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From the boardroom to the factory floor, trade union women say “nothing about us without us”

23rd November 2018 Equal Times 0

Last week, Equal Times published the Count Us In! Women leading change special report. Featuring case studies and interviews with women trade unionists from Angola […]

MyCiti workers storm Civic Centre

21st November 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

MyCiti bus project workers have been on an unprotected strike since the 15th of October to demand insourcing and equal pay for equal work.

Striking MyCiti workers vow to continue the fight to be insourced

10th November 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

The striking workers are adamant that they will continue with the strike for insourcing that started in October.

MyCiti workers vow to continue with strike

26th October 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

The striking by MyCiti project workers have been on strike for two weeks and there has been no negotiation with the outsourced companies or the City of Cape Town yet.

Informal economies are diverse: South African policies need to recognise this

15th October 2018 Mike Rogan 0

South Africa is currently mulling over ideas and agreements that recently came out of a two-day jobs summit. The country is losing the battle against […]

As Kerala succumbs to the sea, the Indian government ramps up coastal construction

8th October 2018 Equal Times 0

Between June and August this year, the southern Indian state of Kerala experienced the heaviest rainfall it had seen in over a century. More than […]

Lifting the lid on the black box of informal trade in Africa

2nd October 2018 Joachim Jarreau Cristina Mitaritonna Sami Benssasi 0

The share of internal trade in Africa remains low, as reflected by official statistics. This is despite numerous regional trade agreements that have led to […]

New movements to continue where the Arab Spring left off

20th September 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

A lecture by Adam Hanieh sheds light on where the uprisings that started in North Africa and spread to the Middle East in 2011, are today.

Xenophobia in South Africa: why it’s time to unsettle narratives about migrants

14th September 2018 Loren B Landau 0

Foreign nationals have, yet again, been attacked, displaced and had their shops looted in South Africa. This is an unfortunate – but entirely unsurprising – […]

Venezuela: where a crisis and a “gold rush” are creating an environmental disaster

13th September 2018 Equal Times 0

Under glass displays, nappies and coffee are sold as luxury items in the supermarkets of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Customers’ baskets are mostly empty. […]

New approaches needed to tackle labour market discrimination against ethnic minorities in Europe, say experts

10th September 2018 Equal Times 0

Like many of her art history classmates, Emmanuelle Nsun struggled to find a job after graduating from a university in Liège, a city in the […]

Behind the scenes at Disneyland: exploited workers “deserve a share of the magic”

30th August 2018 Equal Times 0

Every night, after the last visitors leave, Artemis Bell rolls up her sleeves and cleans the streets of Disneyland with a pressure washer. “My team […]

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