CWU making progress in persuading SABC to hear their demands The union will be meeting Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni Abrams this afternoon. FILE: The SABC headquarters in Auckland Park. Picture: SABC.
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JOHANNESBURG - The Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Saturday said it was making progress in persuading the The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to hear their demands.
Members affiliated to the union have been protesting, demanding that government abandon the turnaround strategy for the public broadcaster.
They also want retrenchments to stop and for the board to be dissolved.
The union will be meeting Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni Abrams on Saturday afternoon.
Union threatens blackout of SABC broadcasts today amid possible retrenchments Ernest Mabuza > By Ernest Mabuza - 22 January 2021 - 10:03 The Communication Workers Union says its members will down tools at the SABC between 11am and 2pm on Friday to halt the planned retrenchments at the pubic broadcaster. Image: KABELO MOKOENA / SOWETAN
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has threatened a blackout of all broadcast services when its members down tools at the SABC from 11am to 2pm on Friday.
And while Broadcasting, Electronic, Media & Allied Workers Union (Bemawu) president Hannes du Buisson said there was a plan for downing of tools, he said “this might change”.
Khulekani Magubane Share The SABC describes the current financial crisis as the most critical for the future and sustainability of this 84-year-old institution .
The South African Broadcasting Corporation said the Labour Court s latest decision reaffirms the fairness of their turnaround consultation with labour.
The Labour Court dismissed the Broadcast, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union application for leave to appeal on the SABC’s section 189 process.
Unions have marched to the Union Buildings to demand government intervention as they hint at downing tools.
The Labour Court s dismissal of the Broadcast, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union application for leave to appeal on Friday is set to worsen the rift between the public service broadcaster’s management and its employees.
Cosatu has blasted its alliance partner the ANC accusing it of having failed SABC workers and those employed in other struggling state-owned companies.