Labour unions
Unions welcome compensation for domestic workers at last
Workers’ Compensation Act to get first overhaul in 23 years
By Justin Brown
News | 25 September 2020
Gauteng community health workers still waiting for full pay
Despite promise of an increase, workers say they are still earning only R3,500 a month
By Zoë Postman
News | 23 September 2020
73 workers dismissed for protest over unpaid Covid-19 relief funds
They also cannot access UIF benefits because the Department of Labour system shows that they are still employed
News | 18 September 2020
“We will hit them where it hurts” warns NEHAWU leader
Union vows to shut down government services, including SARS and SASSA
Brief | 14 September 2020
Unions threaten total shutdown if no response in five days
NEHAWU is demanding a 7% increase
Brief | 3 September 2020
Community healthcare workers sick of being paid “peanuts”
“We are faced with this pandemic but the Department is still reluctant to improve our working conditions”
News | 18 August 2020
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