Impoverished workers barricade N2
Workers providing cleaning services to the City of Cape Town through an outsourced company have not been paid their February and March salaries.
Marginalised workers
The teachings of HIV, TB and Covid: Value community healthcare workers more
Community healthcare workers are indispensable to fighting health epidemics yet most are treated as volunteers deserving only of a stipend.
Toilet cleaners strike over non-payment
The workers have resorted to strike action to get the cleaning company and the City of Cape Town to pay what is due to them.
Cape Town law enforcement officers protest dismissal
The 66 LEAP officers were hired after brief training but dismissed by the City of Cape Town for failing driving and firearm competency tests.
Simba workers on strike over unlawful deductions
The workers say Simba has unlawfully been deducting money for transport for the last six years. The company has agreed with the two registered unions at its plant and warehouse, to pay a once-off R30,000 compensation to each worker.
Saftu backs an e-hailing drivers’ union
The trade union federation is meeting with the minister of employment and labour regarding the recognition of e-hailing drivers. Photo by Simon Ramapuputla
Community health workers belong in the public sector!
Unions claim that the labour department is doing the health department’s bidding by proposing to remove community health workers from the public health bargaining council.
Labour department appeals ruling to register Simunye Workers Forum’s as a trade union
The registrar of labour relations says the Simunye Workers Forum does not meet the Labour Relations Act requirements to register as a union.
Taxi drivers in South Africa want to register their trade union
On the 4th of July the National Public Transport Workers Association (Qina Mshayeli) notified the department of employment and labour of their intent to register the union.
Simunye Workers Forum members shot during protest
Four members of the Simunye Workers Forum and bystanders were shot on Saturday afternoon after a meeting with the owner of a bakery in Germiston, east of Johannesburg.
Labour Court rules in favour of Simunye Workers Forum
The good news that it is indeed a union able to represent workers came sooner than anticipated for Simunye Workers Forum.
Is it a forum or a union? Simunye Workers Forum waits for labour court decision
The forum argues that it does not want to follow the traditional model of current union structures while the registrar insists that it must for it to be a registered union.
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