The Myburgh Commission: Looking in Vain for the Smoking Gun
The rand commission was set up by government following the dramatic drop in the value of the rand. John Pape …
Issue
The new poor: organisational challenges
The new poor in Durban include marginalised workers and those who have no hope of finding any kind of job. …
The name of the game is membership
Too much to debate about politics and too little organisational work are weakening COSATU, warns COSATU organising secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. …
The Natal Cotton and Woolen Mills Confronation
By National Union of Textile Workers
The necessity of democratic socialism Eddie Webster interviews Boris Kagarlitsky
Eddie Webster speaks to Boris Kagarlitsky about the concept of radical reform and the possibilities of democratic socialism in Russia …
The necessity of utopian thinking
The formation of the Labour Bulletin was the inspiration of assassinated academic Rick Turner. Eddie Webster provides a personal account …
The need for centralised (but flexible) bargaining
NALEDI was asked to produce a paper looking afresh at some of the issues related to centralised bargaining. The document, …
The Negotiators: Problems, policies and plans
The Labour Research Services held a conference for negotiators, to assist union negotiators. What was on the table? Attachments …
The new competition act
Competition Act Attachments The new Competition Act_0 (4 MB)
The new face of industrial action in the public service: leadership fighting for political survival
The recent public service wage dispute and subsequent one-day strike raises more questions than answers. Mantombi Mtolo takes a critical …