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Numsa threatens to take govt to court over taxi industry loading rules
Under the lockdown regulations, taxi drivers are only allowed to load their vehicles to 70% capacity but many are now ignoring the rules in order to make more money.
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DPE: Postponement of creditors meeting may scare away potential SAA investors
The department announced on Sunday that it was pulling out of the leadership consultative forum established to find a way to work with unions to try to save the embattled airline.
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Unions welcome court ruling paving way for vote on SAA’s rescue plan
Creditors were expected to vote on whether to implement the business rescue practitioners’ (BRPs) controversial business plan to save the broke airline.
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Numsa ‘not shocked’ by Comair BRPs postponing release of rescue plan
Numsa, which is a majority union at the struggling company, said it was planning on taking the company to court after it wasn’t consulted ahead of the publication in line with the Companies Act.
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Numsa, Sacca accuse DPE of engaging in bad faith over SAA's future
The unions said they were dismayed with the content published by SAA's business rescue practitioners in conjunction with the department.
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Unions at SAA to use extension to submit improvements on rescue plan
The unions said the plan as is lacked substance and needs to be tested by the labour sector.
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Labour Court rules in Numsa’s favour over Macsteel strike
Numsa members were on strike at the steel company since May, accusing management of reducing workers’ salaries by 20% without consulting them.
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Numsa accuses Kusasalethu Mine of abandoning its workers
Numsa claims at least 66 mineworkers are stranded at the hostel without money to return home after they were told there was no space for them.
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Unions at SAA outline their strategy for new national carrier
SAA’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have been given 25 days to produce a business rescue plan for the beleaguered airline.
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SAA's business rescue practitioners accused of wasting taxpayers’ money
The criticism comes after Siviwe Dongwana And Les Matuson's decision to appeal the Labour Court's ruling, preventing their plans of cutting jobs at SAA from going ahead.
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Unions at SAA look for way forward with airline
Government has vowed to create a new airline to compete in a world free of the pandemic.
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Numsa, Sacca feel vindicated after court declares retrenchments at SAA unfair
The unions said that the court judgment ordering the business rescue practitioners to stop the retrenchment processes at South African Airways (SAA) was proof that they never had the workers' best interests at heart.
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Numsa heads to court over SAA retrenchments
The union wants two retrenchment notices issued to SAA employees last month to be declared unlawful.
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Numsa: Workers must be uncompromising about their working conditions
The union said the measures taken by government such as the temporary employment relief scheme through the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) were not enough to deal with the impact of the nationwide lockdown.
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Numsa wants Labour Dept to intervene after Tau Lekoa Mine fails to pay workers
The union claimed that management promised the payments, but employees were yet to receive their wages.
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COVID-19: Harmony Gold denies claims it’s failing to protect mine workers
Numsa claimed that even with a skeleton staff, the mine had failed to comply with safety standards.
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Numsa, SACCA ready for court to defend jobs at SAA
The union and the association claim workers have received threats of retrenchments and intimidation from business rescue practitioners at the national carrier.
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Numsa accuses Tau Lekoa Mine of violating lockdown regulations
The union said it was shocked that management and some unions had reached a deal that operations should continue at the mine which included production.
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Labour unions prepare to present alternative plans to save SAA
In its plan, Satawu, which represents workers at SAA Technical, proposes that the airline should explore equity partnerships, which must include employee cooperatives.
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NTM calls for SAA’s rescue plan to be published without delay
The National Transport Movement said the plan should be released so that the airline’s employees could find closure.
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SAA's BRP accused of failing to consult unions over retrenchments
Numsa and the South Africa Cabin Crew Association gave SAA's rescue practitioners until the end of Tuesday to make available their plan to them to study or face legal action.
