Trade union Solidarity has claimed a jobs bloodbath is looming at Telkom after the operator on Tuesday briefed it about its restructuring and retrenchment plans. “At an information session in Olifantsfontein today, the telecommunications giant announced
Cell C has begun a restructuring drive that could lead to the retrenchment of 47 employees, the mobile operator confirmed on Thursday. This followed a statement issued by trade union Solidarity
A total of 1 169 employees at Telkom have been affected by the telecommunications operator’s outsourcing measures, according to figures supplied by the company. In February, Telkom announced restructuring that involve it outsourcing
Telkom says its discussions with the Communication Workers Union over voluntary severance and early retirement packages — known as VSPs and VERPs — have deadlocked, allowing the company to go ahead with the offers to affected employees. However
“Persistent” and “illegal” industrial action in the form of “go-slows” at Telkom’s call centres escalated at the weekend, with staff allegedly being intimated and employees walking out, the telecommunications operator said on Monday. This comes as Telkom announced it will
Telkom has announced plans to restructure its business, outsourcing noncore operations, rationalising its IT systems and closing retail stores, among other cost-saving moves. The company
Telkom has denied an allegation made by a labour union on Monday that it intends laying off up to 10 000 employees. The Solidarity trade union said on Monday that it has learnt that Telkom
The ongoing restructuring in the information and communications technology industry puts employees under immense pressure, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday. “There have been far more retrenchments this year than in
Solidarity will take legal action if any of its members working at Telkom are fired, the trade union said on Thursday. “Should some of our members be forcefully retrenched, we will attend to each case individually,” said spokesman Marius
Solidarity has called on cellphone operator MTN to ask the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to facilitate its retrenchment process, the union said on Wednesday. The call was made between the two parties on Monday, communications industry spokesman Marius
