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GroundUp reports that on Tuesday about 40 members of the SA Social Services Union (Sassu) and the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) picketed the Western Cape Department of Social Development. Source: Latest News
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Unions concerned at the high rate of vacancies at municipalities
Both the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and Solidarity have expressed concern at Statistics SA’s latest findings that there are more than 41, 000 vacant posts at municipalities countrywide. Source: Latest News
Ramaphosa calls for fiercely independent trade movement
News24 reports that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa called for a rejuvenation of the labour movement within the governing tripartite alliance on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Police records show 46% of protests focused on labour
SowetanLive reports that according to a research report launched on Tuesday at the University of Johannesburg, just under half the protests recorded by police between 1997 and 2013 were labour protests. Source: Latest News
NUM members resume work at Northam, but not Amcu
Reuters reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said its members would return to work for the nightshift on Tuesday at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde after staying away since Monday last week after violence broke out at the site. Source: Latest News
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 14 June 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 14 June 2016 Source: Latest News
Police arrest four suspects for Northam violence, including murder suspect
ANA reports that four people, including a murder suspect, were arrested at the Northam platinum mine near Thabazimbi in Limpopo during an operation in the area of the mine on Monday night. Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on 14 June 2016
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Monday, 13 June 2016. Source: Latest News
SAA admission about Mango puts a new spin on pilots’ scope arbitration
BDLive reports that SA Airways (SAA) chairwoman Dudu Myeni may have blown a hole in a critical arbitration between the SAA Pilots Association, SAA and Mango when she said SAA subsidised Mango. Source: Latest News
Firefighters attended boot camp in preparation for Canadian deployment
TMG Digital reports that the firefighters who downed hoses in a pay dispute had attended a boot camp in Gauteng to prepare for the trip to Canada‚ learning technical and social skills, including how to handle money. Source: Latest News