Zuma will open Cosatu headquarters Independent Online He also spoke about labour brokers, saying Cosatu was pleased Zuma had addressed the issue during his State of the Nation address two weeks ago.
Cosatu's NEC tightrope Times LIVE Today, the federation remains steadfast in its opposition to exploitative labourbrokers and government's plans to impose expensive tolling on Gauteng's ...
Budget 2012: Cosatu wins, everyone else loses Daily Maverick If big business had its way, the budget would relax labour laws, ... has been crowded out with tub-thumping over labour brokers and so-called "decent work”.
How Big Business will engage with government, unions Moneyweb.co.za It has a problem with the ban on labour brokers. "There are abuses and we should focus on eliminating these. But anybody who wants to ban temporary ...
NUMSA expresses frustration with Zuma's SONA Politicsweb This NUMSA NEC statement covers the essentials of the two important meetings, our recommitment to the March 7, 2012, strike against labour brokers and road privatization; our reactions to President Zuma's State of the Nation Address and Finance ... See all stories on this topic »
Cosatu to engage ANC on banning labour brokers Business Day Phutas Tseki, Gauteng chairman of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), says the federation will take the issue of labour brokers to the African National Congress's policy conference in June and its national elective conference in ...
Media brokers come under fire in Parliament BusinessLIVE "I thought we were struggling with labour brokers, but now we have this thing of media brokers," committee chairperson Eric Kholwane quipped. According to MDDA project director Nkopane Maphiri there had been allegations from small commercial media ..
Labour broking talks hit deadlock | ITWeb Government seeks to eliminate all forms of abusive practices inherent in labour broking, says president Jacob Zuma. The social partners at the National ...
Call for Ban on Labour Brokers ill Concieved Stephen Hickmore - COSATU's call for the banning of Labour Brokers is ill conceived and selfish. I am the first to support the unions in a call to ban all abusive ...
Debate on labour brokers continues as Zuma favours regulation over an outright ban Political Analysis South Africa Cosatu has long complained about labour brokers and is currently seeking an outright legislative ban on the labour broking as a practice. On 7 March 2012, South Africa's largest trade union, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), ...
Labour brokers do not create jobs | The Weekly News In simple language the labour broker is that guy that sells Mr. X's labour to a prospective employer as if Mr. X is his object. Clearly, the labour broker does not ...
Labour broking talks hit deadlock ITWeb Government seeks to eliminate all forms of abusive practices inherent in labour broking, says president Jacob Zuma. The social partners at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) are deadlocked on the issue of labour broking.
Post Office labour conversion Independent Online By SAPA The conversion of SA Post Office (Sapo) labour brokers to permanent workers is a "moral boost”, the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said on Thursday. "The CWU welcomes the conversion.... We view this initiative as an important milestone in ...
'Compromise on labour brokers' - Zuma In his State of the Nation address yesterday, President Zuma called for middle ground to be found on labour brokers and said nothing about the "total ban" on ...
labour brokers | Free State Times "labour brokers" tag ... workers in the Free State to join a national strike called by the union for next month to press the government to abolish labour broking…
Strike against labour brokers to go ahead Independent Online By SAPA Cosatu will go ahead with a planned national strike on March 7 against labour brokers after attempts to broker a deal at Nedlac failed, the union federation said on Wednesday. Congress of SA Trade Union's spokesman Patrick Craven said the ...
Cosatu going ahead with labour broker strike | News24 Cosatu going ahead with labour broker strike| News24|South Africa|Politics| Cosatu will go ahead with a planned national strike against labour brokers after ...
Labour broking talks hit deadlock ITWeb Government seeks to eliminate all forms of abusive practices inherent in labour broking, says president Jacob Zuma. The social partners at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) are deadlocked on the issue of labour broking.
Labour Watch Leadership Magazine Nedlac is the forum in which labour, government and business seek compromised solutions to problems. However, talks around labour brokers and other issues contained in draft labour law amendment bills, have broken down. Cosatu since announced ...
The changes included provisions for the regulation of labour brokers rather than the outright ban which Cosatu had demanded. Mr Michael Bagraim, President of the Chamber said "we have had a year of negotiations and Cosatu has been part of the process, ...[more]
The amendments will not be effective in ending abusive labour practices, but will drive disreputable labour brokers underground and make employees vulnerable. So where do we stand now? Urgent action is needed: We need to go back to the spirit of the ...[more]
During his State of the Nation Address yesterday, president Jacob Zuma said the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) process on labour broking has now been completed. "Government seeks to eliminate all forms of abusive practices ...[more]
Meanwhile, commenting on pending labour legislation amendments in South Africa, Mr Nzimande said the SACP still strongly opposed labour broking. The practice is being studied before the country's labour laws are amended, but the government has said it ...[more]
President Jacob Zuma took a safer route on the question of labour brokers by calling for a middle ground to be found. His political partner, Cosatu, wants labour brokers banned, whereas business defends them. In his State of the Nation address ...[more]
Johannesburg - Cosatu Gauteng pledged its support to over 300 fired non-unionised Gautrain bus drivers on Thursday, blaming labour broking on their situation. "We will be seeking an urgent meeting with the management of the company in an attempt to ...[more]
He failed to commit on scrapping labour brokers, an issue that Cosatu had threatened to go on strike for in March. "Government seeks to eliminate all forms of abusive practices inherent in labour broking in order to strengthen the protection of ...[more]
It plans to stage a one-day national strike on March 7 this year in protest against labour brokers, among other issues, who often match temporary employees with employers. The trade-union federation believes this prevents temporary staff from enjoying ...[more]
The National Union of Mineworkers appeals to civil society to join the COSATU organised protests against both these tollgates and the ban for labour brokers. "We cannot allow these to continue. These tolls must be removed and the ban for labour brokers ...[more]
The government seems unwilling to budge on the e-tolling and labour broker issue. Cosatu has been raging against the two for a while now. They now seek to end the impasse by staging a huge strike on 7 March. And you're invited along. ...[more]
As many as 25% of jobs created are facilitated by a labour broker. President Jacob Zuma is going to have to choose soon between Cosatu's support and improving the state of the nation. IT IS a good thing that the annual state of the nation address is a ...[more]
Labour is still demanding a total ban of labour brokers. It has declared a deadlock on the issue and plans protest action on the issue on March 7. If the proposed amendments are tested against the RIA before being tabled, sufficient agreement is not ...[more]
We must force the Government and the ruling party the African National Congress to scrap the exorbitant e-Tolling system and ban modern day slavery (labour broking). This protest action will set a precedent, in terms of mass action...[more]
A national strike will be held on March 7 to protest against labour brokers and the proposed Gauteng toll roads, Cosatu said on Tuesday. The action would be legal and no trade union worker could be punished for downing tools, Congress of SA Trade ...[more]
While the unemployed suffer most from the poverty that still stalks our land, the army of the working poor also continues to expand, with the growth of casualisation and labour broking. About 60% of all workers employed in the formal economy earn less ...[more]
Cosatu has already launched its first attack of the year on labour brokers and has a strike planned for March. Maybe this strike is intended to pre-empt any move on youth wage subsidies in the Budget, maybe Cosatu is flexing its muscles and loosening ...[more]
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