Fin24 reports that defiant unions affiliated to the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) will be meeting with the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and Zwelinzima Vavi with the aim of turning the current situation in the federation around through “mass mobilisation”. Source: Latest News
Fin24 reports that the SA Post Office (Sapo) said on Wednesday that it had dismissed six employees who violated a court order during the illegal strike that crippled postal operations in the last quarter of 2014. Source: Latest News
EWN reports that five suspected illegal miners have been found dead at a mine dump in Benoni on Gauteng’s East Rand. Source: Latest News
eNCA reports that ousted Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi and former Cosatu national spokesperson Patrick Craven will be working together, according to Vavi. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that Eskom was shocked to hear about the demands and plans for what it termed the illegal strike at Medupi Power Station last week, because the unions didn’t go through the agreed upon channels that would have avoided the current problems. Source: Latest News
Times Live reports that, just a day after his sacking as Cosatu general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi yesterday said the battle would now shift to the streets and workers would have the final say. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that the bus driver who was shot and wounded when he tried to protect his passengers during an armed robbery on a bus in Roodepoort on Wednesday has been operated on and was recovering, Metrobus said. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Wednesday, 1 April 2015. Source: Latest News
City Press reports that ousted Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is considering going to court to challenge his dismissal from the trade union federation and has blamed the demise of Cosatu on rogue elements hell bent on creating a weaker federation. Source: Latest News
Fin24 reports that the Nedbank Group, which has beaten profit expectations for a second year, increased Chief Executive Officer Mike Brown’s pay by 7.7% to R35.05m. Source: Latest News
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