Numsa strike
Seifsa says wage agreement reached with striking Numsa steel sector workers
The strike by workers affiliated to Numsa entered its third week, with the union demanding an 8% salary hike.
Thousands of workers affiliated to metalworkers union, Numsa, abandoned their posts last week demanding an 8% wage hike.
Thousands of union workers embarked on a rolling strike over wages this week. They're demanding an 8% salary increase across the board while employers are offering 4.4%.
Numsa said that its member was killed on the first day of the national engineering strike on Tuesday. It's alleged that a motorist ploughed into a group of workers while they were waiting to be collected at a pick-up point for the march in Wadeville.
Numsa general-secretary Irvin Jim told thousands of workers who gathered at the Mary Fitzgerald Square earlier this week that they must ensure that no rats reported for duty during their national strike.
Gauteng police say several shops were vandalised in Anderbolt on Wednesday.
Workers are expected to march to the offices of the Metals and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council in Marshalltown.
The largest union in the country is facing a strike by its workers in Mpumalanga over several workplace disputes with its provincial secretary, Essau Tau.
SAA has confirmed all flights operated smoothly, except flights to East London and Livingston, on the first day back at work.
SAA workers have returned to work on Saturday after unions signed a 5.9% wage agreement with the embattled airline on Friday.
Numsa has criticised ANC-led government of implementing laws that make it harder for the working class to exercise their constitutional right to strike.
An agreement was struck between the union and mine management, but it was not clear what it entailed.
At least 290 mineworkers were part of the sit-in over allegations of sexual harassment and the dismissal of 56 of their colleagues.
Numsa said Lanxess Chrome mine failed to uphold an agreement reached through the Department of Mineral Resources.
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has called on the government to intervene and assist in negotiating a peaceful end to the standoff.
Wage talks between employers in the automotive industry and unions have collapsed in their infancy.
Comair approached the court seeking to interdict the industrial action, which was granted.
Numsa said that it wants reasons from the Labour Court for the strike interdict so that it can make decisions on its next move.