Labour unions
Marchers call for job security and a basic income grant
Picketers in PE mark 1 August as national day for working class action
Brief | 3 August 2020
“I can’t even feed my children” says unemployed farmworker
Seasonal workers take farm owner to CCMA for “unfair dismissal and illegal eviction”
News | 30 July 2020
Old age home staff protest after patient deaths
Staff refused to work after 11 of them tested positive for Covid-19 at a home in Uitenhage
Brief | 7 July 2020
Unions accuse government of breaking promise to increases workers’ salaries
“Workers on duty during lockdown must be paid for risk or danger allowance,” says COSATU leader
Brief | 6 July 2020
Police fire stun grenade at workers protesting in PE
Three people were arrested during the scuffle on Monday
News | 29 June 2020
Covid-19: Workers at Kromberg & Schubert down tools
Employees demand factory cleaned and colleagues tested after worker tests positive for Covid-19
Brief | 4 June 2020
Covid-19: Union accused of “storming” hospital, putting staff and patients at risk
NEHAWU concerned about safety protocols at Kirkwood psychiatric hospital
News | 4 June 2020
“Our people cannot be treated like napkins”: public works programme challenged in court
Johannesburg Expanded Public Works Programme workers want to be made permanent
By Elna Schütz
News | 2 June 2020
Department of Labour ready to pay domestic workers’ compensation claims, court told
Constitutional Court hears argument on Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act
By Zoë Postman
News | 10 March 2020