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Solidarity signs wage agreement with SEIFSA
Solidarity signs wage agreement with SEIFSA
Wednesday, 23 August 2017 Trade union Solidarity is pleased to announce that it has signed a three-year wage agreement with the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (SEIFSA) today. Other trade unions that also signed the favourable wage agreement are the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), United Association of South Africa (Uasa), Metal and Electrical Workers Union of South Africa (Mewusa) and the SA Equity Workers’ Association (Saewa). The agreement that was signed at a media conference today is the result of four months’ intensive negotiations. The agreement came into effect on 1 July 2017 and will be valid until 30 June 2020. The parties have agreed that the ... Read more.
Minister in Court due to racial...
Minister in Court due to racial discrimination – Solidarity
Friday, 18 August 2017 The trade union Solidarity's racial discrimination case against Minister Jeff Radebe is heard in Pretoria on Monday, 21 August 2017 in the High Court, which is sitting as an Equality Court. This follows after Radebe blatantly ignored the Magistrate’s Commission's recommendation to promote magistrate Martin Kroukamp to a position as senior magistrate at Alberton's Magistrate's Court in 2014, believing that appointing Kroukamp would not promote transformation. According to Anton van der Bijl, head of Solidarity’s Centre for Fair Labour Practices, Article 10 of the Magistrate’s Court together with Article 9(1) of the Magistrate’s Court Act 32 of 1944 the minister may appoint any qualified and suitable person. Van der Bijl ... Read more.
Sibanye: Solidarity demands answers to hard...
Sibanye: Solidarity demands answers to hard questions
Wednesday, 16 August 2017 Trade union Solidarity said today, on the eve of its first consultation with Sibanye Gold regarding planned retrenchments at the mine, that it will put several questions to the mine. Solidarity General Secretary Gideon du Plessis said that Solidarity will ask Sibanye some hard questions during its consultation with the mine on Thursday in a bid to determine whether Sibanye had done everything in its power to prevent the retrenchments. Du Plessis said that Sibanye had rejected proposals to mitigate the extent of the retrenchments on several occasions. “We have heard that proposals made by advisors have not been properly considered. That is why we demand answers. It is Sibanye’s ... Read more.
Restructuring plan a smoke screen for...
Restructuring plan a smoke screen for retrenchments
Solidarity today confirmed that it has received a section 189A retrenchment notice for Africa’s largest steel supplier, ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA). The notice states that about 50 workers may be affected by this retrenchment. This follows after Wim de Klerk, Chief Executive of AMSA, announced in a statement late yesterday afternoon that AMSA would implement cost saving measures as well as structural changes that can lead to potential job losses due to tremendous pressure experienced in the steel industry and the decline in demand for steel. De Klerk has argued that it is too early to give a decisive answer as to how many workers will be affected by the ... Read more.
Hlaudi evades the court again –...
Hlaudi evades the court again – Solidarity
Tuesday, 15 August 2017 The court case in which Hlaudi Motsoeneng has to explain why he should not be held liable in a personal capacity for the wrongful dismissal of the SABC 8 journalists, has been postponed to 6 September 2017. This follows after Motsoeneng did not turn up for today’s court proceedings. Motsoeneng did not provide a clear reason as to why he did not attend the court proceedings. Although Simon Tebele who was added as third respondent to Solidarity’s cost order case was present, he did not have any legal representation. The judge ruled that both Motsoeneng and Tebele must be present when the court proceedings resume on 6 September. Should they ... Read more.
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INTRODUCTION
Solidarity is your partner, your older brother in the workplace, as it were – the one who has been protecting its members’ rights against exploitation in the workplace since 1902; the one who even creates job security for you as a professional individual.Solidarity currently offers a dependable service to approximately 140 000 members in all occupational fields, collectively and professionally, and has the passion and knowledge to look after its members’ interests and to ensure that their rights are protected in the workplace.
The union has more than 20 offices countrywide and members are served by more than 300 staff members and 1 275 union representatives in thousands of companies. In short: Solidarity ensures that its members receive the necessary assistance to protect their work and therefore their income, because your job is our job!
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Trade union Solidarity’s main purpose is to protect its members in the workplace. Solidarity’s Labour Services Division offers protection to thousands of collective and individual members in various industries nationwide. |
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Trade union Solidarity’s main purpose is to protect its members in the workplace. Solidarity’s Labour Services Division offers protection to thousands of collective and individual members in various industries nationwide. |
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Solidarity’s legal department is the largest of its kind in all South African trade unions and one of the largest labour law practices in South Africa. |