Eskom’s head of HR, Elsie Pule, said that the entity did not condone lawlessness and would be taking action against the workers who took part in the unlawful strike.
Unions and the company’s management signed a new agreement on Tuesday following weeks of tense negotiations.
Solidarity said that it expected that the wage negotiations would be finalised when unions met with Eskom on Tuesday afternoon.
The South African Federation of Trade Unions announced its new leadership on 26 May 2022.
As KwaZulu-Natal continues with its mop-up operations in the aftermath of the deadliest flooding, the death toll now stands at 341 with 55 people injured.
The union secured a strike certificate after wage talks deadlocked last month, with the cooling-off period ending on 14 April, two days before Good Friday weekend.
The SA Cabin Crew Association, Mango Pilots Association and Numsa are disturbed by SAA's decision to not support any capital injection for Mango.
Thousands of workers marched from the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown to the offices of the Metals and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council in Marshalltown on 5 October 2021. The striking workers are demanding an 8% salary increase, with Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim saying the strike was indefinite.
Eskom said that the final wage increase and changes to the conditions of service offer, which were set to come into effect from 1 July, had been communicated to the the three recognised unions.
On Friday morning, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced the sale of 51% of the national carrier to Takatso Consortium.
The steel firm said that a portion of a 90-meter stack caved in and fell onto a battery control room where the trio were working in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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.
Gautrain spokesperson Kasagee Nayger said that normal train services would resume on Friday.
The union has served the Bombela Operations Company (BOC), which manages the Gautrain, with a 48-hour strike notice. This comes after failed wage negotiations between the union and management.
Many claimed that they had not received a cent from the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS).
Trade union Numsa said the protest outside the UIF offices in Cape Town related to non-payment from the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme.
The union said that the protest comes after many queries raised with the Employment and Labour Department regarding the non-payment of Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme administered by the UIF.
The administrators took control of state-owned SAA in December after almost a decade of financial losses and published a rescue plan in June following repeated delays and wrangling over its future.
