Impoverished workers barricade N2
Workers providing cleaning services to the City of Cape Town through an outsourced company have not been paid their February and March salaries.
Workers providing cleaning services to the City of Cape Town through an outsourced company have not been paid their February and March salaries.
Community healthcare workers are indispensable to fighting health epidemics yet most are treated as volunteers deserving only of a stipend.
The LRS report which draws on testimonies from 117 workers in companies in three provinces finds that, bullying, verbal abuse, and physical forms of sexual harassment are common.
Numsa says a strike in the passenger bus sector is likely at the end of March.
The workers have resorted to strike action to get the cleaning company and the City of Cape Town to pay what is due to them.
“People do as they please, and without consequences in this department,” workers say.
The 66 LEAP officers were hired after brief training but dismissed by the City of Cape Town for failing driving and firearm competency tests.
Parents and learners hope that they will be placed in schools this year despite deep cuts in the education budget.
A summary of stories reported by Elitsha this year.
Cosatu and its affiliates commemorated the International Day of Decent Work, 6 October, with marches in urban centres around the country. Elitsha attended the actions in Cape Town, King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape, and Tshwane.
The workers say Simba has unlawfully been deducting money for transport for the last six years. The company has agreed with the two registered unions at its plant and warehouse, to pay a once-off R30,000 compensation to each worker.
While a public inquiry by the Department of Labour found that the arms company has a case to answer, the NPA has closed the book on the case.