Hundreds of young people marched to the Unions Buildings on Youth Day to hand over a memorandum that voices a series of concerns faced by South African youth.
<p>Hundreds of young people marched to the Unions Buildings on Youth Day to hand over a memorandum that voices a series of concerns faced by South African youth.</p>
The outcome of a mass union meeting expected to take place at the Unions Buildings in Pretoria on Friday could mean the end of the Sibanye-Stillwater strike that has lasted for three months.
Unions say court ruling on 2018 wage agreement riddled with errors in law Sadtu general secretary Mugwena Maluleke said that the findings, if left unchallenged, could lead to a situation where Treasury could at any point pull out of wage agreements with employers in the state. FILE: Sadtu members joined other unions in a march to the Unions Buildings on 4 December. Picture: @ cosatu.
47 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - Public service trade unions said that they were concerned that Treasury was upgraded to a super ministry by the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) when making a ruling about the 2018 wage agreement.
The unions, including Nehawu, Sadtu, the Public Servants Association and Popcru, said that the LAC’s ruling was riddled with errors in law and understanding of public policy.
Sadtu takes wage increase matter to ConCourt The Labour Appeal Court dismissed an application by public service unions to compel the state to implement the third year of increases. FILE: Sadtu members joined other unions in a march to the Unions Buildings on 4 December. Picture: @ cosatu.
96 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) is planning to go to the Constitutional Court to challenge a recent Labour Appeal Court ruling over salary hikes.
The Labour Appeal Court dismissed an application by public service unions to compel the state to implement the third year of increases.
The reduction of the public service wage bill is the central pillar of government s economic turnaround plan but unions are pushing back hard.