Brendan Ryan writes that AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) CEO Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan (Venkat) has taken a hard line over potential strike action in the gold sector pointing to his group’s ability to cope because of the strength of its offshore operations. Source: Latest News
Engineering News writes that Group Five on Monday reported a 43% drop in operating profit for the year ended 30 June. Source: Latest News
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has announced the promulgation of the Employment Services Act, 2014, which took effect from 9 August 2015, coinciding with Women’s Day in South Africa. Source: Latest News
TimesLive reports that, after weeks of talks, the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) is due tomorrow to will sign an offer that will end speculation of a strike in the local government sector. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Monday, 17 August 2015. Source: Latest News
Reuters reports that the Chamber of Mines of SA (CoM), which negotiates with unions on behalf of its gold mining members, said on Monday it could not sign an agreement with trade union Solidarity in the gold sector because its final offer was conditional on all the unions concerned accepting...
BDLive reports that the National Union of Mineworkers’ (NUM’s) strike at the Nkomati Nickel Mine near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga would continue indefinitely, union deputy general secretary William Mabapa said on Monday. Source: Latest News
BDLive reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has served Rand Water with notice to strike within 48 hours, the union indicated on Monday afternoon. The move would result in a full-blown industrial action at the water utility, said the union. Source: Latest News
Reuters reports that trade union Solidarity, which represents mostly skilled workers, on Monday accepted wage increases offered by the Chamber of Mines representing major gold producers. Source: Latest News
In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Friday, 14 August 2015. Source: Latest News
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