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Treasury opposed to Pension Funds Act changes allowing members access to loans
Treasury was taking part in public hearings on the Pension Funds Amendment Bill which is aimed at giving people who find themselves in dire financial straits a chance to access their pension savings to ease their distress without first having to quit their jobs.
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Public sector wage talks: Unions optimistic govt will move from 0% offer
Independent mediators have been in talks with the state presenting a demand of a 7% hike and other conditions of service adjustments after they did not receive increases last year.
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Public sector unions eagerly await new wage offer from govt this weekend
Government agreed to table a new offer when it did an about-turn after saying there would be a 0% wage hike due to lack of money from its purse.
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Independent mediators in public service wage talks ask for more time
Workers said that labour had agreed to give the independent mediators more time while government forged ahead with tabling a new offer.
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Cosatu demands that CoCT resolves issues with Samwu in dispute with firefighters
The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) said that more than 500 firefighters could be fired after they participated in an illegal strike in 2019 over long working hours and their pay structure.
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Cosatu concerned over possible dismissal of 500 firefighters in Cape Town
Cosatu has criticised the City of Cape Town for a disciplinary process targeting firefighters who took part in a 2019 strike against long hours and their pay structure.
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Ramaphosa: Poor, unemployed and working class South Africans are top of mind
Cyril Ramaphosa spoke at the virtual Cosatu Workers’ Day celebrations organised by the trade union in Braamfontein on Saturday.
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Talk of 'political meeting' to end deadlocked public sector wage negotiations
Sources close to the negotiations have told Eyewitness News that while ordinarily “talks about talks” will be held between Cosatu and its tripartite alliance partner the ANC, other interventions are being explored this year.
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Organised labour: Govt attempting to sneak in policy matters into negotiations
Talks deadlocked on Friday with unions saying they would move to declare a dispute, while government has called on South Africans to submit proposals on how to solve the impasse.
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Govt moving ahead with plan to scrap some benefits for public servants - Cosatu
Government’s proposal to labour during the latest round of wage negotiations, which deadlocked, proposes a holistic redesign of the remuneration framework among others as it turned down most of the money-related demands by public servants.
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Millions of workers stand to benefit from proposed compensation bill – Cosatu
If signed into law, employees who are currently excluded – such as domestic workers – will be eligible to claim from the Compensation Fund for injuries, infections and fatalities that have occurred in the workplace.
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Cosatu: Domestic workers may only benefit from compensation fund next year
Parliament is currently holding public hearings on the Compensation of Injury on Duty Amendment Bill legislation under which the fund is governed.
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Cosatu resolves not to abandon ANC ahead of local govt elections
It told journalists that postponing the upcoming elections would only serve to prolong ongoing corruption across the country’s municipalities.
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Eskom heaps more misery on SA as 15.6% electricity tariff hike kicks in today
South Africans will now have to cough up 15.6% more for unreliable power compared to the previous year.
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Labour Minister Nxesi blames 'weak' unions for trucking industry violence
Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi said that had trade union shop stewards been effective, trucking employers hiring foreign nationals at the expense of locals would have been dealt with before it became a crisis.
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WC ANC approaches HRC, PSC over unplaced learners in province
Cosatu, the South African Teacher's Union and the Congress of South African Students want the bodies to act against the Western Cape Education Department for failing to place more than 6,000 learners.
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Cosatu backs constitutional change for land expropriation without compensation
Parliament has continued public hearings into land expropriation without compensation and members of the public and affected parties have been offered another opportunity to make their voices heard following three previous rounds of public hearings over the past three years.
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Cosatu concerned over SA's COVID-19 vaccination rate
In a statement, the organisation explained that it was disturbed by the Health ministry’s revision of the 1.5 million vaccination target for the end of the month to 700,000.
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Cosatu expecting opposition to its labour law reforms
Cosatu tabled numerous reform suggestions at Nedlac which include the increase of severance pay among others.
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Cosatu suggests reduction of work hours as part of labour reform proposals
Currently, the country has a statutory limitation of 45 hours of work per week, which Cosatu said must be reduced to 40 to align with international standards.
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Cosatu: 2021 Budget is divorced from the reality for ordinary citizens
Cosatu’s Matthew Parks said South Africa not only had a debt crisis but was in its worst economic recession in 100 years.
