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While acknowledging the challenges of “majoritarianism” in South African labour law, Vuyo Lufele believes that by consistently providing quality service and fostering genuine worker control, NUFAS can attract workers and offer a path for revitalising the broader trade union movement.
The Campaign to Scrap the Labour Law Amendments is calling for the scrapping of the Labour Laws Amendment Bill (LLAB) and for a complete rewriting of all labour laws in the interest of the working class, both the employed and the unemployed.
Employers have a responsibility to help reduce poverty by providing more stability for graduates and temporary workers.
Some trade union investment companies own and manage, amongst their portfolio of investments, financial benefit schemes that are marketed to their membership and those of other trade unions. These financial benefits include funeral policies and medical aid schemes. This article reflects on one such example, as part of a series of articles on the difficulties and contradictions of these investment companies.
Only 23% of South Africa workers are currently members of trade unions.
Part 2 in a three-part series. Read Part 1 here. The Centre for Risk Analysis is typical in drawing attention to the “lack of service delivery that has accompanied” the public sector wage bill of R721-billion. That the mere mention of poor service delivery is...
The rationality of those who hold excessive public sector wages accountable for much of our economic woes is a rationality heavily dependent on selective perceptions.
Zarina Patel, champion of the workers and women, passed away on 25 April 2024 after a long illness, aged 88. Author, artist, editor, and stalwart of popular movements, she is widely mourned. Her political life, and her research, provide a unique window into the...
Thanks to Comrade Dinga for allowing us to publish his eulogy delivered at the memorial for Eddie Webster. Since his passing, tributes to Eddie Webster have been pouring in from across the globe. Different people have been giving testimonies of what Eddie meant to...