Weza sawmill: value added production, devalued labour
Weza Sawmill in KwaZulu-Natal has undergone massive restructuring, yet, for the moment, has managed to retain its workforce. Malcolm Ray …
In the Workplace
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 are we solving by telling lies about our cities?
As the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup approaches, South African cities have started clean-up campaigns. Street children, road-side vendors and …
What happened at VW?
Kally Forrest explores why the three-week strike against NUMSA took place at VW and concludes that workers learned through their …
We are no longer a fear-filled people
By Karl von Holdt, Labour Research Service, Zolile Mtshelwane
We must be doing the right thing interview with Makgane Thobejane
Tanya van Meelis interviews Makgane Thobejane, labour relations specialist for the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council. Attachments We must be …
We Welcome…
Comment: By South African Labour Bulletin
Waste pickers
In the previous Labour Bulletin Kally Forrest wrote about how waste pickers in South Africa are getting organised. In this …
Waste pickers without frontiers.
Across the world companies and governments greatly benefit from waste pickers’ work. Yet these workers are invisible and looked down …
We are always exposed to violence: interview with a shopsteward
Briefing: By the South African Labour Bulletin.