Negotiating retrenchments?
The labour movement has called for negotiations instead of consultation when it comes to retrenchment. Anton Roskam and Doris Tshepe …
In the Workplace
Negotiating the crisis
Worker participation at PG Bison collapses. Management proposes retrenchment. The union embarks on a research project. Union and company negotiate …
Negotiations in the public sector: What went wrong?
Trade unions in the public sector spent almost eight months at the bargaining table. After striking for a month, questions …
Nestlé workers: chess pieces in a global capitalist game
Nestlé South Africa has embarked on extensive restructuring with resultant job losses. Kally Forrest looks at union responses and puts …
Never in private practice was a strike successful: Sandton Medi-Clinic nurses prove otherwise
In August and September 2008 nurses at the Sandton Medi-Clinic in Johannesburg conducted a successful two-week strike, the first of …
New challenges, old constraints: the automobile sector
As tariff protection comes down, the auto sector must restructure to survive in a fiercely competitive global market. Malcolm Ray …
National Strategic HIV/AIDS Plan: Making It Work for Labour
Government has adopted an ambitious plan to address HIV/AIDS. Nina Benjamin unpicks how labour can convert this Strategic Plan into …
National strike wave for wages
Labour Action: By Renée Roux
Nautilus Marine: A Case Study of Worker – Management Conflict
By Cape Town Editors