NUM wants South Africa's renewable climate pact with rich countries suspended
The main labour union at South Africa’s state power utility called for the suspension of an $8.5-billion (R164.01-billion) climate finance pact with some of the world’s richest nations as well as plans to break up...
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Google cut contract workers out of retaliation for unionising plans — Report
Alphabet Inc. illegally ended contract employment for a majority of Google Help workers as they were trying to unionise, organisers alleged in a complaint to the US labour board.
The Alphabet Workers Union accused the...
Samsung workers could go on strike for first time ever
Samsung Electronics Co. faces its first-ever labour strike after an influential union threatened to stage a walkout to protest wages and the company’s alleged attempts to block labour organisation.
The union, which says it represents about...
Massive public sector strike set to start
Four South African labour unions took a step toward joining a strike over the government’s refusal to raise their pay by more than 3%.
The unions, whose members include employees that provide essential services such as policing and nursing, obtained...
Labour unions accept Eskom's 7% wage increase
South African labour groups agreed to a wage offer from the state-owned power utility, ending an impasse over increases that triggered a week of illegal protests and deepened electricity outages.
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., which generates almost all...