Labour unions
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
Constitutional Court to rule on compensation for domestic workers
Court asked to declare legislation excluding domestic workers from Compensation Fund unconstitutional
Law | 9 March 2020
Can you be retrenched without being consulted? Constitutional Court makes a far-reaching ruling
AMCU challenged sections of the Labour Relations Act
Law | 27 January 2020
Domestic workers fight for national minimum wage
“We buy in the same shops, so we must be treated like all workers”
By Zoë Postman
News | 17 January 2020
Cape Town law enforcement officers protest
JP Smith accuses protesters of “dangerous and irresponsible lies”
Brief | 25 November 2019
Unions at odds with each other over supermarket’s wage increase
Workers from a minority union are picketing a store in Louis Trichardt, but the majority union wants nothing to do with it
Brief | 15 November 2019
Low wages are not just the farmers’ fault, says US activist
Baldemar Velásquez shares experience at farm worker conference
By Barbara Maregele and Tariro Washinyira
News | 22 October 2019
Oak Valley: employers and employees argue over court jurisdiction
Workers want their plea for better housing heard in the Equality Court
News | 17 September 2019
Union warns PE coalition: “If our demands keep falling on deaf ears, someone will fall”
Hundreds of SAMWU workers march to City Hall
Brief | 28 March 2019