Worker participation and the road to socialism
Liv Torres continues the debate on worker participation, and argues that increased communication between workers and management, and management’s consultation …
Vol 15 No 5 1991
The ZCTU’s 1990 Congress: exposing the capitalist reality beneath Zimbabwe’s: socialist’ rhetoric
The Zimbabwean Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) continues to provide hope for those who want to prevent Zimbabwe from sliding …
The Workers Charter campaign
The COSATU Workers’ Charter conference, held on 17-18 November 1990, brought together delegates from all affiliates to assess the campaign, …
The demise of Industrial Councils: the social and economic effects
Taffy Adler of the Labour and Economic Research Centre (LERC) argues that deregulation, and in particular the dismantling of industrial …
Organising in the Ciskei: You can’t operate in a vacuum: Ciskei industrialist speak Ciskei’s Labour Decree :Negotiate with NEHAWU!: the battle for public sector unionism
Workers celebrated the overthrow of Ciskei dictator Lennox Sebe with a stayaway. Since then trade unions have made rapid progress. …
Mtutuzeli Tom, Mercedes Benz shopsteward
Profile: By Morice Smithers
Johnny Gomas: as/knew him
Johnny Gomas was a trade unionist and central figure in the Communist Party of SA. Ray Alexander, veterans trade unionist …
Fort Jackson strikers locked out and arrested
Ciskei workers have won basic trade union rights in law. But they often have to engage in tough battles to …
Fighting high finance: US labour experience, South African prospects
Unprecedented debt and uncontrolled speculation have characterised many capitalist economies since the mid-1970s, including South Africa and the United States, …