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BDLive reports that a march by striking members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in Cape Town descended into chaos on Wednesday with police firing stun grenades in an attempt to control the rowdy crowd. Source: Latest News
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Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 6 May 2015
In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Tuesday, 5 May 2015. Source: Latest News
Salga digs in its heels in seeking a revision of wage demands of municipal unions
The New Age reports that, with over two weeks before the third round of municipal wage negotiations, the SA Local Government Association (Salga) has urged municipal unions to drastically revise their demands. Source: Latest News
Impressive membership gains at Gautrain show Numsa’s taking fight to Cosatu
The Citizen writes that news that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) now enjoys the lion’s share of members at Gautrain is a direct indication that the union is taking the fight to its former mother body federation, Cosatu, political analyst Andre Duvenhage said. Source: Latest News
Economic migrants ‘clogging up’ asylum seekers system
BDLive reports that only 12% of the more than 75,000 asylum seekers who applied for refugee status in SA last year were successful, a sign that the system was being clogged up by economic migrants without a political claim to stay in the country. Source: Latest News
Strike by Cape Town council staff starts to bite
Times Live reports that rubbish bags and bins piled up in some parts of Cape Town on Tuesday as the municipal strike went into its second day. Source: Latest News
New metalworkers union Limusa defends going to court over Toyota check-off facilities
Business Report writes that the Liberated Metalworkers Union of SA (Limusa) has defended its decision to refer its fight Toyota SA over check-off facilities to the Labour Court. Source: Latest News
Gautrain bus drivers decide unilaterally to take hour lunch breaks
News24 reports that, after Gautrain bus drivers suspended their go-slow on Tuesday, they announced they would take one-hour lunch breaks at every station from Wednesday. Source: Latest News
Eleven Bafokeng platinum mine workers suspended
Business Report writes that at least eleven workers at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (BRPM) have been suspended, the company said on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Cape Town sends out advisory ahead of Samwu march on Wednesday
ANA reports that the City of Cape Town on Tuesday sent out an advisory to residents and businesses in the CBD that striking members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) would be marching to the Civic Centre on Wednesday to hand over a memorandum to city officials. Source: Latest...