Cosatu and SACP opposed to unbundling of Eskom
Cosatu demands a labour-absorbing economic growth path, the reversal of the VAT hike and an end to state capture and corruption.
Labour
SAFTU demands a people’s centred budget
SAFTU believes that the budget speech that will be delivered on Wednesday will not be different to the ones before it.
Cosatu strike reveals weaknesses of the federation
Thousands of Cosatu-affiliated union members marched through the streets of South Africa against job losses, crisis at Eskom and high cost of living.
Undertaking the crucial task of bringing cryptography to activists
A group of journalists and activists slowly trickle into a room. They take a seat. Some talk amongst each other, others play around with their […]
Reinvesting in politics and citizenship: the experience of the yellow vests
Saturday, 1 December 2018, Paris. The morning is just getting started and already the chic Champs-Élysées district is filled with the deafening sound of grenades. […]
Two decades of labour flexibilisation in Mexico has left workers facing “drastic” precarity
Artemis is now 60 years old and started working when she was a teenager. She has been in formal employment for 38 years, with a […]
Blue Ribbon strike in Cape Town continues
The strike by workers at the Blue Ribbon plant in Salt River, Cape Town, has entered into its third month without a prospect of its ending any time soon.
“Since January 2010, I have had to live on the streets, sleeping on the ground in public squares, begging, to be able to cover my […]
South Africa’s clandestine miners defend their work (and want it to be legal)
Protected from the rain and the sun by plastic sheets tied to sticks, dozens of muscle-bound youngsters apply their strength to making heavy metal cylinders […]
Blue ribbon workers demand better working conditions
Blue Ribbon workers have been on strike for over seven weeks with an agreement with the employer still a distant prospect.
The revolution of the “third place”: working, sharing and collaborating
“It’s an opportunity to meet other women who are starting businesses, to help and to motivate one another,” says clothing and accessories designer Chona Djaura. […]
From the fields of San Quintin to the supermarkets of North America: Mexican farmworkers call for solidarity
They produce nearly half the fruit and vegetables eaten every year in the United States, according to the US Department of Agriculture. Mexican farm workers, […]
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