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Press Release: Draft labour laws: We must safeguard jobs, not destroy them

Posted by Ian Ollis on Monday, January 17, 2011,

Note to editors: The following statement was distributed this morning at a press conference held jointly by Ian Ollis MP, DA Shadow Minister of Labour, and George Boinamo MP, DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Labour. A copy of the document that was presented at the press conference is available for download here.

Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force survey for the third quarter of 2010 records the fact that one in four South Africans (25.3%) are currently unemployed, using gov...
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Draft labour bills: Gazetted bills place South African jobs in jeopardy

Posted by Ian Ollis on Monday, December 20, 2010,

Press Release: 19 December 2010

The Democratic Alliance notes that draft amendments to the Labour Relations Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act and Employment Equity Act, as well as a new piece of proposed legislation, the Public Employment Services Bill, have been published in the government gazette on Friday.

The DA believes that creating a vibrant, growing economy must be at the heart of efforts to address unemployment and alleviate poverty in South Africa. We believe that the st...
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Draft labour bills: Gazetted bills place South African jobs in jeopardy

Posted by Ian Ollis on Monday, December 20, 2010,

Press Release

The Democratic Alliance notes that draft amendments to the Labour Relations Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act and Employment Equity Act, as well as a new piece of proposed legislation, the Public Employment Services Bill, have been published in the government gazette on Friday.

The DA believes that creating a vibrant, growing economy must be at the heart of efforts to address unemployment and alleviate poverty in South Africa. We believe that the state has a responsi...
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Public Sector Strike: The Tripartite Alliance needs to stop playing political games and put South Africa first

Posted by Ian Ollis on Friday, September 3, 2010,

Press Release: 1 September 2010

There are two battles being fought at the moment between government and the unions. On the one hand there is an ostensible fight for better wages; on the other hand, there is a political battle of wills. It is quite clear from the statement made by Cosatu Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi this evening according to EyewitnessNews -- that the majority of Cosatu-affiliated unions have rejected government’s revised wage offer -- and from the conduct of Ne...
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Labour Broking “Exploitation” an Excuse for Cosatu recruiting drive!

Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,

OP ED piece in the Business Report of the Sunday Independent

Labour Broking has for years been a worldwide phenomena. Labour brokers in many countries find temporary work for all kinds of skilled and unskilled workers in a vast range of industries. When large infrastructure projects
such as the Gautrain, the underwater New York tunnel, or the new Bankok International Airport are built, labour brokers find skilled workers with the scarce skill sets needed for such projects. Some engineers enjoy ...
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SETAs failing to fulfil the most basic requirements

Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,

Release: 9 September 2009

The admission by three SETAs (Construction, Media and Local Government) during yesterday’s Labour portfolio committee sitting that they have not trained a single retrenched worker is a serious indictment of government’s much touted economic rescue plan.

The DA believes the SETA system is badly conceived from first principles (it does not give people the right skills and the private sector has to retrain them) but, if yesterday’s portfolio briefing is anything ...