“Mister Sweet lost a great deal of money during this strike in attempting unsuccessfully to maintain lost production. The only people who got rich were labour brokers, a lowly form of humanity, and a scourge on South Africa, whom the…”
The 11-week Mister Sweet Strike is over – Striking Workers Voted on Friday to Settle Read Post »
“The working class does not need to know the food poverty line, the lower-bound poverty line, or the upper-bound poverty line to know that it is starving. The 1 March increase in the national minimum wage from R25.42 to…”
The National Minimum Wage Entrenches Apartheid’s Cheap Black Labour Read Post »
The Casual Workers’ Advice Office (CWAO) condemns Simba for its ruthless dismissal of 52 workers, with just nine days’ notice.
CWAO condemns Simba for cruelly firing 52 workers. Read Post »
Casual Workers’ Advice Office condemns miniscule increase to minimum wage
Casual Workers’ Advice Office condemns miniscule increase to minimum wage Read Post »
Seriti’s Kriel Colliery is a mine south of Emalahleni producing coal for Eskom. In December…
Jack-boot bosses of the eighties are back Read Post »
“Workers found out that those missing had all tested positive. They promptly demanded that production stop until the workplace was safe. Management risked a further spread of the virus by packing workers into busses to get them tested in order…”
Golden Era hides COVID-19 outbreak from workers Read Post »
“We still do not know how often children transmit the disease to others. The government’s decision to send children to school is completely reckless and…”
CALL TO ACTION SUPPORT THE CALL TO BOYCOTT ALL SCHOOLS UNTIL IT IS SAFE Read Post »
Governments all over the world have responded to the coronavirus pandemic by pumping additional state funds into both the public and private sectors and in many cases even into the pockets of…
Who does the UIF’s ‘Covid-19 Temporary Relief Scheme’ really benefit Read Post »
The Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO) welcomes the judgment in favour of a ‘sole employment’ interpretation, handed down today by the Constitutional Court in the matter of Assign…
CWAO STATEMENT ON NUMSA CONCOURT VICTORY IN THE ‘ASSIGN SERVICES’ CASE Read Post »
The bosses are resisting implementing section 198 rights as conferred by the new amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) in 2014. The amendments make provision for labour broker, contract and part-time workers to be workers to access these rights…
Bosses try to avoid new rights of labour broker workers Read Post »
Over the past few weeks, labour broker workers at Pick ‘n Pay/Assist Bakeries and at Pepkor’s distribution centre have been on strike. Workers were demanding wage increases and benefits such as provident fund membership, and both strikes were…
Labour broker workers are testing out their collective strength Read Post »
Dis-Chem labour broker workers have won a significant victory through the new LRA section 198 rights. 127 workers have been made permanent Dis-Chem workers, with three more CCMA cases involving 317 workers to be heard in February…
Dis-Chem Labour broker workers win a big victory Read Post »
