Labour

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Abattoir workers win unfair dismissal case on appeal

Judge Davis criticises formalistic approach by Labour court

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Brief | 22 August 2016

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Picketing Aspen workers deprived of water

Union says company is breaking the rules

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Brief | 17 August 2016

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Kalk Bay’s fishers battle for permits

Fishers risk “limb and neck to get that fish and to put something on the table”

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Photo Essay | 15 August 2016

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BASF workers on strike because of dispute over back pay

Workers say that they are owed money for first half of 2016

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News | 12 August 2016

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Taxi violence on Mthatha route

Five drivers to appear in court

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Brief | 11 August 2016

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Telkom workers demand 11% and end to retrenchments

Striking workers march through Cape Town

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News | 11 August 2016

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Aspen workers on strike across Eastern Cape

Employees want 10% versus company offer of 7%

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Brief | 4 August 2016

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Elections, the SABC and the unions

More than a touch of irony that Solidarity and Bemawu took SABC to court, while Cosatu-aligned union cozied up to management

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Opinion | 1 August 2016

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Taxi industry shrugs off minimum wage

Department of Labour has set new wage standards but taxi operators say they will continue paying their drivers with commissions and targets

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News | 29 July 2016

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Strike starts in petrol industry

Workers want 9% but employers offer 7%

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Brief | 28 July 2016

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Silicosis: The gold mines’ ambitious plan

Gold mines bid to change the whole workers’ compensation system

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Analysis | 19 July 2016

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Silicosis: Laduuuma! But who moved the goalposts?

Mining companies prepare a new strategy

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Analysis | 18 July 2016

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Uber drivers protest after hijacking

Cash system puts drivers at risk, they say

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Brief | 12 July 2016

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Farm worker loses four fingers in accident

Zimbabwean awaiting compensation and unable to work

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News | 12 July 2016

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Still no justice for dead construction worker

More than a year after Melikhaya Pisane’s death, police investigation stalled

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News | 20 June 2016

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Fire fighting should never be privatised

Lessons to be learned from the strike in Canada

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Opinion | 20 June 2016