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Supervisors 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 union.
Premier 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 union organisation.
Praise poem to FOSATU
Petrol 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 Gomomo told FOSATU Worker…
The 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.
British 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 victory could be on the…
Coal 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 a normal production…
Equal wages for women!
The struggle to end discrimination against women recently took another step forward in the Transvaal.
Retrenchment 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 suffering from.
Child 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.
FOSATUs worker festival
Biscuit 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.
R6 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.
SEIFSA 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 bargaining.
Don`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 urge so-called…
Workers 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 shop steward, Jethro…
Uniply 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 shop stewards.
Wage 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 wage settlement.
AECI 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.
Comment
The government-backed SABC-TV has begun a major campaign to discredit the progressive organisations calling for people not to vote on August 22 by portraying…
What charity!
Garment 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 National Union of…
Closed shop victory
A attempt to block furniture workers from joining the Paper Wood and Allied Workers Union has failed.
Jaguar 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.
Jubilant Alfa workers return victorious
Union organisation at Brits in the Transvaal is growing stronger day by day.