Life, health and jobs: the trade union agenda
Health, safety and environmental issues are already on labour’s agenda. Pelelo Magane, Shirly Miller, Michael Goldblatt and Lael Bethlehem put …
Vol 21 No 2 Apr 1997
Korea: Striking at the heart of the miracle
On 26 December last year, hundreds of thousands of workers in South Korea’s key export industries downed tools. Paul Field …
It’s a question of working now
Mathews Oliphant, General Secretary of the Construction and Allied Workers’ Union (CAWU) talks to Deanne Collins and William Matlala.
Employment standards: last chances for a deal
Negotiations around employment standards have dragged on for over a year. As negotiations engage in a race against time, Carol …
Ditching the poor?: The Municipal Infrastructure Framework
South Africa faces an acute infrastructure problem. Patrick Bond looks at government’s solution to these problems and concludes that it …
Democratic architecture: a challenge to the working class
Alan Lipman and Howard Harris issue a challenge to workers to take charge of their living and working spaces.
CCMA under fire
CCMA
Breaking tradition: the struggle for freedom in Swaziland
Earlier this year workers in Swaziland embarked on another round of strike action. Kuseni Dlamini and Richard Levin find the …