The continuation of the current war can bring nothing but greater destruction, irreversible environmental damage, and the repetition of human disasters.
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VICTORY FOR SIMUNYE WORKERS FORUM
Amandla! Interview with Vuyelwa Magidela, member of the Simunye Standing Committee Amandla!: Simunye Workers Forum is an independent organization of workers based in Germiston. You recently won a victory in the Labour Court. Can you tell us about that victory? Vuyelwa...
Numsa in big fat mess and its leadership has lost control of the union
Membership take leadership to court for multiple violations of the constitution. Read more here.
French Government in Deep Trouble Over Pension Law
By Benny Asman, reporting for Amandla! from BrusselsThe entire French society is coming out against the law adopted by Senate and Parliament. The law reduces pensions and raises the retirement age from 60 to 62. More than three million workers, students and learners...
Editorial: Viva COSATU Viva
The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC), the publisher of Amandla!, is a founding member of the Right 2 Know campaign and is vigorously opposed to the idea of a media tribunal and other censorship. However, when reading the anti-union and anti-worker...
South Africa: Workers Reject Offer But Trade Union Leaders Suspend Strike
By Jorge Martin 07 September 2010South Africa was moving towards a general strike type situation as the public sector strike that started on August 18 was building up momentum. Now the strike has been suspended by union leaders because of some concessions on the part...
Strike Suspended
By Andile Ndlovu, Zandile Nbabela and SapaUnions claim victory but striking workers biggest losers, say economists It was the tales of suffering of parents, pupils and hospital patients during the three-week public servants' strike that inspired union members to...
South Africa: Public Sector Strike Highlights Post-Apartheid’s Contradictions
By Patrick BondAugust 22, 2010 - The two major civil service unions on strike against the South African government have vowed to intensify pressure in coming days, in a struggle pitting more than a million members of the middle and lower ranks of society against a...





