Working together to foster and share business gains beats the winter-takes-all approach in the long run, Alan Cooper is told. MORE than R1.03 billion was lost in employee income in 2011 through strikes. The figures for last year have not yet been finalised, but even greater...
The mineworkers union, AMCU, has threatened to embark on strike action if Anglo America Platinum goes ahead with plans to shutdown four shafts in the Rustenburg region. A total of up to 14 thousand jobs will be lost of which 13 thousand will be in...
The year 2012 was a watershed in terms of the collective bargaining processes and the Labour Relations Act. Chris Jacobs, a conflict resolution expert at OIM International, a leading business consultancy in South Africa, described it aptly. He said: “A climate tolerant of violence, bloodshed and ungovernable...
Die vlaag stakings in die mynbou-, padvrag- en Wes-Kaapse landboubedryf het 'n klimaat geskep waarin geweld en moeilike gedrag beleef word. Chris Jacobs, 'n kenner in konflikoplossing by die konsultasiemaatskappy OIM Internasional, sê voortslepende stakings sal maatskappye met geen ander keuse laat as om werkers af...
With an increase in violent protests and unprotected strike action in SA, what role do all stakeholders play in ensuring a stabilised labour force? Chris Jacobs, conflict resolution expert at OIM International, provides his considered opinion. History has dictated that we should not be surprised by...
