By michelle on February 22, 2012
This year, South Africa’s consolidated state budget is likely to break through the R1 trillion level for the first time, the trade union Solidarity said today. It would be a nominal [...]
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By michelle on February 21, 2012
Trade union Solidarity this week demanded in a letter to Absa that the bank lay its cards on the table regarding its “restructuring process”. This comes after several Solidarity members [...]
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By michelle on February 17, 2012
Trade union Solidarity today pointed out that as many as 6,5 million out of approximately 9 million people in the formal labour market could be affected negatively by state intervention [...]
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By michelle on February 16, 2012
The trade union Solidarity today demanded that the agricultural companies and cooperations in die Grain Bargaining Council suit actions to words and compensate employees with a wage increase of at [...]
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By michelle on February 15, 2012
Although the report by the ANC commission investigating government intervention in the minerals sector dismisses the notion of full-scale nationalisation and President Zuma, according to media reports, declared on Friday [...]
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By michelle on February 10, 2012
The trade union Solidarity has given President Zuma 47 out of 100 for his State of the Nation Address today. The trade union has based this evaluation on a scoring [...]
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By michelle on February 7, 2012
White people with disabilities will be completely kicked out of affirmative action processes, trade union Solidarity said today. According to Solidarity, the latest proposed amendments to the Broad-based Black Economic [...]
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By michelle on January 27, 2012
Letters that were issued to several members of Solidarity by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), clearly show that the organisation’s controversial restructuring process is nothing more than the first [...]
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By michelle on December 20, 2011
The trade union Solidarity today confirmed having received four section 189 layoff notifications in the past month, from Sappi’s Ngodwana, Enstra, Richards Bay and Tugela mills. Some 959 employees may [...]
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By michelle on December 14, 2011
During 2011, trade union Solidarity gave back more than R259 million, that is, more than R21 million a month – almost three times more than its average monthly income from [...]
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