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Budgeting for dignity and care work

What will it take for the national budget to truly reflect the lived realities of women in South Africa?

2 months ago

What does the national budget say about how the government values care work?

by LRS 2025 Budget / care work / decent work / feminist popular education / gender responsive budgeting / impact / informalisation / NSNP / Power Up! Initiative / public care work programmes / volunteer food handlers

Volunteer Food Handlers are gaining the tools to confront public budget decisions that devalue their work.

2 months ago

Reclaimers and street vendors should be treated as workers, not small businesses

by The Conversation decent work / informalisation / labour law / reclaimers

A labour lawyer argues that reclaimers and street vendors must have the right to negotiate fair conditions under labour law.

4 months ago

The true value of Volunteer Food Handlers

by Nelly Nyagah care work / decent work / informalisation / National School Nutrition Programme / volunteer food handlers / vulnerable work

Volunteer Food Handlers in Gauteng strengthened their campaign for decent work under the National School Nutrition Programme in 2024.

4 months ago

Informal mining is here to stay

by The Conversation climate and just transition / informalisation / international labour migration / mining sector / occupational health and safety / workers’ rights

Police brutality won’t end it. Here is what will.

Trade, Employment and Trade Unions in Africa

by LRS afCFTA / employment / gender mainstreaming / informalisation / social dialogue / trade liberalisation

Some policy options.

5 months ago

Policy Paper | Trade, Employment and Trade Unions in Africa

by Prince Asafu-Adjaye afCFTA / employment / gender mainstreaming / informalisation / social dialogue / trade liberalisation

Some policy options to help unions strengthen influence and shape trade and labour policies in Africa.

1 year ago

2023 Annual Report

by Trenton Elsely climate and just transition / collective bargaining and organising / corporate governance and ethical investment / future of work / gig economy / informalisation / technology for trade unions / trade and investment / Transforming unequal gender relations in the world of work

Look back on the highlights from the last year and get inspired by worker organisations changing the world of work for good.

1 year ago

Fact sheet on the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)

by LRS informalisation / National School Nutrition Programme / Power Up! / social protection / UIF benefits / UIF fact sheet / volunteer food handlers

Everything a Volunteer Food Handler should know about UIF benefits.

2 years ago

Access denied | A woman worker’s struggle for social protection

by Zanele Chakela care work / informalisation / Power Up! Initiative / precarious employment / volunteer food handlers

This video shows the stark realities of Elizabeth and Lehlohonolo, two working-class people who face an extraordinary challenge – access to their UIF benefits.

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What does the national budget say about how the government values care work?

Reclaimers and street vendors should be treated as workers, not small businesses

The true value of Volunteer Food Handlers

Informal mining is here to stay

2023 Annual Report

Access denied | A woman worker’s struggle for social protection

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