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Implementing C190: Lessons from South Africa on ending violence in the world of work
A conversation with Nosipho Twala, Gender Equality Educator and Researcher at Labour Research Service.
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A conversation with Nosipho Twala, Gender Equality Educator and Researcher at Labour Research Service.
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Six actions that unions can take to build and improve their strategies for ending gender-based violence in their contexts.
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Trade unions have the power to develop and adopt plans to save jobs. Here are some strategies for unionists to consider.
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Some basic recruiting strategies for organisers that want to bring women workers in the informal into the trade union.
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Domestic workers’ organisations have ramped up advocacy for access to UIF and COIDA so that all workers are covered for future crises.
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August is women’s month in South Africa, a time when gender equality and women’s empowerment take centre stage. The Labour Research Service stands with worker organisations that work tirelessly to advance women’s right to decent work.
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More action is needed to achieve equity, equality, non-discrimination and women empowerment in trade agreements. Here are five trade union demands for mainstreaming gender in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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Strategies that trade unions can adapt to be more influential in shaping and responding to the future of work.
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An introduction to The LRS Negotiator’s Guide | A video presentation of the leading ideas from each of the chapters of the Guide.
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Here is the experience of Joan Aja, Gender and Resource Mobilisation Officer at Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU).
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In November, workers at Israeli-owned dairy company, Clover, went on a prolonged strike. In this video, Cynthia Joyce, National Sector Organiser at the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU), notes four key lessons for worker organisations negotiating with foreign companies.
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The Labour Research Service presented the first of a series of webinars on The Negotiators’ Guide to shop stewards, organisers and negotiators. View the webinar recording and resources.
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16 examples of challenges that negotiators might encounter.
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Digital technologies are reshaping the structure of the labour market and conditions of work. We can allow capital to do what it wants. Or we can start imagining a world where we set the parameters for what technology should be.
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Seven steps to ensure decent work in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).
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An essential resource for trade union negotiators and activists.
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Understanding retrenchment law is a base upon which worker leaders can build strategies for saving jobs and supporting workers when retrenchments are unavoidable.
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Trade unions are not powerless when it comes to influencing the future of work and shaping the reality of work.
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Trade unions can intervene and try to tackle problems in companies before a Section 189 notice is issued.
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A trade union checklist if retrenchments seem unavoidable.
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Collective bargaining can promote equity in the workplace and address the entrenched misconceptions about the role of women workers. Here’s how the trade union negotiator should approach the equity bargaining process.
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A just transition involves climate action that provides decent jobs and less hardship for workers and their communities.
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The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement does not include labour provisions or references to the creation of decent work. Here’s how trade unions can argue for inclusion.
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SACCAWU shop steward, Bongani Mkhize (35), has tips for organising and involving young workers in trade unions.