NUMSA leads indefinite strike at South Africa’s leading cookware manufacturer
Set to enter its third day on August 6, the strike will continue indefinitely until the company concedes union rights, the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) maintains.
South African workers continue strike against retrenchments at Bidvest SACD’s Durban plant
Workers have been on strike for over 20 days in response to attempts by the company to retrench permanent employees and replace them with outsourced ones, NUMSA’s spokesperson Phakimile Hlubi Majola told Peoples Dispatch.
Proposed electricity tariff hikes in South Africa met with widespread opposition
Privatization, which is only increasing under the current Government of National Unity (GNU), has caused the rising electricity prices, according to NUMSA.
Workers picket the office of South Africa’s largest defense industry
Suffering a loss of real incomes over the last five years, members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) picketed the corporate office of South Africa’s largest defense industry, demanding wage hike and reinstatement of benefits.
United Textile Employees Union (UNITE) in Lesotho holds Elective Congress
The Congress brought together 52 delegates from all its regions to participate in this important process.
People’s movements across the world launch campaign of solidarity with Venezuela
Social and workers’ movements across the world have launched a campaign to stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people as they face a wave of attacks following the presidential elections.
This May Day, workers mobilized for Palestine
On International Workers’ Day, workers around the world continued to join hands with the student movement to stand with Palestine
Transport workers unions in Africa call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza
The Africa Regional Conference of the International Transport Workers’ Federation unanimously passed a motion authored by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to political support for Israel, and expressing solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
Unions in the US are breaking their silence on Palestine
Last week, the UAW became the largest union in the United States to call for a ceasefire, joining with other progressive unions
Pasar de la retórica a la acción para construir el socialismo
En el segundo dia de la III Conferencia Internacional Dilemas de la Humanidad, líderes discutieron los retos y las tareas principales para organizar la clase trabajadora
Moving from rhetoric to action to build socialism
On the second day of the III International Conference Dilemmas of Humanity, leaders discussed the key challenges and tasks to organize the working class.
“Socialism is not just a possibility, it is the only possibility”: left leaders gather in Johannesburg
The III International Dilemmas of Humanity will run from October 14 to 18 in Constitution Hill in Johannesburg
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
