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ArchiveExecutive slams union split
The FOSATU Executive has strongly condemned the four sacked union officials for forming the splinter United Metal Mining and Allied Workers…
ArchiveSupervisors demand to be recognised union members
Are supervisors workers or part of management? This question is being raised in many companies as more and more supervisors want to join a…
ArchivePremier tussles with SFAWU
The Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union has accused the Premier Group of shifting production from one factory to another in order to crush…
ArchivePraise poem to FOSATU
ArchivePetrol bombs hit unionists homes
Petrol bombs were thrown at the homes of two VW full time shop stewards in the early hours of Monday July 30. VW branch chairman John…
ArchiveThe making of the working class: Part 8 - 1907-1922 white workers revolt
The years 1907 to 1922 were a time of violent conflict between workers and capitalists on the Rand.
ArchiveBritish coal strike enters fifth month
As Britain's coal reserves begin to dwindle, the strike by hundreds of thousands of coal miners has begun to swing in their favour and…
ArchiveCoal not dole!: an exclusive interview with a British miner
We reckon there are about 130 production workers in regularly. This would mean about 1 500 to 2 000 per week is being produced, compared to…
ArchiveEqual wages for women!
The struggle to end discrimination against women recently took another step forward in the Transvaal.
ArchiveRetrenchment an excuse to get rid of me says 55-year-old Brown Lung victim
If it hadn't been for the National Union of Textile Workers Brown Lung Campaign, Gretta Maphumulo wouldn't have known exactly what she was…
ArchiveChild care centres needed
The unions started looking at the issue of child care after being alarmed by the rate at which infant deaths are running.
ArchiveFOSATUs worker festival
ArchiveBiscuit union crumbles as workers leave to join SFAWU
For the past three years support for TUCSA's National Union of Operative Biscuit Makers and Packers has been crumbling.
ArchiveR6 million pay out
There was great excitement in all Putco depots on July 19 when the company paid out over R6 million in backpay to workers.
ArchiveSEIFSA heads for collision with metal workers
SEIFSA, the giant metal employers' association, has renewed its call for its members to resist any trade union pressure for plant-level…
ArchiveDon`t Vote: as elections creep nearer FOSATU goes door to door urging people not to vote
Thousands of homes in the Eastern Cape have been visited by FOSATU organisers and shop stewards as the federation steps up its campaign to…
ArchiveWorkers take the lead!
Workers must be encouraged to take the lead in the struggle for economic and social liberation, says Transport and General Workers Union…
ArchiveUniply workers pack industrial court case
Hundreds of Uniply workers packed into Bolton Hall in Durban on July 24 to hear union lawyers argue for the reinstatement of two of their…
ArchiveWage hike after bitter strike
In a sequel to the bitter strike at BMW earlier this year, the company and the National Automobile and Allied Workers Union have reached a…
ArchiveAECI Vynide workers strike
WORKERS at New Germany factory, AECI Vynide, went on strike for three-days last month when management tried to bring in short time.
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.