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Vol 13 No 7 1989

We Started Talking and Dreaming Together: Organising Transport Workers

by SALB

Unionists know nothing can happen without organising. But as Teresa Conrow, Alana Dave and Dina Feller point out through four …

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Categories Across the Globe, Vol 35 No 1 March/April 2011 Tags Vol 13 No 7 1989

Urgent need to decriminalise sex work

by SALB

Sex workers are the target of jokes and serious abuse and exploitation. Patricia Nyman- Appolis and Liesl Orr explain why …

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Categories In the Workplace Tags Vol 13 No 7 1989

Transforming SA media: Unions suggest alternatives

by Chiwota, Elijah

At a hearing of the Print and Digital Media Transformation Task Team (PDMTTT) in Johannesburg in January this year trade …

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Categories In the unions, Issue, Vol 37 Number 1 March/April 2013 Tags Vol 13 No 7 1989

The new shopstewards: for or against us

by Grice, Jenny

During the early years of trade unionism, shopstewards were the backbone of unions. today, they want to ensure their own …

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Categories In the unions, Vol 27 No 5 Oct/Nov 2003 Tags Vol 13 No 7 1989

Holding of Cosatu special congress: Unions want unity and action

by Elijah Chiwota

In letters to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) president Sidumo Dlamini, unions are asking the federation to …

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Categories In the unions, Vol 37 Number 4 October/November Tags Vol 13 No 7 1989

Durban strikes to Marikana massacre: What’s gone wrong with collective bargaining?

by Johann Maree

Forty years ago during January and February 1973 mass strikes by African workers in Durban broke out in protest against …

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Categories In the past, Vol 37 Number 3 August/September Tags Vol 13 No 7 1989

Crisis of identity: Cosatu faces paralysis

by Melikaya Rubushe

To fully understand recent events at the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) one needs to explore the tensions …

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Categories On politics and economics, Vol 37 Number 4 October/November Tags Vol 13 No 7 1989

Could SA end up like Zimbabwe?

by Hill, Geoff

Since the land grabs in Zimbabwe, many have asked if they could happen in SA. Geoff Hill argues that those …

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Categories Across the Globe, Vol 27 No 5 Oct/Nov 2003 Tags Vol 13 No 7 1989

Being there – by those who were

by Sadtu News

With our intrepid Com dot Com reporter away, we decided to publish personal accounts of union delegates to the recent …

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Categories Vol 27 No 5 Oct/Nov 2003 Tags Vol 13 No 7 1989

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