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1 month 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.
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Fact sheet
by admin National School Nutrition Programme / social protection / UIF benefits / UIF fact sheet / volunteer food handlers / vulnerable work
Everything a Volunteer Food Handler should know about UIF benefits.
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6 months ago
Access denied | A woman worker’s struggle for social protection
by admin care work / impact / informalisation / Power Up! Initiative / precarious employment / volunteer food handlers
This video shows the stark realities of Elizabeth and Lehlohonolo, two working-class people who face an extraordinary challenge – access to their UIF benefits.
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7 months ago
VIDEO: A day in the life of Volunteer Food Handler
by admin care work / impact / precarious employment / volunteer food handlers / vulnerable workers
We learn about the issues facing the workers who prepare and serve meals to learners under the National School Nutrition Programme through the eyes of Khuli Gumede, a Volunteer Food Handler in Gauteng.
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1 year ago
Volunteer Food Handlers advocate to have their jobs made visible, recognised, valued and remunerated
by admin care work / informalisation / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! Initiative / precarious employment / volunteer food handlers
At a media conference on 29 March, food handlers spoke about their campaign for decent jobs for the more than 60,000 workers recruited by the National School Nutrition Programme to prepare and serve meals in schools countrywide.