Numsa
Labour relations have stabilised since deadly Marikana strike in 2012 - analysts
Government, trade unions and labour analysts agree that the country's labour relations have stabilised, to a great extent, since the deadly Marikana strike 10...
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Numsa contempt application matter postponed
Numsa National Treasurer Mphumzi Maqungo said although applicants in the contempt matter wanted the union to suspend several activities, until the contempt matter is heard, they have no intention to do so.
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Labour Court postpones contempt order application against Numsa
Estranged Numsa second deputy president and others have taken the union to court for failing to adhere to an earlier order that barred the union from continuing with its national congress that was held last week in Cape Town.
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Court to hear arguments on whether to arrest top Numsa duo for contempt of court
Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim and president, Andrew Chirwa, are cited as respondents in the matter brought by its estranged second deputy president, Ruth Ntlokose, who was placed on an unlawful suspension that was lifted by the courts.
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Numsa threatens national strike if motor sector snubs proposed 12% wage hike
Wage negotiations collapsed on Thursday, after two days of deliberations between the union and employers in the sector, including the Retail Motor Industry and the Fuel Retailers’ Association.
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Numsa, motor sector wage negotiations result in stalemate
The union met with several employers in the industry on Wednesday, including the retail motor industries and the fuel retail association, on the second day of mediation between the parties.
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WC Numsa claims national leadership targeting them for rejecting congress
The Western Cape region was among those defying orders of the office bearers after they staged a walk-out in defiance of the national congress late last month that was allowed to continue by Numsa.
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Numsa WC calls for invalidation of 11th congress decisions
They said the suspension of members by its leaders and the ongoing labour court dispute illustrate the problems faced at the union.
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KARL CLOETE: The gymnastics in NUMSA with no safe and secure landing
What should have been an occasion to report on organisational, socio-economic, international and political work undertaken since the 10th National Congress held in 2016 became a farcical spectacle that would go down in the history of the labour movement in South Africa as the most destructive, harmful, detrimental and damaging union activity.
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Numsa intends to approach Labour Appeal Court to challenge congress interdict
The Labour Court dismissed the union's application for leave to appeal against an earlier interdict.
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Numsa confirms it forged ahead with congress in contempt of court order
An earlier Labour Court ruling shut the door on an appeal against an earlier interdict.
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Labour Court dismisses Numsa’s application for leave to appeal interdict
Last week Judge Graham Moshoana granted the union's aggrieved leaders and members an urgent application to stop the election of new national leadership.
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Aggrieved Numsa faction threatens to halt congress with contempt of court order
Making arguments in the leave to appeal hearing - which was heard on an urgent basis – they said the union had not actioned any of the remedies provided for in the Labour Court’s order, which ruled the congress could not continue until it was constitutionally compliant.
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Numsa's chaotic national congress spawns new leadership
On Wednesday night, delegates at the event - which is viewed by some as taking place in contempt of a court interdict - nominated long-standing general secretary Irvin Jim and others unopposed.
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It’s not a ‘holiday’: Numsa spends almost R40m for congress
Numsa, which has cash flow problems due to a variety of reasons, sponsored flights for over 1,000 delegates to the Mother City for its eleventh congress - going against its own resolution to spend moderate amounts on such gatherings.
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Numsa’s Irvin Jim lashes out at those ‘who have brought union to disrepute’
This as the leaders battle to diffuse tensions which came to a head at the gathering that has been delayed amid a myriad of challenges.
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Two Numsa regions walk out of national congress in Cape Town
They say the gathering is in contempt of court and leaders have not been transparent about the union's finances.
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Numsa faction on 'standby' to interdict national congress again
However, it remained to be seen whether this renewed attempt to constitute the highest decision-making structure of the union would succeed as it also faced a threat of being interdicted again.
