# Trade union Solidarity is urgently appealing to president Cyril Ramaphosa to personally intervene in what it calls a looming jobs bloodbath. Solidarity warns that nearly 250-thousand jobs are at risk after major companies, including Glencore, ArcelorMittal, and Goodyear, issued retrenchment notices. Deputy general-secretary, Willie Venter, blames global pressures and government failures including Eskom tariff increases and collapsing Transnet infrastructure. He calls for urgent relief measures to prevent mass layoffs:
Solidarity urges Ramaphosa to act on looming job loss crisis [SOUND]
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