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Our journey for decent work in the National School Nutrition Programme

Food Handlers organise to claim their rights.

11 months ago

Care work is currency

by Sheila Martins advocacy stories / care work / decent work / early childhood development practitioners / education sector / expanded public works programme / gender equality

Dignity, value, and rights must be at the heart of public care work.

11 months ago

My story of the pencil

by Sanah Seema advocacy stories / care work / decent work / early childhood development practitioners / education sector / expanded public works programme / gender equality

I want the school community and the Department of Basic Education to recognise and value my work as an Early Childhood Development Practitioner.

11 months ago

I am a Food Handler, and I deserve dignity and rights

by Sibongile Mashinini advocacy stories / care economy / decent work / education sector / extended public works programme / food handlers / informalisation / NSNP

Food Handlers advocating for decent work under the National School Nutrition Programme are not alone.

11 months ago

How Food Handlers have influenced my understanding of social innovation

by Nthakoana Maema care work / decent work / food handlers / Food sovereignty / LRS Colloquium / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / public care work programmes

What happens when policy meets lived experience? A reflection on the LRS Colloquium “Food in Schools is a Social Justice Issue.”

12 months ago

My journey as a care worker and the reality of Community Health Workers

by Salaama Abrahams advocacy stories / care work / community health workers / decent work / extended public works programme / health sector / public care work programmes

We demand justice, dignity, and recognition for the care work we provide. This is not too much to ask.

12 months ago

Care workers’ convergence: A festival of stories

by Nelly Nyagah care work / community health workers / decent work / early childhood development educators / extended public works programme / food handlers / informalisation / public care work programmes

Care workers in the Expanded Public Works Programme unite to share experiences, celebrate their work, and build a national platform for collective advocacy.

1 year ago

How Community Health Workers secured payment of delayed stipends

by Zanele Chakela care work / collective bargaining and organising / community health workers / decent work / public care work programmes / workers r

A feminist approach to mobilising, organising, and sustaining protest action.

1 year ago

The state of social dialogue in Africa – A trade union perspective

by Dr Hod Anyigba afCFTA / decent work / free trade agreements / regional integration / social dialogue / social justice / trade and industrial policy

AfCFTA member states must establish mechanisms for meaningful social dialogue and National Implementation Committees that include trade unions, women, youth, and informal economy actors.

1 year ago

Social dialogue in action: Organised labour influence on trade policy in South Africa

by Trenton Elsely afCFTA / decent work / inter-africa trade / labour and employment / labour provisions / social clause / social dialogue / trade and industrial policy

Riefdah Ajam, General Secretary of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA), discusses how unions, as an equal partner in South Africa’s formal social dialogue structure, NEDLAC, influence trade and investment policy and advocate for a social clause in the AfCFTA.

Tag: decent work

Our journey for decent work in the National School Nutrition Programme

Care work is currency

My story of the pencil

I am a Food Handler, and I deserve dignity and rights

How Food Handlers have influenced my understanding of social innovation

My journey as a care worker and the reality of Community Health Workers

Care workers’ convergence: A festival of stories

How Community Health Workers secured payment of delayed stipends

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