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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web from Friday, 1 May to Sunday, 3 May 2015. Source: Latest News
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Malema urges Jim and Vavi not to form a labour federation, not a political party
City Press reports that the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF’s) Julius Malema has discouraged the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and expelled Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi from forming a political party, urging them to start a workers’ federation that EFF workers could support. Source: Latest News
Cosatu holds rally at Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre for last time
eNCA reports that on Friday hundreds of workers gathered at Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre to celebrate what is likely to be the last Workers’ Day rally to take place there, as the city plans to turn the venue into a movie studio. Source: Latest News
NUM calls for Marikana report to be made public
ANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Friday called on President Jacob Zuma to release to the public the findings of the Farlam Commission report into the 2012 Marikana tragedy. Source: Latest News
Foreign nationals in SA form own trade union
Foreign nationals in South Africa have formed their own trade union. The South African United Foreigner Trade Union was launched last week to bring organisations representing foreigner nationals in South Africa under a unified voice. Source: Latest News
Solidarity goes online to attract members in the knowledge economy
Business Times writes that, faced with declining membership, trade union Solidarity has come up with a new cyberspace model to attract support. Source: Latest News
Patrick Craven: No cause for celebration on Workers Day
Eyewitness News reports that former spokesperson labour federation Cosatu Patrick Craven said that Friday’s May Day rally was no cause for celebration. Source: Latest News
Labour department to consult on new wholesale and retail sector minimum wage
The Department of Labour is set to begin a national consultative process with the wholesale and retail sector on a new multi-year minimum wage adjustment structure. Source: Latest News
Unions wary as Telkom plans more job cuts
Business Times reports that trade unions will meet with Telkom this coming week to thrash out a massive cost-cutting exercise likely to result in more than 1,100 people being retrenched, taking transfers to other companies or leaving voluntarily. Source: Latest News
Malema calls for minimum wage of R4,500 a month
News24 reports that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said on Friday at the party’s Workers’ Day rally in Port Elizabeth that workers were still being exploited by labour brokers, were underpaid and deserved a monthly minimum wage of at least R4,500. Source: Latest News