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Solidarity rejects Denel's alleged proposal to cut salaries by 20%
Solidarity says its members employed at Denel should not be held responsible for management's poor financial decisions which it claims has led to the cash constraints.
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[WATCH] Solidarity: Sasol’s nature of racial exclusivity must change
Hundreds of members of trade union Solidarity marched to the JSE and Sasol’s head office in Sandton in protest against an employee share ownership scheme that excludes white people.
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Solidarity to strike at state-owned defence firm over pay
Solidarity announced its plan to picket after the firm said it would only pay salaries in October but the payments of November salaries and other allowances were in jeopardy.
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Denel proposes severance packages, salary cuts - union
Solidarity said Denel management had told union officials that staff salary payments for October and beyond were at risk because of the severe liquidity woes the company is facing.
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NUM, UASA and Solidarity unions agree 3-year Harmony Gold wage deal
No other details were immediately available but NUM last month inked a three-year wage deal with AngloGold Ashanti that saw a 12% pay hike for entry-level underground workers in the first year.
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Minerals Council SA 'disappointed' by deadlocked gold sector wage talks
The council is currently locked in negotiations with three main unions; Amcu, NUM and Solidarity at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration.
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Talks between Sasol, Solidarity to resume next month
Solidarity is demanding that its white members be included in the company's new employee staff scheme, Khanyisa, which it says favours black workers.
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SA unions to sign 3-year wage deal with AngloGold Ashanti
Gold producers have argued that above-inflation wage hikes have been adding to the cost burden in the bullion industry.
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Solidarity: It’s important for Sasol to balance transformation
The union says it’s a lazy route for Sasol to exclude people from employment benefits based on race.
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[GALLERY] White Sasol workers march over 'racially discriminate' scheme
Roughly 3,000 Solidarity protesters marched on Sasol in Secunda demanding equal treatment with regards to the new Khanyisa staff scheme which favours black employees.
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[WATCH] Solidarity members march at Sasol in Secunda
Nearly 3,000 members of Solidarity marched on Secunda's Sasol plant to voice their disgruntlement at the proposed black empowerment scheme Khanyisa.
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Sasol signs Solidarity's memorandum in Free State
Almost 1,000 members have been protesting at the plant against the new Khanyisa staff scheme, claiming it excludes white employees.
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Sasol says contingency plans in place to deal with Solidarity strike
Over 6,000 white Sasol employees affiliated to Solidarity are set to escalate their demand to be included in benefits that are meant to empower black employees with a national shut down.
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Sasol to monitor Secunda, Sasolburg operations amid go-slow
Employees affiliated to Solidarity went on a go-slow on Monday in protest to what they called the exclusion of white workers through Sasol’s Khanyisa Scheme.
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White workers at Sasol launch 'go-slow' ahead of Thursday strike
The Solidarity union also said it will file a complaint to US regulators over Sasol’s 'discriminative' black share scheme.
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Solidarity: Sasol has taken transformation too far
Members of Solidarity will today go on strike at Sasol’s Secunda plant and coal mines against what it calls the racial exclusion of white people.
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White workers at Sasol to strike on Monday over black share scheme
Under black economic empowerment rules, South African companies are required to meet quotas on black ownership, employment and procurement.
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White Sasol employees prepare to strike because of 'exclusion based on race'
According to trade union, Solidarity, of 83% of its members at Sasol in Secunda voted in favour of a strike in reaction to the company’s exclusion of white employees.
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Eskom hopes to enter final wage talks stretch
Two unions are expected to report back to the power utility this morning.
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Eskom employees expected back at work
Friday was the last time the power grid was severely under pressure with warnings of a high risk of controlled blackouts.
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Numsa: Members must decide on accepting Eskom wage offer
Wage negotiations have continued for several weeks now with members from Numsa and the NUM still unhappy about bonuses for this year.
