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South Africa NUMSA condemns SA Steel Mills for suspending workers [Politicsweb/NUMSA] 03-05-2024
South Africa NUM threatens mass action over Sibanye’s planned retrenchments [SABC] 02-05-2024
South Africa Public sector hard hit by strike action [GroundUp] 01-05-2024
South Africa SAFTU, COSATU vow to fight efforts to scrap minimum wage [YFM] 01-05-2024
South Africa COSATU celebrates 30 years of democracy, freedom and workers’ rights [COSATU] 27-04-2024
South Africa COSATU says will find ways to ease public sector tensions amid union wage strike threats [Eyewitness News] 26-04-2024
South Africa Master of the High Court workers issue ultimatum [The Witness] 26-04-2024
South Africa High noon for tense pay rise talks in SA’s struggling steel industry [Daily Maverick] 24-04-2024
South Africa SAFTU marks its 7th anniversary [SAFTU] 23-04-2024
South Africa Post Office backtracks, agrees with unions to halt retrenchments [SABC] 23-04-2024
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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]