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A Labour of Love podcast | Crossing Threads: How African trade unions are shaping the AfCFTA

Behind the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement lies a fundamental question: how can trade serve the people who power it?

3 months ago

Trade unions gear up for AfCFTA first review

by Nelly Nyagah AfCFTA Protocols / AfCFTA review / decent work agenda / ETUC / international labour migration / labour provisions / social dialogue

Unions reflect on past negotiations and their trade positioning as the AfCFTA approaches its first review.

5 months ago

How cross-border trade can thrive under the AfCFTA

by Nelly Nyagah afCFTA / gender mainstreaming / informal cross-border trade / informal economy workers / labour migration / organising / social dialogue

Informal worker and leader Anthony Kwache discusses what it will take to ensure fair cross-border trade.

5 months ago

The meaning of ‘Climate Change’, ‘COP28’, and ‘Just Transition’

by Dr Salomé Teuteberg climate change / COP28 / green collective bargaining / just transition / social dialogue / sustainable development

Key terms you need to know in trade union advocacy on a greener future that protects workers.

6 months ago

Trade unions negotiating international trade

by Nelly Nyagah afCFTA / collective bargaining / decent work / Free trade agreement / regional integration / social dialogue / trade and investment / trade unions in trade

The story of our work on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) so far.

6 months ago

What can trade unions do about Africa’s growing sovereign debt crisis?

by Dr Hod Anyigba Bretton woods institutions / collective bargaining / economic crisis / inequality / social dialogue / sovereign debt.

A call to advocate for global financial system reforms to help African countries meet debt obligations.

9 months ago

Five trade union demands for the AfCFTA

by Trenton Elsely afCFTA / cross-border trade / decent work agenda / labour provisions / regional integration / regional value chains / social dialogue / women in trade

We the affiliates of the ITUC-Africa understand the possibility of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area. These are our demands.

5 years ago

Covid-19 is locking down livelihoods

by Trenton Elsely collective bargaining support / Coronavirus / covid-19 / precarious employment / social dialogue / vulnerable workers

Support working class families in South Africa through the covid-19 pandemic.

5 years ago

Applying a Decent Standard of Living (DSL) measure towards a coherent policy design

by LRS collective bargaining support / decent standard of living / decent standard of living measure / living wage / social dialogue

In the context of policy making in South Africa, it is easy to lose the big picture of the direction in which the country hopes to move. We unpack some of the policy implications for the DSL.

5 years ago

Where does the DSL come from?

by LRS collective bargaining support / decent standard of living / living wage / social dialogue

We now have a socially derived definition of a decent standard of living (DSL) in South Africa. The DSL was developed using simple steps that included what ordinary people thought.

5 years ago

A life without struggle in South Africa is achievable

by Trenton Elsely collective bargaining support / decent standard of living / living wage / social dialogue / social protection

In among all the numbers, we have lost sight of dignity, and our value and worth as human beings. So how do we bring dignity back into the equation?

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