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Can the EU’s COVID recovery formula save Europe’s workers from poverty?

26th May 2020 Equal Times 0

Millions of people have already lost their jobs as hundreds of thousands of shops, offices, restaurants, cafés and businesses throughout the world have had to […]

Aid workers face new tests and challenges from the coronavirus

19th May 2020 Equal Times 0

On the small Greek island of Lesvos (also known as Lesbos), 21,000 people are crowded into the Moria camp, which was originally designed for 3,000 […]

Ex-mineworkers vow to continue fighting despite COVID-19 outbreak

13th May 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Ex-mineworkers in South Africa and in the region say they will continue fighting for what is due to them amid the coronavirus outbreak

The ‘white coat’ brigades: Cuba’s international bid to combat COVID-19

8th May 2020 Equal Times 0

An army of Cuban doctors and health specialists has become one of the most active frontline forces in the global fight against coronavirus. Its rapid […]

Across the world, construction workers are caught between coronavirus risk and joblessness

28th April 2020 Equal Times 0

A daily commute of two-and-a-half hours each way would take a toll on anyone, but for Özkan, a construction worker in Istanbul, the hardest part […]

Wastepickers say they are neglected and go hungry because of lockdown

21st April 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Wastepickers are one group of informal economy workers who have been hit hardest by the lockdown and lack of planning by government to provide relief for the poor in South Africa.

Khayelitsha Spar agrees to test workers for COVID-19 after they down tools

17th April 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Deemed as essential workers under the Disaster Management Act, retail workers are getting infected by the coronavirus and they continue to work without medical aid and other benefits.

Community Careworkers continue to work without personal protective equipment (photo essay)

14th April 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

The Michael Mapongwana Community Health Clinic operates in the Khayelitsha Health District of Cape Town’s Metro Region. During the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, community careworkers […]

Community careworkers continue to work without personal protective equipment

10th April 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Even as public healthcare teeters on a precipice, healthcare workers are not issued with adequate gloves and masks to perform their duties safely.

Nine farmworkers killed in truck collision on the N1

8th April 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

While their labour is deemed essential under the Covid-19 emergency, farmworkers are not considered important enough to be provided with safe transport.

NUMSA and Golden Arrow disagree about lockdown bus service

2nd April 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) in the Western Cape has accused Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) of misleading the provincial […]

Home Affairs and SASSA applicants turned away in Khayelitsha

26th March 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Getting any kind of service from a government department is going to be more difficult than usual when the lockdown will leave just skeleton staff in place. Photo by Mzi Velapi

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