Labour

Restaurant workers in the US call for $15 an hour minimum wage

7th July 2021 Grace Carney 0

Despite the promise by President Biden that the minimum wage will be gradually increased to $15 an hour by 2025, workers feel that it has to be done now.

Farming communities in E Cape struggle to adhere to Covid regulations

3rd July 2021 Joseph Chirume 0

As Covid-19 rages on with residents not adhering to preventive measures, unemployment and poverty continue to plague small farming towns around the country.

Striking Nestlé workers adamant to continue with action

25th June 2021 Johnnie Isaac 0

The global foods corporation is accused by the union of racism and unfair labour practices across all its operations in the country.

Workers angered by ruling in favour of a sexual harassment accused

18th June 2021 Joseph Chirume 0

The magistrate made her ruling without allowing for cross examination of the accused..

In the United States, the digital giants are baring their claws against emerging support for trade unions

17th June 2021 Equal Times 0

A little grey letterbox could lead to huge changes for employees at Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse in Alabama. On 9 April, workers at the site overwhelmingly voted […]

Justice delayed again for assaulted farmworker

10th May 2021 Nkosemntu Stuurman 0

Violence on South African farms is endemic and farmworkers all too commonly are the victims.

Public inquiry into the RDM explosion

7th May 2021 Terry Crawford-Browne 0

Peace activist and country coordinator for World Beyond War, Terry Crawford- Browne, kept a diary of the inquiry into the explosion that happened in September 2018 at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition. These are his notes.

Families of slain Rheinmetall workers say the company is responsible

7th May 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

The explosion at the munitions plant in Macassar in the Western Cape took place in September 2018, taking the lives of eight workers and injuring one other.