 Gandhi meets with coal mine owners and other employers of Indian workers at the Durban Chamber of Commerce and explains the strike is the result of the government’s refusal to abolish the £ 3 tax. [more]

30-10-1978 A strike at Eveready, a British manufacturer of automotive batteries, becomes the first legal strike in 20 years. Several workers are made redundant when they refuse to return to work. [more]