The snacks factory where a worker lost his hand in January has now been certified compliant with health and safety regulations by the Eastern Cape Department of Labour. The Department launched an inspection on 15 January after Eugene Jali’s hand was severed in a machine at the Komani plant of Truda Foods.
Union leaders at state-owned South African freight logistics group Transnet said they planned to pursue a strike after their members rejected a 4% across-the-board wage hike offer.
Greek workers’ 24-hour strikes against draconian labour laws; stoppages in hospitals across France over pay and staff shortages; trade unions betray Spanish bank workers’ dispute, accept 2,700 job losses; Lesotho garment workers enter third week of pay strike.
Prime Minister Keith Mitchell on Wednesday indicated that he is optimistic that things are heading in the right direction regarding the 4% salary incr.