Yet another summit bits the dust the GDS two years on
The second anniversary of the Growth and Development Summit (GDS) slipped by very quietly while the media’s focus lay elsewhere. …
Vol 29 No 3 Jun/Jul 2005
Workers’ college launched in Swaziland
The International Research Academy for Labour and Education (IRALE) – the Workers’ Academy – was launched in Swaziland earlier this …
Workers come out in support of jobs
Thousands of workers took to the streets of 27 June to protest against job losses. The aftermath of the national …
Who is paying for Cosatu’s reconnection fee? Are workers still on the (fixed) line?
Over the years, various commissions and reports have highlighted organisational weaknesses within Cosatu and its affiliates. This issue, yet again, …
Unions targeting the unorganised
Globalisation has forced unions to confront a whole range of new challenges, one of them being how to deal with …
The Take: Reclaiming back work, dignity and democracy?
In the wake of Argentina’s economic collapse in 2001, Latin America’s most prosperous middle class found itself in a ghost …
The Labour Court: Out for ten?
Ten years since the establishment of a specialist labour court, plans are underway to scrap it and incorporate it into …
The currency of politics
Is there an answer to the current attack on worker rights globally? Rob Lambert reflects on the deliberations at the …
The colour of money
At the May meeting of the CEC, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi warned that if unions did not begin to …
The BEEhive empowers the drones not the workers
During a recent debate on BEE, a representative from black business argued that Cosatu’s position on BEE is incoherent. In …