Congress of south african trade unions
Cosatu’s 10% wage increase demand will cost SA R66.4bn: document
Public sector unions have been in negotiations with government at the Public Sector Coordinating Bargaining Council for weeks now.
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Cosatu's May Day celebrations recommit to ending inhumane working conditions
The trade union federation shared on Monday, it's plans for International Workers Day happening on the 1st of May.
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Sources say Ramaphosa meeting with ANC alliance partners amid reshuffle calls
Highly-placed sources in the alliance said on Thursday some leaders were already enroute to meet with President Cyril Ramaphosa, where he is expected to discuss a Cabinet reshuffle.
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Cosatu ‘damn worried’ by govt's poor implementation of COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Cosatu has described government’s efforts so far in the rollout of the vaccine programme as gross incompetence, which came with deadly consequences.
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Cosatu calls for alcohol sales ban to be lifted, says black market thriving
Government said that it banned alcohol sales to help cut down on trauma-related injuries in hospitals as the country battled the spread of COVID-19.
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Cosatu to Ramaphosa: Clamp down on corruption or we'll part ways
Just as it did under former President Jacob Zuma’s tenure, Cosatu is threatening to withdraw support for the current presidency which it has described as dysfunctional.
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DUMA GQUBULE: Cosatu’s plan to get Eskom out of debt
South Africa is facing its worst postapartheid economic crisis with state-owned companies holding crippling debt, but decisive use of pension funds could grow the economy.
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Cosatu in KZN vows weekly protests against ANC over job losses
Cosatu said Sihle Zikalala’s government had presided over a jobs bloodbath in which thousands of workers were retrenched and dismissed in both the public and private sectors.
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Cosatu to share stance on privatisation of SOEs after three-day meeting
Traditionally, the trade union federation has been vehemently opposed to any kind of privatisation.
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SACP, Cosatu ready to face Zuma and explain exit calls
The labour federation and communist party are set to finally meet with the African National Congress on Thursday in a meeting that was meant to take place earlier this year.
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Ntshalintshali: Politics has become dangerous, deadly
Ntshalintshali has once again called for the removal of Jacob Zuma and has also described Cyril Ramaphosa as an ideal president.
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We are ready for Ramaphosa, Durban Cosatu marchers sing
This is despite Dlamini dismissing claims that the demonstration is a proxy battle ahead of the African National Congress' elective conference.
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SACP, Cosatu join hands to unify SA workers
Their meeting comes after the Gauteng SACP and Cosatu announced that they would launch their own election campaign for the 2019 elections without the ANC.
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[ANALYSIS] Has SA’s labour movement become a middle-class movement?
The South African labour landscape has undergone massive changes in the past few years that have left the trade union movement almost unrecognisable
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Cosatu: Mbeki has shied away from his own mistakes
Cosatu's Sizwe Phamla says although the former president told the truth about Jacob Zuma being a poor leader, this is not what the country needs.
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Cosatu to ask ANC to send Ramaphosa to its events
The union has taken a decision to bar President Jacob Zuma from addressing its activities.
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How unions have boosted pay, job security in democratic South Africa
Trade unions remain a force to be reckoned with in SA and that they deliver benefits to their members.
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Cosatu in serious financial trouble
The trade union federation says it is spending its funds defending itself in court.
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Cosatu CEC to discuss ANC report
The ANC was tasked with intervening and resolving disputes which threatened Cosatu.
