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2017

Sugary drinks tax

by Tracey Malawana

Why trade unions can support it?  The Treasury has proposed a tax on sugary drinks. This is opposed by sugar …

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Categories 2017, In the community, Vol 41 No 3 Sep/Oct 2017 Tags Sugar; Union

Muddled labour broker ruling overturned

by Lynford Dor

In 2015 a confusing court judgment ruled that labour brokered workers were employed by both the broker and the client …

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Categories 2017, In the Workplace, Vol 41 No 3 Sep/Oct 2017 Tags labour brokers, strike

Grievance to Collective Action

by Kally Forrest

Contrary to stories many unions tell the Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO) believes the mainly labour brokered workers it services …

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Categories 2017, In the unions, Vol 41 No 3 Sep/Oct 2017

Fees must fall but wages must rise

by Kally Forrest

With solidarity from the student Fees Must Fall movement in 2015 and 2016, outsourced general workers at the University of …

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Categories 2017, In the unions, Vol 41 No 3 Sep/Oct 2017

No to waste contractors

by South African Labour Bulletin
Dec cover

One section in Labour Bulletin is called ‘In the unions’. But whereas in the 1980s this created an instant notion …

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Categories 2017, In the Workplace, Vol 41 No 4 Nov/Dec 2017 Tags Labour inspection, Labour law

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