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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.
ArchiveFOSATU victorious!
Victor in a crucial victory in FOSATU's battle against the Government's racial policies, the Natal Supreme Court has ruled that the…
ArchiveSweet Unions merge to form National Union
The Eastern Province Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union has merged with the Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union in order to form a broad…
ArchivePaper workers hold sit-in
About 400 workers at Carlton Paper in Wadeville recently staged a sit-in as management had refused to pay any attention to their grievances.
ArchiveMetal workers call for R90 a week
Metal workers at general meetings held on the Reef and in Durban over the past month have launched a call for a minimum wage of R90 a week.
ArchiveWorkers should control Metal Pension Fund - says MAWU
The Metal and Allied Workers Union is pushing for worker control of the multi-million Rand metal industries' pension fund.
ArchiveNew sugar industry negotiating group
A new negotiating committee has been established in the sugar industry in Natal giving the Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union a firm foot…
ArchiveVictimisation of union activists leads to Court case
Following Alfa's refusal to deal with the National Automobile and Allied Workers Union and its dismissal of three union activists, the…
ArchiveFOSATU strikes back at false attack on workers
STRIKING a gigantic blow against the false attacks on workers by both employers and the State, FOSATU has released the results of a crucial…
ArchiveIndustrial Councils debated
FOSATU intensively debated industry-wide bargaining and the industrial council system at its second national congress
ArchiveWe must build a real worker movement
ArchiveNew office bearers elected
Chris Dhlamini, chairman of the Transvaal region has been elected as FOSATU's new national president.
ArchiveFOSATU spells out its political policy
ArchiveConstitution changed: more power for workers
ArchiveCongress votes for unity
In an important move, delegates at the second national congress committed FOSATU to building a united working class movement and to unite…
Archive'Congress was a great success'
ArchiveCongress gives a new lead
Maritzburg managers take a hard line
Since the stoppage at Huletts Aluminium over the pensions issue last year, relations between FOSATU unions and several companies in the…
ArchiveNAAWU honours leader
Brother Arthur van Wyk, who recently retired from General Motors after 25 years service, was presented with an honorarium at a meeting of…
ArchiveUnion co-operative case: The law is on the bo
Renewed questions have been raised about the role of the courts in relation to worker issues by a judgement affecting workers at the Union…
ArchiveBreakthrough at Noodsberg
Despite the hostile attitudes of several companies in the Pietermaritzburg area, some important gains have been made by several Fosatu…
ArchiveCongress warns Rembrandt
FOSATU has condemned the Henkel company's anti-union policies and actions and has given its full support to the consumer boycott of Henkel…
ArchiveHenkel boycott called
The Chemical Workers Industrial Union (CWIU) has called for a boycott of all products manufactured by the Henkel company.
ArchiveCouncils: the workers views
ArchiveThis is how FOSATU has grown
FOSATU's massive growth over the past three years has been highlighted in a report submitted to the second FOSATU congress held in…
ArchiveFosatu is moving to help watchmen
FOSATU is moving to help watchmen and workers in Watch Patrol Services.
ArchiveOur mistake
ArchiveDeath of Brother Dlamini
ArchiveThe latest on registration
ArchiveFosatu says its a rich man`s budget
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