Eskom says Solidarity has the wrong end of the stick.
There is no plan or desire to get rid of 500 white male employees at Eskom, the state-owned power utility has said.
It said consultations must spell out the reasons and conditions under which retrenchments can be allowed.Eskom said the document Solidarity refers to is part of internal consultations on employment equity with trade unions. Eskom chastised Solidarity for its decision to go public with partial details of what was being discussed when nothing had been decided yet.
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