We Started Talking and Dreaming Together: Organising Transport Workers
Unionists know nothing can happen without organising. But as Teresa Conrow, Alana Dave and Dina Feller point out through four …
Vol 13 No 7 1989
Urgent need to decriminalise sex work
Sex workers are the target of jokes and serious abuse and exploitation. Patricia Nyman- Appolis and Liesl Orr explain why …
Transforming SA media: Unions suggest alternatives
At a hearing of the Print and Digital Media Transformation Task Team (PDMTTT) in Johannesburg in January this year trade …
The new shopstewards: for or against us
During the early years of trade unionism, shopstewards were the backbone of unions. today, they want to ensure their own …
Holding of Cosatu special congress: Unions want unity and action
In letters to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) president Sidumo Dlamini, unions are asking the federation to …
Durban strikes to Marikana massacre: What’s gone wrong with collective bargaining?
Forty years ago during January and February 1973 mass strikes by African workers in Durban broke out in protest against …
Crisis of identity: Cosatu faces paralysis
To fully understand recent events at the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) one needs to explore the tensions …
Could SA end up like Zimbabwe?
Since the land grabs in Zimbabwe, many have asked if they could happen in SA. Geoff Hill argues that those …
Being there – by those who were
With our intrepid Com dot Com reporter away, we decided to publish personal accounts of union delegates to the recent …