MyCiti workers go on a wildcat strike
The wildcat strike by workers under the MyCiti project in Cape Town is not resolved and will continue into a third day.
NUMSA
Bus strike may continue into the long weekend
The bus strike may continue into the long weekend. While a 9% salary increase has been agreed, other demands remain unresolved between unions representing bus drivers and employers.
Bus drivers on strike for better working conditions
Bus drivers went on a national strike demanding better working conditions that include salary increases, insourcing and medical aid benefits for the drivers.
Steel workers in Coega on strike since December
Steel workers in Port Elizabeth have been on strike since December demanding R48 per hour as opposed to the R24 that Agni Steel is paying them.
“Workers must speak against ill treatment in their work places” Vavi
“We are very glad that we are out of those politics that are unprincipled and are not interested in advancing the lives of ordinary workers. The ANC conference was a complete sham! You can’t spend five days discussing whether this is a shovel or a digging spade”
NUMSA vows to fight General Motors to the bitter end
The unexpected announcement last week by General Motors South Africa that it is closing its Port Elizabeth-based car manufacturing plant was met with shock and dismay by both […]
Photos of the May Day NUMSA-led rally in Tembisa
A gallery of photos taken at the May Day NUMSA-led rally in Tembisa.
Uneasy truce at COSATU
On the 13th and the 14th of July 2015 COSATU held its Special National Congress after nearly two years since NUMSA and other affiliates called for it. The special national congress was to allow COSATU’s highest and most democratic decision-making structure to deal decisively with the conflict and divisions in the federation. But after the expulsion of NUMSA and later COSATU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, the narrative changed for those affiliates who felt that both Vavi and NUMSA were hard done by.
NUM congress elects a leader that is sympathetic to NUMSA and Vavi
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) congress had a rocky start as regions were questioning the credentials of other provinces delaying the congress for about […]
Parallel rallies at this years’ May Day
This year’s May Day was marked by deep and visible division in the country’s biggest trade union federation. The Congress of South African Trade Unions, […]
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