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ArchiveWhat charity!
ArchiveGarment union backs down on its threat to fire NUTW members
The TUCSA affiliated Garment Workers Industrial Union has backed down on its earlier threat to have workers fired for belonging to the…
ArchiveClosed shop victory
A attempt to block furniture workers from joining the Paper Wood and Allied Workers Union has failed.
ArchiveJaguar workers stage mass walk-out
About 200 Jaguar shoe workers recently staged a mass walkout of a meeting called by the TUCSA affiliated National Union of Leatherworkers.
ArchiveJubilant Alfa workers return victorious
Union organisation at Brits in the Transvaal is growing stronger day by day.
ArchiveWorkers boycott overtime
ArchiveUseless union kicked out
ArchiveNAAWU slams employers` plan to erode wages
ArchiveTGWU signs first agreement with transport company
ArchiveMondi Paper backs down
ArchiveShop steward chairman returns to Ponds
ArchiveMetal workers push for higher wages after IC sell out
ArchiveWorkers on the march: hundreds flock to FOSATU events
ArchiveUnion`s housing scheme
ArchiveRising worker interest in unity
ArchiveThe right to strike
ArchiveBrown Lung pay out
ArchiveStarvation wages not acceptable
ArchiveUnion takes employers to court
ArchiveWorkers demand a share of the rain which falls at Suncrush even during the drought
ArchiveGerman worker support in Franz Falke dispute
ArchivePaper Union strikes another blow against Typo`s closed shop in secret ballot victory at Kohler Corrugated
ArchiveB amp; S to face union bashing charges
ArchiveWorkers learn all there is to know about health and safety
ArchiveUnion drive in Port Elizabeth gets 21 workers city rights
Wits course for workers
FOSATU has signed a unique contract with Wits University to provide courses on worker and politics for economics members of their unions.
ArchiveFosatu membership soars
FOSATU membership has soared in the first half of 1981. All regions and all unions report the same story of rapid growth and stronger…
ArchiveIndustrial Councils: union struggles continue
FOSATU unions are continuing the fight against unrepresentative industrial councils and we are winning.
ArchiveColgate: worker unity wins historic battle
A number of recent disputes have highlighted the importance of organised workers supporting each other in their hour of need.
ArchiveWomens rights new thrust in FOSATU agreement
Two new agreements signed by FOSATU unions give special recognition to the rights of women.
ArchiveMystery fire destroys union offices
FOSATU unions on the East Rand are undaunted by the mysterious fires which destroyed two of their offices on July 16.
ArchiveFOSATU salutes workers of the East Rand
The workers at Salcast, Hendler and Hendler (H and H), Bisonboard Colgate, Langeberg, Kellog's Plant protection, Reef Chemical and…
ArchiveRecognition at Rennies
July 1980 saw the Transport and General Workers Union reaching a 3 point agreement with Rennies Bulk Terminal in Durban.
ArchiveBMW - UAW negotiations continue
BMW (SA) is a German owned assembly plant in Pretoria. UAW started organising there in 1978 and had 56% membership by mid '79.
ArchiveFOSATU boosts national organisation
Any good unionist knows that national unions are essential if worker organisation is going to be truly effective.
ArchivePaper Union strengthens
The Paper Wood and Allied Workers Union had a tough time as a new affiliate of FOSATU.
ArchiveNational Manpower Commission - The Presidents Council?
The composition of the National Manpower Commission a body which will advise the Minister of Manpower Utilisation on all matters affecting…
ArchiveFOSATU granted non-racial exemptions
Last month the State hastily granted non-racial exemptions to 6 FOSATU affiliates shortly after prohibiting FOSATU from raising funds.
ArchiveLeather workers regain control
ArchiveUitenhage strikes - victory for a living wage
The 3 week long Volkswagen strike and the wage settlement reached earlier this month mark a great break through for workers.
ArchiveFrame - worker leader assassinated
On Friday 11th July Samson Cele was shot dead by a masked gunman as he waited at a Clermont bus rank.
ArchiveNew worker regulations
After months of enquiry the Government has amended and supposedly relaxed the pass laws.
ArchiveFoundry workers in bitter Union struggle
In May the entire workforce of 55 was fired and work ground to a standstill at Rely Precision Castings.
ArchiveEditorial: workers and economics
The Worker movement in South Africa is now stronger and better organised than at any other time in South Africa's history.
ArchiveNon-racialism in practice
Putting FOSATU's policy of non-racialism into practice, shop stewards at Kelloggs in Springs have been negotiating on behalf of the company…
ArchiveTwo year recognition battle won
The Transport and General Workers Union has finally won its two year recognition struggle with PUTCO with the signing of an agreement which…
ArchiveFrame struggle flares up
The bitter ten year struggle between the giant Frame group and the National Union of Textile Workers has reached a new climax.
ArchiveMACWUSA slammed
ArchiveSeven unions take first step towards new federation
The first steps towards uniting. the progressive trade union movement were taken at a unity summit in Cape Town when seven union groupings…
ArchiveR40 000 largest payout ever
In the largest pay out in a labour dispute in South Africa, workers at Braitex, a Transvaal textile factory, were given R40 000.