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.
Marginalised workers
Education helps workers fight gender-based violence in Tanzania’s flower industry
Gender and labour rights education is proving to be successful in horticulture industry in Tanzania.
New Labour Law will be a major setback for workers
On 17 November 2017 three bills were gazetted that propose major changes to the rights of workers through amendments to the Labour Relations Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, as well as the introduction of the National Minimum Wage bill. Taken together these bills represent the rolling back of hard won rights for workers.
Tsogo Sun Hotel workers on strike!
About 40 employees of Tsogo Sun Hotel have been on strike for week after the company failed to honour its promise to increase wages in July. The workers are demanding that those who have worked at the hotel for a long time be turned into full-time workers.
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 […]
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 […]
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