Labour unions

Unions welcome compensation for domestic workers at last

Workers’ Compensation Act to get first overhaul in 23 years

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News | 25 September 2020

Gauteng community health workers still waiting for full pay

Despite promise of an increase, workers say they are still earning only R3,500 a month

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News | 23 September 2020

73 workers dismissed for protest over unpaid Covid-19 relief funds

They also cannot access UIF benefits because the Department of Labour system shows that they are still employed

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News | 18 September 2020

“We will hit them where it hurts” warns NEHAWU leader

Union vows to shut down government services, including SARS and SASSA

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Brief | 14 September 2020

Unions threaten total shutdown if no response in five days

NEHAWU is demanding a 7% increase

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Brief | 3 September 2020

Community healthcare workers sick of being paid “peanuts”

“We are faced with this pandemic but the Department is still reluctant to improve our working conditions”

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News | 18 August 2020

Marchers call for job security and a basic income grant

Picketers in PE mark 1 August as national day for working class action

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Brief | 3 August 2020

“I can’t even feed my children” says unemployed farmworker

Seasonal workers take farm owner to CCMA for “unfair dismissal and illegal eviction”

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News | 30 July 2020

Old age home staff protest after patient deaths

Staff refused to work after 11 of them tested positive for Covid-19 at a home in Uitenhage

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Brief | 7 July 2020

Unions accuse government of breaking promise to increases workers’ salaries

“Workers on duty during lockdown must be paid for risk or danger allowance,” says COSATU leader

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Brief | 6 July 2020

Police fire stun grenade at workers protesting in PE

Three people were arrested during the scuffle on Monday

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News | 29 June 2020

Covid-19: Workers at Kromberg & Schubert down tools

Employees demand factory cleaned and colleagues tested after worker tests positive for Covid-19

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Brief | 4 June 2020

Covid-19: Union accused of “storming” hospital, putting staff and patients at risk

NEHAWU concerned about safety protocols at Kirkwood psychiatric hospital

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News | 4 June 2020

“Our people cannot be treated like napkins”: public works programme challenged in court

Johannesburg Expanded Public Works Programme workers want to be made permanent

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News | 2 June 2020

Department of Labour ready to pay domestic workers’ compensation claims, court told

Constitutional Court hears argument on Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act

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News | 10 March 2020

Constitutional Court to rule on compensation for domestic workers

Court asked to declare legislation excluding domestic workers from Compensation Fund unconstitutional

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Law | 9 March 2020