South Africa

Demand that the Minister of Labour stops his cruelty to disabled workers 7 October 2009

After a seven year struggle W.A.R. a registered trade union campaigning for the rights of workers in sheltered employment factories employed by the Department of Labour in terms of a cabinet decree in the heydays of apartheid celebrated the launch of a Provident Fund for its members employed at six(6) factories in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Kimberley . Durban and Pietermaritzburg. Over 1000 (...)

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Al Jama-Ah to phone president zuma to stop creating jobs not decent Wdnesday 7 October 2009

The AL JAMA-H Political Party will call President Zuma on his public hotline to complain about the half million jobs he is creating before Xmas in line with his election manifesto pledge. Most of these jobs have no social security jobs and may not be sustainable.The Party has asked the President to take the call personally if he is serious about creating decent jobs as per his election (...)

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Radio 786: Labour law for all - Special Broadcast 5 OCTOBER 2009

On the eve of the "World day for decent work" the Radio 786, community radio station in Cape Town, South Africa, largely run by volunteers will ask its 300.000 listeners to push government to provide permanent jobs and ban labour brokers. The programme is hosted by Ganief Hendricks who is also General Secretary of WAR a registered trade union focusing on workers with sensory disabilities (...)

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Media actions on Decent Work October 7 2009

On October 7 we are hosting two Media Conferences; one in Johannesburg and the other at our Parliamentary Offices in Cape Town. On this day we will introduce to the media in South Africa the concept of Decent Work and the importance thereof. We then have also used the ITUC’s 2008 booklet which we will re-print with some FEDUSA themes to the media (public) as another medium to popularize the (...)

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Workplaces lunch time pickets for Decent Work 7 October

On October 7, affiliates of the Confederation of South African Workers’ Unions will structure workplaces lunch time pickets with specific demands for decent work See media coverage of the COSATU events held all over in South Africa Brokers use us like condoms, says protester Cosatu to picket over labour brokers Labour brokers blamed again Cosatu protests labour brokers countrywide (...)

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