We are a forum of women pensioners who live in Pietermaritzburg. This submission outlines 2 interventions which we hope will be seriously considered by National Treasury and…
Re: For URGENT consideration into Medium-Term Budget Statement Read Post »
The rich continue to get richer and the poor continue to get poorer. Youth unemployment in general is on the rise and graduate unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse by young people has been…
Don’t let what happens to me deter you – Fees activist speaks ahead of sentencing Read Post »
One is seated and giving some reflection on the struggles we continue to face as a generation. The rich continue to get richer and the poor continue to get poorer. Youth unemployment in general is…
Don’t let what happens to me deter you – Fees activist speaks ahead of sentencing Read Post »
The workers are ‘fed up with abusive labour practices’ and accuses the Dutch company of hiring labour brokers to impose ‘slavery conditions’. The dispute has included a major battle around the right…
LABOUR BROKER WORKERS STRIKE AT HEINEKEN Read Post »
The outcome of the Jobs Summit on 4-5 October 2018 confirms all the worst fears of the South African Federation of Trade Unions, and vindicates its decision to decline the invitation to attend as…
SAFTU SLAM NEDLAC JOB SUMMIT Read Post »
Award by Commissioner in CHWs vs Gauteng Department of Health: The Department of Health failed to demonstrate any other justifiable reason…
Forum Wins Permanent Status for CHWs in Gauteng Read Post »
On 10 September more than 200 Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs) packed the second floor of the House of Movements in Johannesburg to listen to a battle over their future status…
Another milestone in the CHWs’ struggle for recognition Read Post »
Attached you will find a petition signed by those of us that are tired of being abused and humiliated by IMS (Imperial Managed Solutions) and their managers. We write to you because we are workers of Heineken, some of us…
Dear Heineken management Read Post »
The Great March of Return – which began on March 30 and has not yet ended – has shuffled the cards and brought crucial questions to the fore regarding the essence of the Palestinian cause…
Back to the Future: The Great March of Return 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 launch of the #TotalShutdown campaign has focused attention on one of the most difficult questions and challenges facing the social justice movement in South Africa. While there are…
Support #TotalShutdown on 1 August 2018 Read Post »
Chris Barron’s article ‘Something rotten in the state of unions’ (BD, 15 July 2018) quotes the just retired registrar of labour relations, Johan Crouse, as saying that ‘Trade unions are fleecing their members, and the government is making it difficult…
Trade Unions facing collapse Read Post »
