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Solidarity: 28 000 jobs lost in formal sector each month
The formal sector has lost about 330 000 jobs in the past 12 months, according to trade union Solidarity.
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Solidarity: Telkom is still firing
Telkom was continuing to terminate contractors’ services despite earlier assurances it would postpone retrenchments, Solidarity said on Tuesday.
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Union tries to limit Angloplat job losses
Solidarity will attempt to limit job losses at Anglo Platinum’s Rustenburg operations, the trade union said on Monday.
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Solidarity goes to court over DRDGold retrenchments
Trade union Solidarity has lodged an application with the Labour Court for an urgent interdict against JSE-listed mining company DRDGold.
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Solidarity rejects Lonmin wage rise offer
Solidarity said on Friday it had rejected a 7,5% pay rise offer by Lonmin and stuck to its demand for a 10% rise.
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Eskom hikes will cost mining jobs, says Solidarity
Eskom’s proposed electricity tariff increases could result in more retrenchments in the mining industry, trade union Solidarity said on Friday.
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In Solidarity
South Africa’s white trade union Solidarity does not benefit from any BEE funding. Nor does it have any external donors. It is entirely self-funding.
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SAA ‘trying to sweep racism complaint under the carpet’
South African Airways Technical is trying to sweep a racism complaint under the carpet, trade union Solidarity claimed on Monday.
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Union raises concern over food prices
Food prices in South Africa’s largest supermarkets hit record-high levels in August, Solidarity said on Monday.
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Affirmative action in the dock
Affirmative action will be in the dock in November when Solidarity brings a challenge in the labour court over the police’s promotions policy.
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Solidarity warns of further job cuts at Anglo
Solidarity said on Wednesday that Anglo American plans to shed further jobs and accused the company of adopting a short-term survival strategy.
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Solidarity accepts chemical-sector wage offer
Solidarity has accepted an offer of a 9% wage increase in the industrial chemical sector, a union spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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Unions, gold firms meet mediator on wages
Unions and gold producers met on Wednesday with a mediating authority in a bid to prevent a strike over union demands for a wage increase.
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Unions reject gold mines’ pay offer
Solidarity and the National Union of Mineworkers in the gold mining sector have rejected a 6% pay increase in ongoing wage talks.
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Solidarity: One child raped every three minutes in SA
One child is raped in South Africa every three minutes, a report by trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday.
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Solidarity rejects coal firms’ wage offer
The Solidarity labour union said on Tuesday it had rejected an offer for a 6,5% wage increase made by coal producers.
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Solidarity demands 16% wage increase from Telkom
Solidarity has asked telecommunications giant Telkom for a wage increase of 16% on basic salaries, the union said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Food prices up from January, says Solidarity
Food prices at major supermarkets have increased an average of 5,5% since January, trade union Solidarity said on Sunday.
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Union declares dispute with Telkom
Solidarity has declared an internal dispute with Telkom regarding the handling of wage negotiations, the union said on Tuesday.
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Pamodzi Gold to suspend trading
Pamodzi Gold has asked the JSE to suspend the trading of its shares on the exchange, the company said in a statement on Friday.
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SA’s consumer inflation slows, early rate cut possible
South Africa’s targeted headline consumer price index inflation slowed to 8,1% year-on-year in January but was above forecasts.
Mining cries crisis
Labour unions have welcomed the proposed delay in implementing the new mineral and mining royalties legislation as a good way to protect jobs.
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Mining deaths down, says trade union
Mining deaths have dropped by 23% despite the absence of a presidential audit report, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday.
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Mine retrenchments could be cut by 60%, says Solidarity
Retrenchments in the South African mining industry could be reduced by 40% to 60%, Solidarity deputy general secretary Dirk Hermann said on Thursday.
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Brighter prospects in 2009, says Solidarity
Trade union Solidarity said on Monday that it expects many things will start going right for the country in 2009.
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Sharing the pain
Solidarity has suggested “social contracts” between employees, companies and shareholders as a way of minimising the impact of job cuts.
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Murray & Roberts to cut 1 400 jobs
Murray & Roberts is planning to lay off 1 400 workers as tough economic conditions limit the firm’s ability to expand, it was reported on Thursday.
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‘Virtually impossible’ to slash SA unemployment
All the odds seem to be heavily stacked against South Africa’s goal of halving unemployment by 2014, industry players said late on Tuesday.
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Metorex, unions in talks over retrenchments
Consolidated Murchison, a division of Metorex, has entered into consultations with trade unions regarding the possible retrenchment of 400 employees.
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Union concerned over job cuts in mining industry
Another 1 000 permanent and contractual jobs could be lost in the mining industry, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday.
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Mining retrenchments loom
As the last month of the year began, prospects for a good 2009 for South African mineworkers grew dim as possible large-scale retrenchments loomed.
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Uranium One to retrench more than 1 000
Canadian-based uranium producing company Uranium One will retrench over 1 000 employees, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday.
