Labour court
SAA lockout an abuse of power and an attempt to scapegoat pilots - Saapa
The South African Airways Pilots' Association (Saapa) is reviewing a Labour Court judgment that dismissed their bid to stop a lockout at the national carrier.
SABC management halted the process to cut hundreds of jobs until the end of this month to allow for further negotiations.
The airline has not paid workers’ salaries since the start of June and it’s believed Comair has also forced unpaid leave on its staff.
The union is appealing the Labour Court's declaration that their strike with workers from the National Health Laboratory Service is unlawful.
He was dismissed at a national executive committee (NEC) meeting last month without being allowed to state his case and immediately barred from entering the union’s offices.
He was dismissed at a national executive committee meeting last month without being allowed to state his case and immediately barred from entering the union's offices.
The Labour Court on Tuesday ordered state defence firm Denel to pay workers outstanding salaries for May, June and July by no later than Friday, 7 August, a copy of the court judgment showed.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and South African Cabin Crew Association took the practitioners to court last month to halt the layoff of workers.
On Thursday, the Labour Court issued an order placing the dysfunctional union under administration following years of contraventions with regulations governing the functioning of trade unions in the Labour Relations Act.
The decision follows the union’s failure to submit audited financial statements to the Labour Registrar for four years as prescribed in law.
Business rescue practitioners gave all workers at SAA until next week to accept severance packages.
Unions Numsa and the South African Cabin Crew Association approached the Labour Court to interdict the airline from cutting jobs.
The PSC recorded a significant number of employees who had lodged grievances relating to the non-implementation of awards and court orders.
They've approached the Labour Court in Johannesburg to seek an interdict to stop SAA's planned retrenchments.
In July, the firefighters refused to attend to call-outs, citing concerns over the non-assignment of supervisors.
Samatu was placed under administration by the Labour Court after its mother body, the SA Medical Association, dissolved its leadership and resolved to disestablish the union's structures among other anomalies.
The union had threated to go on strike over the withdrawal of anniversary bonuses by management.
Numsa wants its members to strike over the withdrawal of anniversary bonuses by management.
Banking union Sasbo said that over 40,000 finance sector employees were ready to take part in the strike against retrenchments on Friday but Business Unity South Africa (Busa) wants the court to declare the strike as unprotected.