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Amcu: No intimidation will stop members from fighting for better wages
This comes after Sibanye-Stillwater said intimidation and violence will be investigated and employees who are implicated will be taken through a disciplinary process.
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Numsa to fight Eskom 'retrenchments'
The workers union joined forces with trade union NUM on Saturday to march against the power utility’s signing of Independent Power Producers contracts and the possible privatisation of Eskom.
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‘Save Eskom’: Unions send strong message to govt over IPP contracts
Thousands of workers braved the scorching weather to march to the Union Buildings.
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‘Blindsided’: Unions unite against govt’s IPP plans
Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi says the multi-billion rand project is not in line with the tripartite alliance's policy.
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NUM vows to protect jobs at Eskom ahead of weekend march
The union is marching against an agreement signed by the Energy Department which will see solar and wind power plants being built in rural Mpumalanga.
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Eskom, trade unions deadlock over disciplinary proceedings
The dispute, which has been referred to the CCMA, is over a condition that NUM and Numsa raised at wage negotiations that their members not be disciplined for taking part in an unprotected strike last month.
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Eskom declares dispute with unions amid wage talks
The power utility says it relates to the precondition that the NUM and Numsa introduced as part of the recent wage negotiations.
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Eskom urges unions to accept wage offer
The power utility says the unions should not further disadvantage employees who await their salary adjustments.
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[LISTEN] 'Nene asked unions to bring ideas of how to fund wage demands'
Cape Talk’s Kieno Kammies speaks deputy editor of the 'Financial Mail' Sikonathi Mantshantsha about the Eskom wage talks deadlock.
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What's the deal breaker? Striking Eskom unions reject latest 7% wage offer
Workers are demanding an 8% salary hike this year and then 8.5% for the next two years.
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Numsa urges members to unite as Eskom wage negotiations continue
Other unions representing Eskom workers have been protesting for weeks, demanding a 9% wage hike.
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Trade unions: Mining Charter must be used to hold mining bosses accountable
The Department of Mineral Resources is holding a two-day summit to discuss the proposed charter.
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Unions vow to continue fight for Eskom workers, reject wage offer
Employees have been on strike for weeks now, demanding a 9% increase and housing allowances.
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SACP, NUM to march in WC today
Some of the issues the demonstrators are raising are with upcoming electricity increases, for the council to improve compliance on companies.
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Eskom ups its wage offer to unions to 6.7%
Union members rejected the previous 6.2% offer, pushing for a figure of around 9%.
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NUM calls for document legally binding mines on safety, health
Sibanye-Stillwater signed a safety pledge with organised labour and the government to reduce the number of fatalities at its operations.
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Will unions accept Eskom's revised 6.2% wage offer?
Wage talks reconvened on Thursday morning between Eskom, Numsa, the National Union of Mineworkers and Solidarity. The labour unions have been demanding a 9% hike.
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Trade unions reject Eskom’s offer in wage talks
The NUM, Numsa and Solidarity met with Eskom once again on Wednesday.
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New NUM leadership vows to improve safety for mineworkers
NUM elected a new leader on Saturday, wrapping up the union's national elective conference in Boksburg.
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Disunity will cost ANC votes in 2019, warns Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa did not mince his words as he warned the ANC that it is plagued with its leaders fighting for positions.
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Eskom unions lower wage offer to 9%, high risk of load shedding tonight
The unions met with Eskom on Thursday to discuss their counteroffer after they rejected the utility's four-year offer of a 4.7% increase this year and an inflation-based increase for thereafter.
