YCL using newspapers to attack workers
The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) strongly objected to a Young Communist League (YCL) statement that was released following …
Vol 36 No 2 June/July 2012
Waste pickers
In the previous Labour Bulletin Kally Forrest wrote about how waste pickers in South Africa are getting organised. In this …
TB in mining industry
The spread of tuberculosis among mineworkers can be controlled if government takes a firmer stance and living conditions are improved, …
Striking against labour broking, e tolling
The 7 March strike to end labour broking and stop the introduction of electronic tolling (e-tolling) on Gauteng’s roads, organised …
Shop stewardship
Although being a shop steward is a voluntary position that you are elected into by members of your union, there …
Schooling and skills development crisis
For transformation to take place in South African education a number of things should be done. These include addressing historical …
Scrap Bantustan traditional courts bill
The Traditional Courts Bill in its current form rewinds the clock for over 40% of South Africans living in rural …
SA must rethink relations
South Africa’s current strategy of bending backwards to please China threatens our hard-fought democratic gains. Allowing the Asian dragon to …
Making sex work legal
The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) asked South African society about its views on sex work during one of …
Health and safety sacrificed for profit
The mining industry continues to neglect workers health and safety, hence high death tolls from accidents and diseases such as …