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Inflation report for trade union negotiators
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Advancing inclusion in the world of work through intersectional analysis
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Leading and mobilising workers in a prolonged strike: Lessons from Kenya’s medical union
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What’s really happening in the economy?
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Strengthening transformative women’s leadership development in the labour movement
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Key benchmarks for effective bargaining
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What qualities should you look for in a shop steward?
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Industry wage settlements | Q1 2024
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What to do if you are sexually harassed at the workplace
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Power cuts have hit the labour market hard
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What is an employment contract?
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[LRS Podcast] Power and Politics: Navigating South Africa’s Electoral Landscape
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Inflation slows for the second month in April
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Valuing care work: What are the prospects for women in the National School Nutrition Programme?
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Managing retrenchments: How to negotiate workers’ rights
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Can minimum wages help reduce poverty under low compliance?
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Wage bargaining: Insights from NUMSA’s approach
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Reclaimers play a key role in the fight against plastic pollution
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Negotiating fairness, equity, and dignity in the workplace
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The information required to prepare for wage bargaining and where to find it
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Five trade union demands for the AfCFTA
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Victory for retail union in Malawi negotiating parental rights
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What workers know, think, and feel about the AfCFTA
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Wage bargaining outcomes in 2023
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Fact sheet on the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)
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Access Granted – Volunteer Food Handlers secure UIF benefits in a successful campaign
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The basic benchmarks a negotiator needs for the bargaining process
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Gig work in South Africa: Key insights and prospects for organising
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Actions we can take to stop GBVH in garment factories and clothing retail stores
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Is it time to rethink how we approach collective bargaining?
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Debunking some big and small myths about the national minimum wage
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Five essential resources for union negotiators
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How to build a compelling advocacy campaign for a just transition in the energy sector
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Why empowered workers are vital for reaping the full benefits of AI
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Bargaining Benchmarks | December 2023
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A resource for trade union educators to inspire confidence and inclusivity in learning spaces
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Whose job will AI replace?
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Using the power of coalitions in trade union bargaining and advocacy
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“All parents of whatever stripe”: LRS as amicus curiae in a landmark equal parental leave rights case
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Access denied | A woman worker’s struggle for social protection
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Equipping young women in the world of work
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Exploring the experiences of migrant male domestic workers in South Africa
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Trade unions and the new economy: How workers are recasting their power in the digital age
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Informal economy workers in Ghana share their expectations of the AfCFTA
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Trade union inclusion strategies that create meaningful change
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Building an AfCFTA trade union campaign in Nigeria
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Creating a world of work free of gender-based violence
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VIDEO: A day in the life of Volunteer Food Handler
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Bargaining Benchmarks | September 2023
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Labour laws every shop steward should know and use to represent workers
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Understanding value chains: A guide for shop stewards
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Annual Report for 2022-23
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How parental social protection falls short for mothers
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Women’s human rights in the informal sector
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A trade union checklist for analysing trade agreements
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VIDEO: Casual workers organise to claim their rights
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Bargaining with South African multinationals | The LRS Pick n Pay Company Report 2023
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How to approach the equity bargaining process
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Healthcare workers are at risk in a society that does not value the work of caring
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Walking Alongside: A practice to transform unequal power relations
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How public sector trade unions can address GBV
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Injured at work: How this trade unionist overcame adversity
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Using the law to support bargaining strategies: Which labour laws for which problem?
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Resources for facilitators and trainers
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Trade union action on labour migration for Africa’s development
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Tackling the huge pay gap in the public sector
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Automation, data mining and the future of retail jobs
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A Guide to the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Goods
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Framing a just transition for trade unions in Africa
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RESOURCE: The Real Economy Bulletin | Q1 2023
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Thinking about labour provisions and the AfCFTA
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RESOURCE: Bargaining Benchmarks | June 2023
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Negotiating inclusivity: The experience of a queer workers’ representative
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Six trade union responses to the impact of the AfCFTA in Namibia
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Using feminist pedagogy to transform a university trade union
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Four reasons to use the LRS Agreements Database
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Gender equality: What it is and how to achieve it
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How trade unions can support Education Support Personnel
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A review of minimum wages and conditions at work
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What is the principle behind a condition at work?
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Resource: Inflation Monitor | March 2023
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What a 7.5% wage increase means for the lowest paid worker in the public sector
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Strengthening collective bargaining is essential to counter the tactics of big business
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Mapping the legal exclusion of domestic workers from labour law in Africa
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Volunteer Food Handlers advocate to have their jobs made visible, recognised, valued and remunerated
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Building a campaign to recognise and value the work of Volunteer Food Handlers
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Resource: Inflation Monitor | February 2023
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Trade unions and Trade: The four main issues for unions in Tunisia in the AfCFTA era
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Bargaining Benchmarks | March 2023
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AGREED: A database of collective agreements for bargaining and research purposes
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A checklist for bargaining with companies
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Wage Bargaining Review | 2023
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How relief grants can be used to help young people into jobs
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Trade unions negotiating on environmental issues in the world of work
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Retail sector and company performance report | 2022
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Time for transparency on executive pay in South Africa
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Trade unions and Trade: The possible effects of the AfCFTA on workers in Chad
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How trade unions can support volunteer food handlers
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