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 […]
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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.
Can a new journalism initiative in Cyprus help “encourage dialogue rather than promote violence”?
“A lot of the language happened automatically; it developed out of a culture of competition. It reflects the idea that when I am reporting on […]
Palestine: 50 years of occupation, 50 years of labour struggle
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Farmworkers claim to be forced to obtain SA IDs
More than 50 foreign nationals at Die Groene Oase farm in Vredendal claim that they have been forced to fraudulently obtain South African IDs by […]
ABET teachers lament poor working conditions
A group of dissatisfied government college lecturers last Friday demonstrated in front of the Port Elizabeth High Court demanding better salaries and improved working conditions.
Shoprite 8 case to be heard in December
One of the workers still employed at the supermarket who has supported the dismissed workers was suspended for not coming to work and for “taking part in an unlawful strike”
Careworkers march for better working conditions
Workers from the National Union of Care Workers of South Africa marched from Bisho Stadium to the offices of the Eastern Cape Department of Health to highlight the poor conditions that care workers work under, especially the issue of working discontinuously for years under contracts.
Precarious migrant cleaners lead the fight against outsourcing at London universities
“People told us ending outsourcing was impossible,” says Lenin Escudero. But after 11 years of campaigning, he and other cleaners at SOAS (the School of […]
Toilet cleaners work under poor working conditions
Toilet cleaners in East London are complaining about bad working conditions. Working under the Expanded Public Works Programme, the cleaners, the majority of them women, say they do not get protective gear and sometimes have to buy cleaning materials themselves. Some work without an uniform.
The Chronicle Herald: the chronicle of a long industrial dispute in defence of the press
“The only thing workers have left to fight with to defend the right to put bread on the table for their children, when all other […]
Fighting for the compensation due to their deceased husbands
Elithsa meets speaks to women whose husbands died as a result of their work in the mines. Living in conditions of dire poverty, they support the campaign to unlock the benefits due to former mineworkers – and to their families.
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