Women on the farms speak out
Linda Waldman spent six months on Nineveh farm in the Western Cape listening to women talk about their lives. …
In the Workplace
Winners and losers of the changing labour laws
The amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) and Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) finally come into effect from …
Wits 2001 restructuring and retrenchments
Briefing Attachments Wits 201 restructuring and retrenchments_0 (837 kB)
Wits contract cleaners long walk to unionism
In 2000 Wits University decided to replace its cleaners with outsourced workers. Noor Nieftagodien charts the struggle of the new …
Women Face the Rock Face: What Challenges?
In 2002 new laws in South Africa allowed women to mine underground. Asanda Benya worked in a women’s mine team …
Women in Wage Labour
Research Reports: By Joanne Yawitch.
Why Does the WSSD Matter to Workers
As the countdown to the WSSD begins, questions abound about the prospects for its success. How will the tensions within …
Why still secrecy around director’s salaries
Managers complain that workers continue to demand high wages. The Labour Research Service investigates what directors are being paid and …
Why unions should embrace social media
The new social media is a very powerful tool. It allows unions to have intimate, personal conversations with hundreds, if …
Why White Goods are Struggling to Survive Liberalisation
A study of the white goods sector by Andries Bezuidenhout looks at whether it has adapted to the opening up …