Category: Projects

Trade Unions and Trade

Working together to strengthen the capacity of the trade union movement in Africa to engage on matters relating to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

2 years ago

Creating safe and inclusive trade unions and workplaces free of homophobia

by admin gender equality / homophobia / ILO Convention 190 / LGBTI workers rights

What will it take to build LGBT inclusive workplaces in South Africa? We support the efforts of trade unions to build inclusive and safe workplaces where LGBTI workers feel free to claim their rights.

4 years ago

Ending gender-based violence in the health sector

by admin collective impact initiative / gender action learning / gender based violence / gender equality / meadowlands clinic pilot project

We support the efforts of trade unions in the health sector to end gender-based violence in the health system.

4 years ago

Value chain analysis as a tool for renewing trade union bargaining and organising strategies

Value chains capacity building

by admin bargain / negotiate / organise / peer learning process / shop steward alliance support / South African multinational companies / transforming corporate governance

We supported trade unions in ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa to renew their bargaining and organising strategies for tackling inequality in global value chains.

4 years ago

decent standard measure for South Africa

Decent Standard of Living

by admin collective bargaining support / decent standard of living / decent standard of living index / living wage

What does a decent life look like? The Decent Standard of Living Project attempts to derive an understanding of what constitutes a broadly acceptable living level that should be used to reflect a basic living level in South Africa.

4 years ago

Working together with communities to end gender-based violence

by admin collective impact initiative / gender action learning / gender based violence / gender equality / Letsema

We support the struggle by activists to create zero percent Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in communities in South Africa.

4 years ago

strategies for ending violence in schools in Africa

Working with teacher unions to end school-related gender-based violence

by admin education sector / gender based violence / gender equality / peer learning process / school related gender based violence

What will it take to support education unions to end school-related gender-based violence? Labour Research Service supports the struggle by trade unions to end school-related gender-based violence in Africa.

4 years ago

Multinational Corporations Database

by admin MNC trends report / South African multinational companies / transforming corporate governance

The South African Multinational Corporations (MNC) Database holds unique financial, operational and governance information relating to South African multinational companies operating in Africa.

4 years ago