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A framework for negotiating conditions at work, no matter where the workplace is located, no matter what the status of workers, and no matter how unorganised workers are.
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This month domestic workers earned the national minimum wage after a long struggle for equalisation. “What we now need is enough follow-through,” says Pinky Mashiane, Founder and United Domestic Workers of South Africa. Read more…
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This wage bargaining guide is for negotiators in all kinds of bargaining environments.
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There are certain key steps to take when preparing for wage bargaining. From gathering information to developing positions to take into negotiations, learn how the effective negotiator approaches wage bargaining.
An in-depth guide that shows you how to build a wage, the different approaches to dealing with inflation, simple formulas for calculating percentages and money amounts, and how to communicate with workers.
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Five bargaining benchmarks every trade union negotiator should know. The benchmarks will help you to enter bargaining processes as an informed role player.
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Our series of benchmarks will help trade union negotiators to enter into bargaining processes as informed role players.
The headline annual inflation rate was 4.9% in June 2021, compared with 5.2% in May 2021.
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Despite the state of the economy and the Covid-19 health crisis, unions have managed to negotiate above-inflation wage increases.
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The LRS trade union collective bargaining strategy input looks at the minimum wage and settlement trends; the impact of Covid-19 on the economy and collective bargaining; the 2021 bargaining round; and bargaining for the future.
Our trade union collective bargaining strategy input for 2021 looks at the minimum wage and settlement trends; the impact of Covid-19 on the economy and collective bargaining; the 2021 bargaining round; and bargaining for the future.
A guide to finding out who is covered by bargaining council agreements, sectoral determinations and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
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A shop steward’s guide to finding out who is covered by bargaining council agreements, sectoral determinations and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
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Our new wage calculator will tell you how much a percentage increase is an amount of money and help you understand the effect of inflation on the wage increase.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
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Our series of benchmarks will help trade union negotiators to enter into bargaining processes as informed role players.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
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This one goes out to the trade unionists and anyone else who understands that what few gains the working class have made, they have made through struggle.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
The highest percentage increase on actual wages in Q1 of 2020 was recorded in the construction sector, at 10%.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
Trade unions negotiated above-inflation wage increases and raised the minimum wage floor across industries over the 2017/2018 period.
The highest percentage increase on actual wages in Q3 of 2019 was recorded in the mining, quarrying, financing, insurance, real estate and business services industries, at 9%.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
The highest median wage settlements in the second quarter of 2019 was found in the Community, Social & Personal Services and Mining & Quarrying industries, at 8%.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
The highest percentage increase on actual wages in Q3 of 2018 was recorded in mining and quarrying industries, at 8%.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
The highest percentage increase on actual wages in Q3 of 2018 was recorded in mining and quarrying industries, at 9%.
The highest percentage increase on actual wages in Q2 of 2018 was recorded in the manufacturing industry, at 8%.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
The highest percentage increase on actual wages in Q1 of 2018 was recorded in the transport, storage and communication industries, at 10%.
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