Part of the agreement, NUMSA says Eskom shall pay a once-off taxable payment of R10 000 to all employees for year one of the agreement.

In addition, Eskom says the parties agreed to a 7% increase in the housing allowance over a three-year period.

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SATAWU and NUMSA have finally agreed to the 7% wage increase proposed by the bus sector and still demand health insurance for workers.

Numsa members will be staging a demonstration outside the North Gauteng High Court to demand an end to load shedding on Wednesday 22 March 2023.

NUMSA claims workers at Denel have not been paid their salaries for the last three months and is calling for Pravin Gordhan’s axing

NUMSA is reportedly demanding wage increases of up to 20% in the automotive sector and the second round of talks is expected next week.

Eskom and the three recognised labour unions agreed on a 7% annual increase and an extra R400 per month on the housing allowance.

Eskom staff have been on strike over wages, something the power utility has blamed on having to implement stage 6 load shedding

Did Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan lie? NUM and NUMSA have set the record straight on Eskom waves ‘agreement’.

Comments made by Minister of Public Enterprise Pravin Gordhan have been condemned by unions over Eskom wage agreements

NUMSA is in shock at the murder of the shop steward at the Impala Platinum Mine Mahlomola Hlothoane who was a member of the union.

NUMSA says Comair CEO and Business Rescue Practitioners lurched from one crisis to another and destroyed the airline.

NUMSA says it is worried about the future of Comair. The airline says salaries and employee benefits including medical aid are not guaranteed.

NUMSA continues to call for the resignation of Comair CEO, Glen Orsmond and the airline’s Business Rescue Practitioner, Richard Ferguson.

After Comair suspended operations, NUMSA met with management but there is still no clear indication of when operations will resume.

‘The meeting was very frustrating because the CEO was at times evasive or unwilling to respond directly to certain questions,’ said NUMSA.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa will be meeting with Comair’s management regarding jobs that may be on the line.

Zwelinzima Vavi has been re-elected as Saftu’s General Secretary, a position he’s held since its inception.

The City of Tshwane seems to have avoided a full-scale bus strike.
Unions had promised to bring the rapid bus system to a halt.

NUMSA is demanding that workers contracted to Extremetec get an increased transport allowance or their strike will continue.

This strike could be absolutely disastrous for the City of Tshwane. NUMSA is not messing around here. Will the city listen?

NUMSA members will be marching to Tshwane House to demand transport allowance and certain roads around Pretoria CBD will be affected.

NUMSA strike is due to transport allowance for workers at Tshwane Rapid Transit and Tshwane Affected Operation Investment.

The NUMSA strike starting on Wednesday could cause a possible disruption to the City of Tshwane’s bus service.

NUMSA says Sibanye-Stillwater can afford to give workers who have been on a 3-month strike a R1000 wage increment.

Bus drivers are planning to strike all across SA two days before the Easter weekend if their demand for a 10% salary increase is not met.

NUMSA has used its Human Rights Day message to highlight the plight of the country’s working class and skyrocketing unemployment rate

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NUMSA is demanding Comair CEO, Glen Orsmond and his executive to resign after Kulula and British Airways flights were suspended indefinitely.

Numsa, the majority union at Comair, has blamed the leadership at the company, for cutting costs at the expense of safety

NUMSA has lodged a case at the CCMA after Gautrain suspended 27 workers for refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine.

Numsa and SACCA say some of their members who were absorbed into the newly-restructured SAA have lost their benefits

PRASA announced it has fired its CEO Zolani Matthews, with immediate effect for not disclosing his British citizenship

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) began its indefinite strike on Tuesday. Workers are demanding an 8% increase. Employers offered 4.4%.

A NUMSA member was gunned down outside CCMA offices in Rustenburg in full view of the public while two others were shot and injured.

NUMSA has accused Eskom of using money set aside for increases to pay more towards coal suppliers instead

This comes after Eskom warned of power disruptions, as a result of wage talks with Numsa, NUM and Solidarity

NUMSA has expressed its concern about SA’s high unemployment rate, poverty and inequality amongst the working class on Workers Day 2021.

Eskom warned that electricity disruptions could take place if wage negotiations do not go smoothly next month. Is load shedding looming?

The fuel industry had approached by the Essential Services Committee (ESC) of the CCMA, seeking to have the fuel sector declared an essential service, but Numsa challenged this

Numsa believes that Andre De Ruyter “has demonstrated total inability to stabilise Eskom”.

NUMSA is the latest group to call for Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa to step down – citing incompetence and arrogance.

Numsa welcomed Putco’s decision to halt retrenchments.

