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The New Age reports that the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) says truck drivers are heading for a strike if an agreement with the trucking industry is not reached. Source: Latest News
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Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Thursday, 27 August 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Thursday, 27 August 2015. Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on Thursday, 27 August 2015
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 26 August 2015. Source: Latest News
Survey finds take-home pay and also pensions have increased faster than inflation
Fin24 reports that salary earners are better off despite higher personal income tax rates and higher medical insurance deductions, the BankservAfrica Disposable Salary Index (BDSI) showed on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
Study shows earnings of about R4,000 needed to lift workers out of poverty
BDLive reports that new research from a group at the University of the Witwatersrand indicates that to lift wage earners and their families out of poverty, earnings would need to reach around the R4,000 a month level. Source: Latest News
‘SA trade unions need to be united to push their interests’
Daily News reports that at a panel discussion in Durban on Tuesday night union leaders expressed the view that trade unions were still relevant for workers in the country and they needed to be united to push their interests. Source: Latest News
Solidarity proceeds with investigation into NWU group life insurance tender process
OFM News reports that trade union Solidarity says it will continue to question the transparency of a tender process for the administration of group life insurance for staff members at the North West University. Source: Latest News
Salga pleased municipal wage negotiations successfully concluded with no strike action
RDM News Wire reports that the SA Local Government Association (Salga) said on Wednesday it had successfully concluded the salary negotiations with trade unions in the local government sector‚ and that “strike action and its destabilising effects have been averted”. Source: Latest News
Ferrochrome maker IFM in business rescue, blames outages and labour
BDLive reports that International Ferro Metals (IFM), a London-listed ferrochrome producer in SA, has gone into business rescue, citing Eskom’s expensive and irregular electricity supply, “militant union activity” and state-ordered safety stoppages of its furnaces for compounding the negative effect of the weak ferrochrome price. Source: Latest News
Justice ministry workers threaten strike over ‘abuse’ by supply chain chief director
Sowetan reports that Justice Department employees have threatened to down tools if one of the department’s managers is not removed from his position. Source: Latest News