“They have forgotten the lessons of Rana Plaza”
Five years after the disaster that took place on 24 April 2013, garment worker-organisers in Bangladesh say that many employers are still failing to ensure that worksites remain safe.
Labour
What does the Commonwealth mean to its 30 million workers?
The Commonwealth Trade Union Group (CTUG) represents 30 million workers from the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly […]
Bus drivers on strike for better working conditions
Bus drivers went on a national strike demanding better working conditions that include salary increases, insourcing and medical aid benefits for the drivers.
Unions and civil society march against minimum wage and labour law amendments
Trade unions and community activists came out against the implementation of the minimum wage and the proposed labour law amendments.
Transformation or destruction: the uncertain future of work in the fourth industrial revolution
Digitalisation, automation and artificial intelligence are changing the way we produce, work and interact. In the fourth industrial revolution the principal player is technology, and […]
One hundred years of servitude in Brazil
Sexagenarian Augusto Miranda Brasão has been cutting piassava since the age of 12 to pay off debts to his bosses. This palm tree, with coarse […]
Shoprite workers on strike for better working conditions
Shoprite workers in King Williams Town have joined a two-day nationwide strike called by their union for better working conditions.
Vavi warns SAFTU shopstewards against new ANC leadership
SAFTU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has warned that the new ANC leadership led by former NUM secretary, President Cyril Ramaphosa aims to erode all the gains that workers have fought for in the past.
The precarious status of domestic workers in Brazil
With almost 7.2 million domestic workers, Brazil has ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 189, covering decent work for those carrying out domestic tasks in the home.
Indonesia’s textile workers face a tough battle for severance pay
Low wages and suppression of the trade union remains is the biggest challenge in the textile sector in Indonesia even though it is one of the biggest in the world with exports to US, Japan and Turkey.
Workers rights under attack
The Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO) based in Germiston argues that if the proposed amendments to the LRA and BCEA become law, it will be a big defeat for workers and the working class as a whole.
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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