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3 years ago
What a 7.5% wage increase means for the lowest paid worker in the public sector
Public sector workers will continue to have a hard time making ends meet. The increase is only 0.5% above the current rate of inflation.
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3 years ago
Strengthening collective bargaining is essential to counter the tactics of big business
SACCAWU’s example shows how LRS member unions are getting better at using company information to win better outcomes for members.
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3 years ago
Mapping the legal exclusion of domestic workers from labour law in Africa
An analysis of gaps in the regulation of domestic work in South Africa, Malawi, Mauritius, Lesotho, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.
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3 years ago
Volunteer Food Handlers advocate to have their jobs made visible, recognised, valued and remunerated
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.
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4 years ago
Building a campaign to recognise and value the work of Volunteer Food Handlers
The workers who cook meals for millions of learners across the country are classified as volunteers and paid a stipend. Recruiting workers as volunteers has become another way of pushing women into unrecognised and low-paid work.
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4 years ago
Resource: Inflation Monitor | February 2023
A simplified version of the latest inflation data to support negotiators and the bargaining process of the trade union.
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4 years ago
Trade unions and Trade: The four main issues for unions in Tunisia in the AfCFTA era
Research and strategy support for the trade union movement to engage with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) agreement.
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4 years ago
Bargaining Benchmarks | March 2023
This report provides union negotiators with the benchmarks to enter bargaining processes as informed role players.
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4 years ago
AGREED: A database of collective agreements for bargaining and research purposes
You have signed the collective agreement. You have shared it with your constituency and filed it safely for future reference. What if you could benchmark the agreement against agreements in other unions or sectors? You can do this and more with the LRS Agreements Database (AGREED).
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4 years ago
A checklist for bargaining with companies
Trade union negotiators can prepare for negotiations by following these five steps for using company information.