New jobs, new skills, new divisions: the changing structure of SA’s workforce
Over the last 20 years the structure of SA’s workforce has changed greatly. Increasing unemployment for many workers, and more …
Issue
New Labour Bill Attacks Workers’ Rights
Cosatu Pamphlet
NEHAWU: one public service, one union?
At its 5th National Congress held in April, NEHAWU adopted a new, sector-based structure, opening the way towards the formation …
Neil Aggett 1953 – 1982
Obituary.
Neo-liberal offensive in Latin America: defensive retreat to the trenches for labour?
In response to economic crisis Latin American governments are embracing open neo-liberal free market economic models. As economic deregulation, industrial …
Nestlé workers: chess pieces in a global capitalist game
Nestlé South Africa has embarked on extensive restructuring with resultant job losses. Kally Forrest looks at union responses and puts …
Never in private practice was a strike successful: Sandton Medi-Clinic nurses prove otherwise
In August and September 2008 nurses at the Sandton Medi-Clinic in Johannesburg conducted a successful two-week strike, the first of …
Negotiating production
By Lael Bethlehem
New challenges, old constraints: the automobile sector
As tariff protection comes down, the auto sector must restructure to survive in a fiercely competitive global market. Malcolm Ray …