In Uganda, unions are helping to drive transport workers into decent work
Three years ago, Samuel Mugisha almost quit his job. As the driver of a motorbike taxi (known locally as a boda-boda) in the Ugandan capital […]
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Protesters call for people before profits in mining
About 300 delegates that attended the Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI) marched through the streets of Cape Town to hand over a memorandum to the Mining Indaba. The AMI is a conference of community activists, environmentalists and religious groups that runs parallel to the Mining Indaba, which is attended by mine owners and government officials.
Education helps workers fight gender-based violence in Tanzania’s flower industry
Gender and labour rights education is proving to be successful in horticulture industry in Tanzania.
Activists take Pakistan’s fight against patriarchy and gender-based violence online
Women groups in Pakistan are taking up the fight against gender and women oppression.
No end in sight for cash crisis in Zimbabwe
A South African-based, Zimbabwean-born correspondent shares his experience of the cash crisis in Zimbabwe when he went to visit his family over the festive season.
The gender gap in the electronics factories: women exposed to chemicals and lower pay
Lek (a fictitious name to protect the worker) has spent 25 years checking that all the microchips that leave the factory she works in meet […]
Bosnia’s last female miners
As a result of gender equity in the workplace policies, the workplace has changed. The policies promote the notion that females are just as capable of performing the same tasks in the workplace as males and therefore they should also be fairly represented in all sectors of the economy including mining. But, this has come with its own challenges especially in mining.
Zimbabwe to introduce Special Economic Zones despite workplace dangers
With the imminent implementation of the pilot of the Special Economic Zones in Zimbabwe, the trade unions in the country are concerned about the high number of occupational health and safety cases. Special Economic Zones the world over are notorious for disregarding workers’ rights, including health and safety.
Graffiti in the West Bank: are foreign artists really serving the Palestinian cause?
The scene is surreal. A pair of young tourists lean a ladder against the separation wall in Bethlehem, in the West Bank. They take it […]
Slovakia strike victory: “We won’t be slaves to western companies”
Lucia Kovarovič Makayová, spokesperson for Volkswagen in Slovakia, described the union’s demand for a 16 per cent pay rise as irresponsible. But on 26 June, after six […]
The children’s clothing doing away with gender labels
Breaking down the stereotypes hanging from clothing racks, doing away with gender-specific styles and colours, and providing a space where everyone – from the earliest […]
ZCTU cautious about the current political situation in Zimbabwe
As Zimbabweans celebrated the end to Robert Mugabe’s 37 years of iron-fisted rule, which saw the country plunging from its Jewel of Africa status to basket case, the country’s largest labour body, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) chose to tread with caution.
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