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Marginalised workers

Caught between military occupation and unemployment, Palestinians continue to work in the Israeli economy without full labour rights

27th November 2020 Equal Times 0

It is four in the morning and heavy rain washes the deserted alleys of the village of Al Midiah, west of Ramallah. A white minibus […]

Community healthcare workers march for a minimum wage of R12,500

26th November 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

As the outcry by thousands of care workers whose bodies continue to be on the frontline against covid-19 gets louder around the country, their conditions of work remain unchanged.

Dismissed workers not happy with CCMA outcome

24th November 2020 Joseph Chirume 0

The workers claim that the CCMA commissioner refused to accept their evidence.

Domestic workers caught between a rock and a hard place

10th November 2020 Jonathan Grossman 0

Covid-19 and lockdown have made working conditions for domestic worker worse.

In a time of global crises, waste workers are our unsung heroes

29th October 2020 Equal Times 0

If the global fight against Covid-19 made one thing clear, it is society’s complete dependency on essential workers, and the risks involved in these professions. […]

Education department mum on youth pay

28th October 2020 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

School patrollers and covid-19 brigades say they have not been paid for the past three months.

Home-based workers want protection

19th October 2020 Josie Abrahams 0

Heavily affected by the lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic, home-based workers have not enjoyed what little relief government has provided.

Slow recovery of the informal economy still costing many livelihoods

16th October 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

The informal economy workers are one of the group of workers who are bearing the brunt of the pandemic as some have lost their livelihoods.

Grooms dismissed from PE race course charge ward councillor for running security business from public office

13th October 2020 Joseph Chirume 0

Hysterical reports of the protest in the mainstream media claimed the dismissed grooms had stabbed and maimed horses.

Casual workers bearing the brunt of Covid-19 and lockdown

8th October 2020 Muzi Mzoyi 0

The pandemic has targeted the vulnerable in society, and the economic fallout is hurting the ‘precariat’ the most.

Federations unite against corruption, poverty and austerity

7th October 2020 Mzi Velapi Mandla Mnyakama Ramatamo Sehoai 0

On World Day For Decent Work, trade union federations in South Africa declared a national strike against the winds of austerity blowing out the national treasury.

The ongoing struggle to protect Guinea’s domestic workers

25th September 2020 Equal Times 0

On reaching the home where she was hired as a domestic worker, on 30 May 2020, in the Sangoya district in the upper suburbs of […]

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