Category: Articles

3 years ago

How to improve your power at the bargaining table and win favourable agreements

The process of negotiations forms the central part of collective bargaining. Here are the essential steps to follow.

3 years ago

Eight ways to build coalitions and make solidarity work in trade unions

by LRS alliances and coalitions / Negotiator's Guide / popular education / trade union solidarity

Diverse coalitions hold great potential to further collective bargaining in a changing workplace. Learn the strategies for building successful alliances.

3 years ago

National minimum wage: Domestic workers reached equalisation. Now what?

by Nelly Nyagah AWARD database / domestic workers / minimum wages / national minimum wage campaign / wages

This month domestic workers earned the national minimum wage after a long struggle for equalisation. “What we now need is enough follow-through,” says Pinky Mashiane, Founder and United Domestic Workers of South Africa. Read more…

3 years ago

How to build a wage demand and calculate percentages and money amounts

by LRS collective bargaining support / inflation / negotiate / Negotiator's Guide / wage bargaining / wages

This wage bargaining guide is for negotiators in all kinds of bargaining environments.

3 years ago

11 steps you should take to prepare for wage bargaining

by LRS collective bargaining support / negotiate / Negotiator's Guide / wage bargaining / wages

There are certain key steps to take when preparing for wage bargaining. From gathering information to developing positions to take into negotiations, learn how the effective negotiator approaches wage bargaining.

3 years ago

Recruitment vs. Organising: What’s the difference?

by LRS collective bargaining support / Negotiator's Guide / organising / recruitment / shop stewards

The difference between recruitment and organising comes down to what a worker is likely to think about, feel and do. Learn more about the differences.

3 years ago

MNC Trends Report | 2021

by Dr Salomé Teuteberg bargain / directors’ fees / MNC sector reports / MNC trends report / South African multinational companies / transforming corporate governance

Trade unions use our company research to improve their strategies for bargaining, alliance building and campaigns. The 2021 Multinational Corporations (MNC) Trends report attempts to make sense of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in twelve key sectors of the economy.

3 years ago

The Negotiator’s Guide – A guide to negotiating in a changing workplace

by LRS bargain / collective bargaining / future of work / gender equality / labour market / negotiate / Negotiator's Guide / organise / trade union negotiators

The LRS Negotiator’s Guide provides strategies to inspire, organise and represent workers.

3 years ago

Trade union bargaining strategies in South African multinational companies: Sector and company performance

by Dr Salomé Teuteberg bargain / directors’ fees / MNC sector reports / South African multinational companies / transforming corporate governance

Our analysis of the revenue, profits and executive pay in JSE-listed companies provides trade unions with information to improve their strategies for bargaining, alliance building and campaigns.

3 years ago