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Workers Forum visited firms in Ekurhuleni that employ non–South Africans to demand job opportunities for locals. A security company dominated by Afrikaners blocked our delegation with stun grenades and moved between firms warning them not to open their gates. We condemn the rampant racism at Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and call for urgent intervention.
The Labour Court has confirmed that the employer failed to follow Section 189A. Workers will return to work on Monday.
Workers Forum has rejected the employer's final offer of 4.5%. A national strike ballot opens in all nine provincial offices this week.
Tens of thousands of workers gathered in cities across South Africa to mark International Workers' Day under the banner 'One Worker, One Voice'.
Workers Forum's Limpopo office has launched a 12-week political education programme for newly elected shop stewards.
Workers Forum is organising domestic workers across South Africa to demand recognition, fair wages and protection under the BCEA.
Dozens of domestic workers signed up at our recent Pretoria recruitment drive — uniting their voice with the national movement.
We honour the textile workers of Consolidated Textile Mill, Jacobs, whose courage in February 1973 lit the spark for South Africa's modern trade union movement.
