What happens when the blanket comes off?
Many who attend Cosatu’s 8th national congress in September 2003 believed it was inevitable (in view of the upcoming elections)that …
In the unions
What is a Trade Union
Documents: By Z A Khanyile Labour Officer, Kwa Zulu.
What is the future of labour?
Karl von Holdt argues that a new form of trade unionism – strategic unionism – is emerging in South Africa. …
What of the ICU?
By Clements Kadalie
What should the trade union movement do about NOSA?
NOSA is funded by the Workers’ Compensation Fund. Yet there is no evidence that NOSA makes work safer. It keeps …
What would Cosatu’s pioneers think?
In 1987 Steven Friedman wrote a valuable book, Building Tomorrow Today, charting the emergence of a new militant labour movement …
Wedding bells for Fedusa and Nactu
Hundreds of delegates from Fedusa affiliates will gather on 15 September to debate their future and whether to endorse a …
What are essential services?
When President Jacob Zuma recently said that education was an essential service there was uproar from trade unions that saw …
What happens in Zimbabwe affects us: Union hounds Chinese arms
South Africans have recoiled in shame over recent xenophobic attacks, but we are capable of behaving differently. Azad Essa and …