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2012

Real wages and collective

by Trenton Elsley

Real wages are not easy to define, but are sometimes linked to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). However, in the …

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Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 3 Aug/Sep 2012 Tags Consumer Price Index apartheid social benefits and the social wage

Youth wage subsidy in South Africa

by Chris Malikane

The youth wage subsidy (YWS) proposal by the National Treasury that is supported by the Democratic Alliance (DA) does not …

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Categories 2012, On politics and economics, Vol 36 No 3 Aug/Sep 2012 Tags wage subsidy Democratic Alliance

13. Politics of transition in Ethiopia

by Mizanekristos Yohannes

Ethiopia is a country with a history of violent conflict and widespread poverty. Mizanekristos Yohannes takes a look at the …

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Categories 2012, Across the Globe, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags Ethiopia poverty political transition rural poor

Youth wage subsidy

by Elijah Chiwota

On Tuesday 15 May Democratic Alliance (DA) supporters clashed with those from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) …

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Categories 2012, On politics and economics, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags Democratic Alliance Congress of South African Trade Unions

Unlocking Labour Laws -24

by Dawn Norton

Vulnerable workers and proposed amendments to the Labour  relations Act   Attachments 7. Unlocking (124 kB)

Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 3 Aug/Sep 2012 Tags Labour relations Act

WFTU’s second coming

by Peter Waterman

At the 11th Congress of Cosatu the federation allowed its affiliates to join both the ITUC and WFTU if they …

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Categories 2012, Across the Globe, Vol 36 No 4 Oct Nov 2012 Tags federation 11th Congress of Cosatu affiliates ITUC and WFTU

WFTU’s second coming -2

by Peter Waterman

At the 11th Congress of Cosatu the federation allowed its affiliates to join both the ITUC and WFTU if they …

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Categories 2012, Across the Globe, Vol 36 No 4 Oct Nov 2012 Tags Cosatu

Unlocking labour laws -4

by Brenda Grant

The increasing use of the Internet and social network sites as a form of communication raises new challenges for employers. …

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Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 5 Dec 2012/Jan 2013 Tags Internet and social network sites

Towards a living wage -2

by Rudi Dicks

A living wage is about justice and equality. Rudi Dicks looks at different ways to measure wages, wage trends, bargaining …

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Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 4 Oct Nov 2012 Tags living wage justice and equality measure wages wage trends

Unemployment -2

by Democratic Left Front

End result of capitalism.    Attachments 16. Unemployment (80 kB)

Categories 2012, On politics and economics, Vol 36 No 3 Aug/Sep 2012 Tags capitalism
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