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Reuters reports that workers at Oakbay Investments appealed on Wednesday to South African banks to restore relations with their company, saying their livelihoods were at stake. Source: Latest News
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Compensation Fund action plan showing ‘significant’ progress, says commissioner
BDLive reports that the much-maligned Compensation Fund has embarked on an action plan to fix its problems, with “significant” progress having been made over the past year in the processing of claims. Source: Latest News
Cosatu threatens to strike against embattled Metrorail
BDLive reports that reeling from arson and vandalism in Cape Town‚ which many have linked to “illegal strike action”‚ Metrorail has now been threatened with formal industrial action by Cosatu. Source: Latest News
Minimum wage for hospitality industry to increase from 1 July
Fin24 reports that minimum wage increases will come into effect for the hospitality industry on 1 July and will be applicable until June 30 2017, the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa (Fedhasa) in the Cape region cautioned on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Uasa members end strike after wage accord with Comair
BDLive reports that almost a week after downing tools over salary increases‚ Comair workers affiliated to the United Association of SA (Uasa) reached a settlement with the company on Tuesday afternoon. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 19 April 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 Source: Latest News
Workers at Tshwane South College to down tools on Tuesday
EWN reports that the Outsourcing Must Fall movement says workers at the Tshwane South TVET College’s Atteridgeville campus have indicated that they will down tools from today (Tuesday). Source: Latest News
Fawu wants AB InBev to bring forward maturity date of SAB’s empowerment scheme, as for managers
BDLive reports that the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) is hoping to secure the same sort of treatment for its members as the 1,700 SABMiller managers when the merger with Anheuser Busch InBev (AB InBev) is finalised. Source: Latest News
Murder cases against 17 Marikana mineworkers postponed again
The New Age reports that the case against 17 Marikana mineworkers charged for the murder of 10 people prior to the 16 August 2012 massacre has been postponed again. Source: Latest News
Metrorail warns of two hour delays in Cape Town after vandalism
News24 reports that Metrorail has warned of delays of up to two hours on services in Cape Town on Tuesday morning due to vandalised equipment. Source: Latest News