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DENOSA congress to address healthcare crisis 2025-01-08 [AlgoaFM]

Patients to be moved from Cofimvaba Hospital as nurses down tools 2024-11-26 [GroundUp]

NUM regional women structure condemns barbaric killing of Nkosi Mtirara and rape of six learners 2024-10-30 [NUM]

COSATU supports recent flood victims in province 2024-10-23 [COSATU]

Provincial overnment ordered to revive abandoned youth employment skills programme 2024-10-22 [Daily Maverick]

SAFTU on swift action by provincial government against an alleged perpetrator of sexual harasment 2024-10-17 [SAFTU]

Nelson Mandela Bay municipal labour dispute to affect electricity supply 2024-10-05 [HeraldLIVE]

COSATU welcomes deployment of specialist skills to probe mass shooting 2024-10-02 [COSATU]

Damelin College found breaking labour laws in East London campus closure 2024-09-27 [Elitsha]

SADTU statement on brutal assassination of school principal at school in Kwa Bhaca 2024-09-03 [COSATU]

Striking Makana Municipality workers have their say 2024-08-31 [Groucott's Mail]

COSATU alarmed by high levels of crime in province 2024-08-28 [COSATU]

Doctor hijacked at hospital 2024-07-30 [Sunday World]

Popcru elects provincial leaders 2024-07-30 [The Star]

GQ intern doctor ‘held at gun point, robbed’ 2024-07-28 [Algoa FM]

Under-fire Livingstone Hospital now runs out of soap, claim staff 2024-07-18 [Juta Medical Brief]

DENOSA congratulates new 463 graduates from Lilitha Nursing College 2024-07-13 [COSATU]

SADTU statement on outcomes of Provincial General Council and appointment of MEC for Education 2024-06-26 [SADTU]

COSATU condemns senseless killing of a toddler allegedly by mother’s boyfriend 2024-06-24 [COSATU]

Hospital without hostesses sees management deliver food to patients in wards 2024-06-14 [Health-e News]

COSATU pledges support and solidarity to flood victims 2024-06-06 [COSATU]

Traffic department that hasn’t issued a ticket for years 2024-05-16 [GroundUp]

COSATU saddened by collapse of Ngcobo building wall 2024-05-15 [COSATU]

SAFTU holds shopsteward council to celebrate of Workers’ Day 2024-05-01 [SABC]

Shop steward shot dead: NUMSA mourns passing of Thembinkosi Mdoda 2024-04-21 [The Bulrushes]

COSATU welcomes Volkswagen’s R4 billion investments in its Kariega assembly plant 2024-04-19 [COSATU]

Health workers march in Gqeberha to demand permanent jobs 2024-04-13 [GroundUp]

131 schools in Nelson Mandela Bay robbed, mostly at gunpoint, in five months 2024-04-11 [GroundUp]

Medical workers protest against attacks on them 2024-04-11 [GroundUp]

NEHAWU statement on ongoing mayhem at University of Fort Hare 2024-04-03 [COSATU]

Hundreds of security guards sent home without wages after health department fails to pay contractors 2024-03-28 [GroundUp]

“Cleaning and greening” workers dump rubbish on City Hall doorsteps in Gqeberha 2024-03-22 [GroundUp]

Police union outraged after wife escapes jail time after murdering her cop husband 2024-03-17 [Daily News]

NEHAWU signs settlement agreement with Nelson Mandela University ending strike action 2024-03-14 [COSATU]

Nelson Mandela University workers march for higher salaries 2024-03-13 [GroundUp]

Community health workers march in East London 2024-03-12 [GroundUp]

Health department fails to pay security contractor, leaving guards without salaries 2024-03-08 [GroundUp]

Five months without pay for deaf and hearing employees at Special School 2024-03-07 [SADTU]

COSATU welcomes Premier's State of the Province Address 2024-02-26 [COSATU]

NEHAWU-affiliated workers at NMU embark on strike 2024-02-26 [SABC]

Nurses strike over unpaid overtime 2024-02-22 [Juta Medical Brief]

Hospital guards in limbo as health department fails to pay security company 2024-02-06 [GroundUp]

NUM mourn deaths of its regional leaders who were brutally shot and killed 2024-01-16 [NUM]

COSATU mourns death of NUM’s Regional Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson 2024-01-16 [COSATU]

Staff refuse to work at clinic after fence stolen 2024-01-13 [GroundUp]

COSATU condemns killing of Comrade Thembile Luvela and shooting of Comrade Kayise Tom 2024-01-12 [COSATU]

COSATU mourns death of celebrated artist, Zahara 2023-12-13 [COSATU]

The informal brick makers of Dordrecht 2023-12-07 [GroundUp]

Implats disaster another mining tragedy for people of Eastern Cape and Lesotho 2023-12-07 [Daily Maverick]

Statement on killing of teachers in Lusikisiki 2023-11-15 [SADTU]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

8-01-1912 The African National Congress is founded in Bloemfontein [more]

9-01-1973 A strike wave begins in Durban when 2000 black brickworkers walk off the job and win a doubling of their wages [more]

11-01-1973 Strike at tea packaging factory, TW Becket & Co. Despite police intervention and threats of dismissal, 100 out of 150 Black employees continue to strike. On January 25, they obtained the requested raise and reinstatement. [more]

23-01-1982 Formula1 Grand Prix drivers went on strike and barricaded themselves in doors in protest against new "super licence" conditions. They were fined but they won and the new licences were withdrawn. [more]