Workers have been on strike for over 20 days in response to attempts by the company to retrench permanent employees and replace them with outsourced ones, NUMSA’s spokesperson Phakimile Hlubi Majola told Peoples Dispatch.

Hundreds of workers have been protesting for eight months against an illegal factory lockout and demanding the restoration of factory operations as well as compensation

The union had announced a strike at the steel company on October 11, citing a unilateral withdrawal of employment benefits including medical aid

The sale of the restructured South Africa Airways (SAA) to a private consortium at an undisclosed price may provoke further labor unrest. The workers are already angry at the impending dismissal of 225 more workers