CWU: SABC not being honest about broadcast interruptions at Auckland Park The public broadcaster said a power outage in the area resulted in several of its radio stations temporarily going off-air this week. FILE: The SABC headquarters in Johannesburg. Picture: Supplied
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JOHANNESBURG - The Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Saturday said the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) was not being honest about its reasons for broadcast interruptions in Auckland Park.
The public broadcaster said a power outage in the area resulted in several of its radio stations temporarily going off-air this week.
The union s Aubrey Tshabalala said the disruptions were caused by the corporation s inadequacy.
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Belgian private sector general strike against 0.4 percent pay rise cap
On Monday, private sector workers across Belgium took part in a one-day general strike against a law preventing average wage increases from exceeding 0.4 percent.
RTBF reports the strike affected public transport in multiple cities, and seven in 10 technology companies. The FGTB union reports the manufacturing industry in Wallonia was “practically at a stop.” Workers at Liberty Steel in Tilleur, Liège, picketed a plant which is threatened with closure, putting 761 jobs at risk.
The strike was called by the CSC and FGTB unions, with a combined membership of three million, who have complained that profitable sectors of industry could offer more than 0.4 percent. In the face of massive opposition in the working class to stagnating wages after working through a deadly pandemic, the Liberal Prime Minister Alexander De Croo floated the
AROUND 100 postmen and women walked out on strike this morning (April 1) at Bridgwater Delivery Office - but they have now returned to work. According to the Communication Workers Union (Bristol & District Branch) - which represents 3,000 Post Office and Royal Mail staff across Bristol, Somerset and the South Gloucestershire area - workers were protesting about the dismissal of a colleague with 26 years of service, who was due to retire in a matter of weeks. The postman had been dismissed for poor attendance but colleagues say that his health conditions were not taken into account and that the process was not followed, the CWU added.