Telkom to axe 3000 more jobs from May, totalling 6000 – Fedusa
The Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) on Friday said that Telkom has more retrenchments on the cards and will be axing 3000 more employees from May, bringing planned job cuts to 6000 at the partially state-owned company.
Fedusa and the South African Communications Union (Sacu) on Friday called on the government to axe Telkom’s entire board. The Information Communications and Technology Union (Ictu) also said the board should be disbanded.
When contacted for comment on Friday, Telkom said: “We unfortunately cannot comment on the views of other organisations.”
Telkom issued a formal notice of its intention to retrench 3000 workers to organised labour last Wednesday.
The unions are fighting the planned retrenchments, charging the company with a failure of corporate governance.
Source: iol.co.za
