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SAFTU congratulates SAPS on major blows against drug manufacturing 2026-10-19 [SAFTU]

Capitalism rewards CEOs with bonuses while workers are denied their share 2026-10-19 [SAFTU]

Capitalism rewards CEOs with bonuses while workers are denied their share 2026-10-19 [SAFTU]

Cosatu pushes two-pot retirement reform, tax relief and higher wages for workers 2026-10-18 [SW]

Farmworkers rally against rising evictions and housing insecurity 2026-10-17 [Food for Mzansi]

Martlé Keyter Secures Second Term as FEDUSA Deputy President in Landmark Congress 2026-10-17 [Central News]

SACP Congratulates Cosatu on Historic Congress as Women Secure Majority in National Leadership 2026-10-15 [Central News]

Women take charge as Zingiswa Losi becomes Cosatu general secretary 2026-10-15 [Scrolla]

SACP's message to 15th National Congress of COSATU 2026-10-14 [Politicsweb]

R30 a litre is a declaration of war on working-class survival 2026-10-11 [SAFTU]

COSATU warmly congratulates Justice Navi Pillay on her well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize 2026-10-11 [COSATU]

ITUC welcomes Nobel Peace Prize for Navi Pillay 2026-10-11 [ITUC]

Farm workers march in Cape Town for public land to be released for housing 2026-10-09 [Ground Up]

COSATU's congress: A turning point for workers' futures 2026-10-09 [IOL]

Nehawu leadership elections challenged in Labour Court 2026-10-07 [The Sunday World]

COSATU stages nationwide protests over jobs and wages 2026-10-07 [Jacaranda FM]

MIWUSA Engages the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Johannesburg For more info 2026-10-02 [The Labour Pulse]

‘A divided Cosatu’ and collapsed congress ‘reflects badly’ on leadership, says Phetoe 2026-09-25 [News 24]

Education International mourns the passing of Piliswa Maqokolo 2026-09-19 [EI]

Why COSATU’s congress collapsed 2026-09-17 [Ground Up]

NUM threatens to block Cosatu congress amid Mike Shingange suspension 2026-09-14 [The Sunday World]

Court blocks planned bus driver strike 2026-09-10 [Ground Up]

Sugar workers end four-week strike 2026-09-09 [Ground Up]

Victory for Kannaland unicipal workers 2026-08-21 [SAMWU]

Ramaphosa’s government-business partnership is a full-blown class assault on workers and the poor 2026-08-30 [SAFTU]

COSATU urges the Department of Employment and Labour and National Treasury to expedite the recruitment of the pledged 10 000 labour inspectors 2026-08-30 [COSATU]

“Are we worthy of her?” Cosatu President challenges trade unions at Emma Mashinini Public Lecture 2026-08-27 [UJ News]

Num youth structure adopts resolute programme of action to defend jobs, reject energy privatization, and end worker exploitation 2026-08-26 [NUM]

COSATU stands firmly with NUM in defence of Eskom and workers’ jobs 2026-08-19 [COSATU]

UASA to embark on protected strike in sugar industry 2026-08-15 [Engineering News]

SAMA warns of pressure on health system as diabetes now SA's leading natural cause of death 2026-08-14 [Jacaranda FM]

Court victory stops Ekapa Minerals liquidation 2026-08-14 [IndustriALL]

When freedom failed the mineworkers 2026-08-14 [Mail & Guardian]

Nearly half of SA’s young people are not working or in training 2026-08-14 [GroundUp]

SAFTU on Nkaneng mire tragedy: illegal mining is a deadly consequence of abandonment, unemployment and failure of extractivist mining model: 2026-08-14 [SAFTU]

COSATU urges Parliament to expedite passage of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting Terrorism Financing) Bill 2026-08-12 [COSATU]

NUM lines up strikes and court battle over Eskom restructuring 2026-08-12 [Business Day]

Unemployment rate expected to rise again as jobs crisis deepens 2026-08-12 [Business Day]

ICTU slams SACTWU over 'selective activism' and urges protection of media jobs 2026-08-12 [IOL]

NUMSA strike forces First Battery to review retrenchments 2026-08-10 [IndustriALL]

GIWUSA con­demns planned eNCA job cuts 2026-08-10 [SUnday Independent]

Community protests against Premier Foods' proposed closure of Tulbagh facility 2026-08-10 [Independent on Saturday]

NUMSA wins bid to block liquidation of diamond mine 2026-08-08 [GroundUp]

SACTWU on ConCourt's rejection of Sekunjalo's application for leave to appeal 2026-08-08 [Politicsweb/SACTWU]

GIWUSA condemns eNCA retrenchment plan, accuses eMedia of prioritising profits over workers 2026-08-08 [Newsnote]

Pick n Pay in trouble 2026-08-08 [Newsday]

NAPTOSA condemns calls to target schools over foreign national teachers 2026-08-08 [Voice of the Cape]

AMCU's Mathunjwa demands criminal charges after fatal gas leak at Implats Rustenburg 2026-08-08 [Briefly News]

SAFTU & FAWU: Vavi to join Heineken workers’ strike at Sedibeng Brewery 2026-08-08 [Central News]

Workers at Boxer shops deserve fair treatment, safe working conditions and equal benefits 2026-08-07 [COSATU]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

23-10-1913 With 5,000 Indian workers on strike in North Natal, Gandhi publicly declares his intention to pull strikers out of the mines and seek a mass arrest, if necessary by illegally crossing the Transvaal border. [more]

25-10-1913 Gandhi meets with coal mine owners and other employers of Indian workers at the Durban Chamber of Commerce and explains the strike is the result of the government’s refusal to abolish the £ 3 tax. [more]

30-10-1978 A strike at Eveready, a British manufacturer of automotive batteries, becomes the first legal strike in 20 years. Several workers are made redundant when they refuse to return to work. [more]