Cosatu in the Western Cape said on Monday it was throwing its weight behind the Huguenot Tunnel workers who are currently on strike. The workers went on strike on June 25 after talks collapsed between the employer (Tolcon) and the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu). Talks were facilitated[…]
The statement issued by the ANC and its alliance partners after a summit last week is silent on several key issues, including the crises in state-owned enterprises, and is in conflict with views Cosatu is supposed to have, former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Sunday. “The most outrageous[…]
The tripartite alliance will defend Cosatu’s unity, but the trade union federation needs to sort out its own problems, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday. “The summit also affirms its support of the right of Cosatu to make its own decisions concerning internal discipline,” he said at the[…]
Nine trade unions loyal to expelled Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi are on Wednesday expected to brief media on the trade union federation’s special national congress. The “Nine Plus Unions” previously said they would not accept Cosatu becoming an appendage to the ruling ANC. They felt Cosatu’s struggle for workers’[…]
Newly-elected National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) general secretary David Sipunzi has two top priorities: Save Zwelinzima Vavi, and save NUM from bleeding to death. He wants unity, he wants Zwelinzima Vavi’s expulsion from the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) turned around, and he wants to win back ex NUM members[…]
The lawyer for expelled National Union of Metalworkers of SA fought hard in the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday for the right to ask to be allowed back into the fold of Cosatu at the federation’s Special National Congress (SNC) next month, instead of waiting until November. Their first[…]
The High Court in Johannesburg will hear an application on Tuesday to declare that Numsa remains an affiliate of Cosatu. The National Union of Metalworkers of SA said on Monday that its application was supported by several Congress of SA Trade Unions affiliated unions. “Numsa… will tomorrow, Tuesday 9 June 2015,[…]
President Jacob Zuma received a warm welcome from workers attending a Congress of SA Trade Unions SA (Cosatu) May Day rally in Durban on Friday. The crowd cheered when Cosatu’s KwaZulu-Natal secretary Edwin Mkhize introduced Zuma. Thousands of people, most of them dressed in red, marched from the Gugu Dlamini[…]
Zwelinzima Vavi called on nine major unions loyal to his cause to determine the future of Cosatu (Congress of South African Trade Unions) on Thursday, when he addressed the Shop Steward Council in Cape Town. Vavi, who remained defiant that he remained the only legitimately elected general secretary of Cosatu,[…]
Long-time Congress of SA Trade Unions national spokesperson Patrick Craven has resigned following the expulsion of general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. Craven attended a media briefing held by Vavi on Wednesday in Johannesburg. He said he handed in his resignation on Tuesday. Although Craven said he still believed in the principles[…]
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