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Striking public service workers are planning socially distanced marches in all major cities on Wednesday.Image: THE TIMES/MOEKETSI MOTICOE
COSATU

Teachers, nurses and doctors are expected to join one-day walkout

Services such as health care and education are expected to be disrupted on Wednesday as public sector workers down tools and stay at home to protest against the government’s failure to implement wage increases. Union leaders in three of…

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Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali said the trade union federation wants workers from the public and private sector to down tools on Wednesday.Image: Thapelo Morebudi
COSATU

Cosatu national strike: 5 things you need to know about Wednesday’s stay-away

The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Monday called for public and private sector employees to down tools on Wednesday. This is due to, among other issues, the ongoing wage disputes between the government and its employees. The…

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The public enterprises department said on Monday it has had separate meetings with all unions involved in SAA, as well as non-unionised workers, to table its restructuring plan.Image: SAA
RETRECHMETS

‘Do it your way’: Gordhan to unions declining SAA retrenchments

The public enterprises department says it is unable to accommodate the demands of several unions linked to the South African Airways (SAA) business rescue plan. In a statement released on Monday evening, the department said it had…

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