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Poor working conditions

Workers at Truda foods locked in on-going labour dispute

10th Dec 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Suspended Truda Foods workers say they have been asking for a meeting with the company CEO as the local managers do not listen to their grievances.

Careworkers in Khayelitsha march for better working conditions

10th Feb 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

About 300 community careworkers marched from Day Hospital in Site B Khayeltisha to the health district offices demanding better working conditions.

In Albania, call centre workers are organising for better working conditions

10th Jul 2019 Equal Times 0

In one of the few old houses still standing in central Tirana, a small courtyard covered with colourful posters of social struggles from around the […]

Workers in Tanzania’s noisy factories are at risk of hearing damage

10th Apr 2019 Israel Paul Nyarubeli 0

Excessive exposure to noise can cause permanent hearing loss. It’s estimated that a third of disabling hearing problems in the world are caused by excessive exposure to […]

Blue Ribbon workers return to work

20th Mar 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

A strike of over 100 days by Blue Ribbon workers at the Salt River Plant came to an end after the workers and the employer agreed on an 8% salary increase

Blue Ribbon strike in Cape Town continues

2nd Feb 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The strike by workers at the Blue Ribbon plant in Salt River, Cape Town, has entered into its third month without a prospect of its ending any time soon.

Blue ribbon workers demand better working conditions

24th Jan 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Blue Ribbon workers have been on strike for over seven weeks with an agreement with the employer still a distant prospect.

MyCiti workers go on a wildcat strike

16th Oct 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

The wildcat strike by workers under the MyCiti project in Cape Town is not resolved and will continue into a third day.

Care-workers march for better salaries

4th Oct 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

About 100 community health workers marched through the streets of Cape Town to the Western Cape Department of Health to demand better working conditions.

No help from Zimbabwean town council for vendors

16th Jul 2018 Bernard Chiguvare 0

Street vendors in Rusape, Zimbabwe, feel that the city council doesn’t want to improve their working and trading space.

Protesting ABET teachers demand better working conditions

24th Nov 2017 Mandla Mnyakama 0

A group of protesting teachers from the Gugulethu-based St Francis Adult Learning Centre locked up the Western Cape’s Higher Education and Training Department’s officials in the school’s office for more than two hours and released them after an amicable deal was reached.

ABET teachers lament poor working conditions

15th Nov 2017 Joseph Chirume 0

A group of dissatisfied government college lecturers last Friday demonstrated in front of the Port Elizabeth High Court demanding better salaries and improved working conditions.

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