Telkom has slammed trade unions for spreading disinformation about restructuring at the telecommunications operator, dismissing as “baseless” claims made this week by Solidarity and the South African Communications Union. Sacu has warned that Telkom could be planning to dismiss
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The rocket that is Telkom’s share price shows no sign of running out of fuel. On Tuesday, the counter hit the R50 level for the first time in more than five years on investor optimism of a sustained turnaround. The bullishness about the company’s outlook has pushed it market capitalisation above
Telkom’s group CEO, Sipho Maseko, met with trade union representatives on Monday to discuss the company’s future and turnaround plans. A union official present at the meeting says Maseko told them that how the company behaves over the next couple of years will determine its future
Trade union Solidarity will not blindly back Telkom’s opposition to local-loop unbundling (LLU), which it has done in the past. It will now instead remain neutral on the issue and monitor how the process unfolds, spokesman Marius Croucamp says. Solidarity is the second largest union
Solidarity has called for renewed wage talks with telecommunications giant Telkom, the trade union said on Thursday. The request for another round of negotiations came after claims that Telkom gave its top management “exorbitant salary increases”, spokesman Marius Croucamp said in a statement. “Top management received
Telkom has signed a settlement agreement with the South African Communications Union (Sacu), bringing an end to a wage dispute with three trade unions that began in March. CEO Sipho Maseko says he’s “very pleased” the company has reached agreement with Sacu. “Just to be very open and frank, I think there were legitimate
Telkom has decided it will forge ahead and implement a wage agreement, despite protests Solidarity, one of three unions recognised by the telecommunications operator. Telkom has been in gridlock with two unions, Solidarity and the South African Communications Union (Sacu), for months. The Communication Workers
Telkom and Solidarity appear headed for a showdown after the union accused the telecommunications operator’s CEO, Sipho Maseko, of “lying” when he said at a press conference on Thursday that Solidarity and another union, the South African Communications Union, were close to a wage
The Communication Workers Union has reached a settlement with Telkom in the long-running wage dispute between the operator and trade unions. The CWU has accepted Telkom’s three-year wage offer. The other unions embroiled in the dispute have yet to sign, but Telkom says it expects them to do so shortly
Trade union Solidarity on Friday took to social media to accuse Telkom of “playing dirty” and interfering with the union’s communications with its members. “Telkom wage talks: Telkom playing dirty as Telkom is blocking union’s electronic communication to its members,” the union said through its