Sidumo and labour law are better off
Kimani Ndungu’s previous article gives some useful background and reflections on the Sidumo case. Paul Benjamin, discussing the same case, …
In the Workplace
Silencing UnionThat Will Not Be Silenced
The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) is at the forefront of exposing corruption in local government and this has …
Simba Quix
Briefings/Reports: By South African Labour Bulletin Correspondent.
Shop stewardship
Although being a shop steward is a voluntary position that you are elected into by members of your union, there …
Shop Workers International Solidarity: First-Ever Global Agreement
After prolonged difficult negotiations Shoprite Checkers and an international alliance of trade unions signed the first-ever global agreement with an …
Shopfloor democracy: health workers in the Eastern Cape
The COSATU public sector unions are growing at a rapid rate in the Eastern Cape. A recent survey undertaken by …
Shoprite-Maputo. a different ‘Renaissance’ for workers
Darlene Miller argues that Shoprite employees in Maputo Mozambique occupy a contradictory location. On the one hand they are a …
Sex workers: Criminals without rights
Sex workers are the world’s forgotten workers. In 2001 however 25 000 Indian sex workers gathered to assert their existence …
Sexual harassment
By Deanne Collins
Sexual harassment at Makro: Women pay the price
In August last year members of the SA Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU) took action against management’s refusal …