CONGRESS of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has criticised the Zuma administration's slow pace in implementing economic policies the African National Congress (ANC) and alliance partners had agreed to.

Hundreds of port workers in the Somalia's restive capital have staged demonstrations against closure of the port activities over dispute between Somali government and the business community, workers and officials said.

The Ministry of Works and Transport has retrenched 513 workers in a new move geared at streamlining the ministry to become more productive. The workers, who include engineers, mechanics, typists, drivers and support staff, were ordered to surrender all ministry

The National Organisation of Trade Unions has petitioned President Museveni asking him to review the closure of radio stations whose workers have been rendered jobless for two months.

A total of 12,183 jobs were created in the third quarter of 2009, a new report has revealed. The Uganda Investment Authority report for the months July-September shows that the country attracted investments worth $266m or Shs479b, with the manufacturing

A new report by International Organisation of Migration has revealed that the unemployment rate in Acholi sub region is 70 per cent. The IOM report was launched last Wednesday in Kampala by the paramount chief of Acholi Rwot David Onen

The Minister of Labor, Cllr.Tiawan Gongloe says labor is a valuable commodity on the job market and as such, those who buy it must pay valuable price.

The Gambia National Bureau of Trade Unions was on Thursday inaugurated at a colorful ceremony held at the Paradise Suites Hotel, in Kololi.

THE skills shortage in SA, combined with the dwindling number of adequately qualified independent trustees, may call for pay adjustments in an effort to retain trustees, says Gert Kapp, retirement fund leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

The Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Ominyi Egwu, has said that it was unjustifiable for a councillor in a local government area to receive a bigger salary than a professor in the University.

Trade unions are very vital in the development of any economy. They are one of the fundamental agents that constructively engage the government to not only provide sound economic friendly policies, but also to create the enabling economic environment, bargain

Thousands of members of the Action Congress (AC), Ekiti State chapter, yesterday trooped to the streets of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, protesting against the closure of court premises by workers of the state judiciary, which has paralysed proceedings of the

The Federal Government has announced plans to set aside a total of N63.9bn to settle accumulated pension benefits in the coming year. It also said that a directive has been given to the Ministry of Finance to incorporate the amount

A whopping sum of N69.3 billion has been set aside by Federal Government in the 2010 budget for the payment of five year review of Pension salary and arrears.

The International Labour Organisation is set to help the Government formulate the national employment policy.

The government has approved N69.3bn for the five year review payment of pension arrears in the 2010 budget, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Yayale Ahmed has said.

For Agbabiaka Lukman Abayomi, 24, a final year student of the faculty of education, University of Lagos, the recent industrial action embarked upon by the lecturers is an agonizing experience that would remain indelible to him for years to come.

Recruiting contract teachers into public service could help address the shortage of qualified teachers in Africa, experts have suggested.

COPPERBELT Show Society chairperson Bill Osborn has said local people stand to benefit from the economic zones being created through job creation and business opportunities.

The General Emmanuel Abisoye Commission of Inquiry set up by the Federal Government to investigate last November 28 crisis in the Plateau State Capital is to commence public sitting soon.