A number of social movements and trade unions met in Germiston at the Casual Workers Advice Office to discuss a campaign opposing the latest amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA). The proposed amendments will effectively make it difficult for…
Unions and social movements oppose LRA amendments Read Post »
On the 30 November to 01 December 2017 Oxfam South Africa hosted the Second People’s Economic Initiative at Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg. According to Oxfam SA a People’s Economy (PE) is an economy that moves away from individual profit…
Oxfam hosts People’s Economic Initiative Read Post »
On the last day of women’s month, more than 200 women farmworkers marched from Keizergracht Street in Cape Town to the provincial legislature and then to the Department of Labour. The protest was organised by the Women on Farms Project…
Women farm workers’ rights routinely violated Read Post »
In 2009, South African President Jacob Zuma speaking at his first State of the Nation Address, promised the country that his adminstration would create half a million jobs. But the President’s second term in office is almost over and this…
Unemployment still high among youth Read Post »
The PACSA Food Price Barometer tracks the monthly prices of the foods in the trolleys of households living on low incomes. It is specifically designed to measure food price inflation as experienced by households living on low incomes. The crisis…
Economic crisis is a food crisis Read Post »
Several organisations based in the Gauteng area met in Johannesburg a number of times over the last few weeks to reflect on the situation facing the country at the moment, and discussed the need for working class organisations and social…
Call for an Assembly of Social Movements Read Post »
More than 2000 comrades from different unions attended the first Congress launching the new trade union federation, the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), held on 21-23 April 2017 at Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, Gauteng. Speaking to Karibu!, Felecity…
Unions put their trust in SAFTU 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 »
Month-on-month the price of the PACSA Food Basket has come down by R14.37 (-0.7%) from R2 068.35 in March 2017 to R2 053.98 in April 2017. Whilst this is a good thing, the price drop is not large enough, nor…
Drop in April food prices – but not enough to offer households relief 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 »
South Africans are among the world’s worst savers according to Fin24, and what is most disturbing is that only 6% of South Africans are able to retire comfortably. This is a huge concern and what is clear is that South…
The importance of saving Read Post »
“The ANC committed a crime when they introduced outsourcing and labour brokers”. These are the words of John Appolis from GIWUSA on 18 February 2017, when Outsourcing Must Fall (OMF) activists held a rally at the Mary Fiztgerald Square in…
Anti-outsourcing rally at Legislature Read Post »
