The Negotiator's Guide
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3 days ago
What workers know, think, and feel about the AfCFTA
by ALREI afCFTA / collective bargaining / economic development / gender equality / informal economy / job displacement / sustainable development goals / trade barriers
A recent study recommends actions trade unions can take to engage workers in decent work campaigns under the African Continental Free Trade Area.
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1 week ago
Wage bargaining outcomes in 2023
by George Mthethwa Actual Wage Rates Database / collective bargaining agreements / wage bargaining / wage bargaining review
Wage analysis for industries and unions, covering 576 collective agreements and over two million workers earning the minimum entry-level wage or the lowest wage in the bargaining unit.
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2 weeks ago
Fact sheet on the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)
by admin informalisation / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / social protection / UIF benefits / UIF fact sheet / volunteer food handlers
Everything a Volunteer Food Handler should know about UIF benefits.
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2 weeks ago
Access Granted – Volunteer Food Handlers secure UIF benefits in a successful campaign
by admin care work / National School Nutrition Programme / social protection / volunteer food handlers / vulnerable work / women organising strategies
A group of Volunteer Food Handlers in Gauteng demanded that schools and the labour department ensure timely access to their UIF benefits.
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3 weeks ago
The basic benchmarks a negotiator needs for the bargaining process
by George Mthethwa GDP / inflation / labour relations / unemployment rate / wage bargaining / wages
View the latest LRS Bargaining Benchmarks report.
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Trade unions in the AfCFTA
“A continental free trade agreement requires a continental free trade union movement on the continent.”
Trade unions in the AfCFTA
A continental free trade agreement requires a continental free trade union movement on the continent.