On Current Strikes
The current strike season reveals a serious shortcoming within the trade union movement, be it the unions aligned to the ANC or the independent trade union movement. This is the Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Worker Struggles
Striking Platinum Workers Speak Out
In a meeting at the University of the Western Cape (29 May), organised by the Western Cape Democratic Left Front, three striking migrant workers of the Association of Mineworkers and Continue Reading →
CSAAWU Condemns Attempts to Break Mineworkers Strike
Statement by the Commercial Stevedoring Agricultural & Allied Workers Union The platinum mineworkers strike is now the longest strike in the history of the mining industry and the demand for Continue Reading →
WESTERN CAPE FARM WORKERS TAKE A STAND
The strike action by farm workers in the Western Cape has signalled that they are no longer prepared to live under the intolerable conditions which has been their daily lot, Continue Reading →
Marikana – The Struggle Continues
The victory of the Lonmin mine workers, after the brutal Marikana massacre, has sparked widespread unrest in the mining sector. Thousands of workers are now out on militant strikes in Continue Reading →