Following an explosion at the ArcelorMittal plant in Vanderbijl Park, the National Union of Metal Workers has called for the company’s CEO Kobus Verster to be held criminally and personally liable for the untimely death of three workers. On 17 February 2021, it is alleged that an explosion in the plant caused a building to […]

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has reacted to the deaths of three steel workers at Arcelomittal’s Vanderbijlpark plant and expressed condolences to their family and friends

Numsa is trying to save the jobs of more than 200 employees.

The workers will receive a 5.9 percent increase backdated to April this year, and a pro-rata savings towards a 13th cheque, eNCA reported.

The DA filed a motion in 2019 to see airline workers be made ‘essential workers’ so as to limit their rights to down tools and strike.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South Africa Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) will be handing over a memorandum of demands to SAA

South African Airways (SAA) was placed under business rescue in December 2019, following years of worsening financial troubles and mismanagement

Numsa has signed a wage proposal made by the management of the Gautrain the Bombela Operating Company (BOC).

Numsa Deputy General Secretary Karl Cloete said he resigned for his family who deserve happiness and more of his presence.

Due to an ongoing wage strike, the Gautrain in Gauteng will not be in operating this weekend from 10 to 11 October 2020.

While the union is demanding an 8% wage increase, Bombela Operating Company (BOC), which runs Gautrain is only offering 4%

Workers at SAA Technical (SAAT) picketed on Monday regarding salaries. On Tuesday, a meeting is being held with management on a way forward.

SAA needs about R10.5 billion to restart operations.

Sacca and Numsa intend approaching the courts, to prevent the liquidation of SAA

Under the business rescue plan, at least 400 people will find themselves without work

Concerns allayed, production resumes after brief “unprocedural strike” at Volkswagen South Africa

Arcellormittal SA is reportedly considering laying off employees and has been further accused by Numsa of using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to restructure the company and leave employees without work

Numsa says the ANC government is using alcohol as the scapegoat for the overwhelmed health care system.

Their previous application to have the business rescue plan held was thrown out of court last week.

The airline confirmed that 11 routes will be cancelled, casting a shadow of doubt over the future of thousands of employees.

Numsa said ‘the working class is clearly under attack’ after news that Glencore could be retrenching more than 1 300 workers.

More than 50 000 workers from various unions and SOEs have vowed to strike in 2020 against the government’s attempts to privatise parastatals.

Numsa is expected to hold a media briefing on the matter, on Friday.

The minister held talks with unions in an effort to bring them back to reality about why their demands will most likely not be met by the embattled airline.

The national carrier indicated that workers who remain on strike for seven days will not receive a monthly salary.

The national carrier has threatened legal action against unions for spreading false claims and fear mongering.

The South African Civil Aviation Authority says that there is no need for alarm.

Andre de Ruyter has not been welcomed with open arms, especially not by Irvin Jim.

After talks deadlocked on Saturday, unions have vowed to intensify their strike strategy.

Protesters have made it clear that they will accept nothing less than what they have demanded from the airline.

The last things SAA needs is a wage strike led by cabin crew members.

The total debt owed to Eskom by municipalities is R20 billion.

“They have not made a single compromise.”

The strike action started on 4 October 2019.

Air Chefs pledges their commitment to discussions with unions represented in the entity.

The case against a senior mine official was withdrawn.

There are five airlines that will be affected by this proposed strike.

Numsa: “We reject this offer with the contempt it deserves.”

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa is concerned about how much power the courts are being given over workers’ ability to strike.

NUMSA has threatened industrial action over the treatment of fuel station workers after their initial 12% wage increase demand was rejected.

Unemployment in South Africa was higher in June 2019 than at any other point during the 11 years Stats SA has been doing a labour force survey.

The Constitutional Court has unanimously found in favour of 65 workers who were dismissed by Dunlop after a strike in 2012.

Following a request from Numsa, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has offered to mediate in the Lanxess mine protest.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) claims government is needed to ensure a peaceful end to the Lanxess mine protest.

They’ve being underground for four days already without adequate food, water or toilets, but the protesting miners will not quit until their demands are met.

The National Union of Metalworkers South Africa (Numsa) is protesting against apparent sexual harassment and victimisation of one of the female employees.

Numsa are taking their grievances to the tarmac on Tuesday, as the trade union group prepare to picket at four of South Africa’s biggest commercial airports.

Numsa says they are awaiting an explanation from the Labour Court on its decision.

Passengers with Easter plans could be affected.

SRWP’s main focus, as it rolls out its manifesto, is to nationalise the reserve bank.

For better or for worse, Gina did what he was sent here to do.

“As Numsa we celebrated when Mboweni’s term as Reserve Bank governor came to an end. This is because Mboweni is hostile to the working class majority.” – Andrew Chirwa, the chairman of Numsa.

Eskom is backtracking on previous statements.

This latest power struggle could plunge South Africa further into darkness.

Wage talks have hit a dead end.

Strike envy, anyone?