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Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006

On the right side of the road: A creative approach to job creation

by Maisel, C. Ryan, R.

In the light of Cosatu’s job creation campaign the Men on the Side of the Road project provides a useful …

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Categories In the Workplace, Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006

NUM aims to remain ‘champ of champs’

by Sikwebu, D

The National Union of Mineworkers has taken some bad knocks in membership over the past few years. It however refuses …

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Categories In the unions, Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006

Lower increases: Collective bargaining in 2005

by Elsley, T

By the end of 2005 it was possible to see the emergence of certain trends in collective bargaining over the …

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Categories In the unions, Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006

From bulb to mainline blockage: A housing success story

by SALB

The Johannesburg Housing Company has a growing reputation for providing a high quality of rental accommodation and services to people …

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Categories In the community, Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006

Education for socialism: Putting it back on the agenda

by Nzimande, B

Workers education should focus on making the second decade of democracy in South Africa one for workers and the poor, …

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Categories In the unions, Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006

Cosatu at the crossroads: Serving the core or the working poor?

by Webster, E

Cosatu, launched in 1985, recently celebrated 20 years of its existence. Eddie Webster reflects on the changing labour market and …

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Categories In the unions, Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006

Capitalist Nigger

by Morake, T

Capitalist Nigger is authored by Chika Onyeani a former diplomat, journalist of international acclaim and editor of African Sun Times …

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Categories Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006

Asijiki: A History of the South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) by Kally Forrest (STE, 2005)

by Appolus, P

Last year the South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union marked its 30th anniversary. As part of its celebrations …

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Categories In the unions, Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006

An unfinished strike

by Mongale, M Sekaledi, P.

Moatlhodi Mongale and Pauline Sekaledi are full-time shop stewards from the SA Municipal Workers Union’s (Samwu) largest Johannesburg branch. They …

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Categories In the unions, Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006

A worker poet’s passing

by Qabula, A.

In 2005 Alfred Temba Qabula, a remarkable worker poet, died. Qabula was known by thousands of workers in Natal in …

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