Retrenchment
South African workers continue strike against retrenchments at Bidvest SACD’s Durban plant
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.
Workers in Uttarakhand, India continue struggle against factory closure
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
South Africa Labor Court interdicts NUMSA strike at Macsteel
The union had announced a strike at the steel company on October 11, citing a unilateral withdrawal of employment benefits including medical aid
Amid looming retrenchments, unions demand transparency in sale of South Africa’s national airline
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
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