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SITA’s restructuring a smokescreen for retrenchments – Solidarity    Letters that were issued to several members of Solidarity by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), clearly show that the organisation’s controversial restructuring process is nothing more than the first phase of a large-scale retrenchment process, trade union Solidarity said today. A number of Solidarity members were notified in writing that their positions are “redundant” in SITA’s new structure and that they have to apply for new positions advertised in January. Solidarity’s repeated demands to be involved in consultations regarding the restructuring have fallen on deaf ears and the trade union is in the process of obtaining a legal opinion which could result in legal action being taken against SITA.  Aurora crowned worst employer of year in Solidarity awards    The mining company Aurora won the worst employer of the year award cum laude for the second year running, Solidarity announced today. Solidarity has also recognised the work of the employees who successfully completed the Gautrain project, while Joey Mabasa, former crime intelligence boss, received the award for worst boss of the year.  More layoffs at Sappi    The trade union Solidarity today confirmed having received four section 189 layoff notifications in the past month, from Sappi’s Ngodwana, Enstra, Richards Bay and Tugela mills. Some 959 employees may be affected in terms of the notifications. Solidarity and the employer are currently engaged in intense talks with a view to consolidating the four processes so that they could be handled simultaneously at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).  Solidarity ends 2011 wage negotiations on high point    Trade union Solidarity concluded the year’s wage negotiations in the mining industry with a favourable wage agreement with platinum mine company Lonmin yesterday. Solidarity signed a two-year wage agreement for a wage increase of between 6,5% and 8%, depending on the employees’ job levels and performance, for 2012 and 2013 yesterday.  Solidarity members get more than R259 million in awards and benefits in 2011    During 2011, trade union Solidarity gave back more than R259 million, that is, more than R21 million a month – almost three times more than its average monthly income from member contributions – to its members in the form of legal successes and claimed member benefits.

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