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Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012

YCL using newspapers to attack workers

by Armstrong Poswa

The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) strongly objected to a Young Communist League (YCL) statement that was released following …

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Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags South African Municipal Workers Union Young Communist League May Day

Waste pickers

by Kally Forrest

In the previous Labour Bulletin Kally Forrest wrote about how waste pickers in South Africa are getting organised. In this …

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Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags waste pickers climate change recycling

TB in mining industry

by Peter Bailey

The spread of tuberculosis among mineworkers can be controlled if government takes a firmer stance and living conditions are improved, …

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Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags spread of tuberculosis mineworkers

Striking against labour broking, e tolling

by Elijah Chiwota

The 7 March strike to end labour broking and stop the introduction of electronic tolling (e-tolling) on Gauteng’s roads, organised …

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Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags strike Cosatu Nactu NGOs

Shop stewardship

by Nunurayi Mutyanda

Although being a shop steward is a voluntary position that you are elected into by members of your union, there …

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Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags shop steward voluntary position union

Schooling and skills development crisis

by Kaizer Makole

For transformation to take place in South African education a number of things should be done. These include addressing historical …

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Categories 2012, In the unions, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags transformation historical inequalities stable curriculum

Scrap Bantustan traditional courts bill

by Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge

The Traditional Courts Bill in its current form rewinds the clock for over 40% of South Africans living in rural …

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Categories 2012, On politics and economics, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags Courts Bill

SA must rethink relations

by William Gumede

South Africa’s current strategy of bending backwards to please China threatens our hard-fought democratic gains. Allowing the Asian dragon to …

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Categories 2012, Across the Globe, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags strategy democratic gains economy colonialism

Making sex work legal

by Dellene Clark

The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) asked South African society about its views on sex work during one of …

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Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags SALRC sex work

Health and safety sacrificed for profit

by Mike Tankiso Fafuli

The mining industry continues to neglect workers health and safety, hence high death tolls from accidents and diseases such as …

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Categories 2012, In the Workplace, Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012 Tags mining industry health and safety death tolls
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