Artisans are the key people: interview with Ben Nicholson
Focus: Racial divisions, skills divisions: Ben Nicholson, general secretary of the SA Electrical Workers Association and director of the Confederation …
In the unions
Asijiki: A History of the South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) by Kally Forrest (STE, 2005)
Last year the South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union marked its 30th anniversary. As part of its celebrations …
Asking the real questions
A recent article in SA Labour Bulletin (Vol 18 No 4) made a critical assessment of the Bloekombos labour intensive …
At home in the union
Petros Mashisi, President of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) talks to Matthew Ginsburg and William Matlala.
Andre Malherbe
Interview: By South African Labour Bulletin.
Annual Report 1981
Documents: By Federation of South African Trade Unions.
Anti-privatisation: for democratic public sector reform
SAMWU official, Maria van Driel, outlines the forms of privatisation which are being introduced at local government level and the …
An Introduction to Textile Worker Organisation in Natal
By Alan Hirsch.
An unfinished strike
Moatlhodi Mongale and Pauline Sekaledi are full-time shop stewards from the SA Municipal Workers Union’s (Samwu) largest Johannesburg branch. They …
An unholy alliance?: organising the unemployed
Two new organisations have emerged to represent the unemployed. Etienne Vlok investigates.