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Fin24 reports that on Friday the Chamber of Mines and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) were scheduled to resume their negotiations to end the strike in the coal mining sector. Source: Latest News
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Cosatu slammed by Cape Chamber over ‘disruptive’ march on Wednesday
Cape Argus writes that the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Thursday that the march by labour federation Cosatu on Wednesday was “disruptive and damaging to the economy”. Source: Latest News
Ceres Fruit Growers depleting stocks as Fawu strike hurts
Bloomberg News reports that strike-hit Ceres Fruit Growers, one of South Africa’s biggest packing and storage companies for apples and pears, is depleting stocks as a pay strike by employees curbs operations. Source: Latest News
City Power says contingency plans in place for threatened Samwu strike on 19 October
RDM News Wire reports that City Power has assured Johannesburg residents that it has contingency plans in place to ensure that the city’s power supply is not disrupted during a planned strike by the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) due to commence on Monday, 19 October 2015. Source: Latest News
NUM gets new coal wage offer, offering a ‘glimmer of hope’ strike may end
Reuters reports that coal miners may end a strike after the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday it had received a revised wage offer from coal producers. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Thursday, 8 October 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 8 October 2015. Source: Latest News
NUM plans ‘go-slow’ at Beatrix mine over Sibanye’s refusal to sign Chamber pay deal
Bloomberg News reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) plans protest action at Sibanye Gold if the company refuses to sign a pay deal agreed to last week by the union and other gold producers. Source: Latest News
Striking Fawu members lower wage demand at Ceres Fruit Growers to 8%
Business Report writes that the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) has dropped wage demand at Ceres Fruit Growers (CFG) from 12.5% to 8% in a bid to end the four-week strike that has hit the Western Cape Ceres region. Source: Latest News
SA braces for 'mother of all stay-aways' as Cosatu stages marches in all provinces
Fin24 writes that Cosatu will embark on the “mother of all stay-aways” on Wednesday when it stages marches in all nine provinces to protest, among other things, against higher taxes, e-tolls and job losses burdening the working class. Source: Latest News
Sibanye Gold’s offer to buy Aquarius doesn’t mean job cuts
Netwerk24 writes that if Sibanye Gold’s R4bn offer to purchase the struggling Aquarius Platinum is successful, it will make the gold mining company one of the world’s biggest platinum producers. Source: Latest News