Workers' Day

Workers' Day is observed in South Africa on 1 May. It is also referred to as Labour Day in other parts of the world. Here's why.

The Suppression of Communism Act forced activists to go underground. The Alliance consisted of: We’ll have to dig deeper into the history archives for this one. Mann criticised the South African Labour Party for its treatment of African workers and called on the white labour movement to organise among Africans in the labour force. 1 May is celebrated as Workers’ Day in South Africa. It is also referred to as May Day and Labour Day in other parts of the world. Workers’ Day and Labour Day in South Africa

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The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union (YNITU) believe South Africans have nothing reason to ...

“The nursing profession is endangered. We have lost all hope and unfortunately, the new generation, which is coming, is also not inspired to join the profession. “The Black and African working class are languishing in crippling poverty, in poorly developed townships and informal settlements all over the country.

The 2022 May Day celebration will go down in history as one that requires a consequential departure from patronage by worker unions.

In his address to professionals in Gauteng in October 2021, former president Thabo Mbeki made an emphatic statement to SA that the ANC-led alliance is too big and important for our democracy's stability to fail. In respect of the plight of workers, this has been punishingly compromised as workers' leaders campaign to be on one slate or another. Relentless pursuit of this anti-corruption posture independent of a social justice-based transformation programme has now shaped the governing alliance renewal and rebuilding programme to be tradable with how anti-corruption is supported. The sheer number of jobs lost in Prasa and Transnet is enough for a campaign. In fact, bureaucrats are the mind, and in several ways the machinery, of the state. This can only mean that politics were slowly becoming an economy and private sector investment had been shrinking commensurate with the growth of the public sector.

The ANC, an erstwhile ally of workers has morphed into the worst acolytes of a discredited neo-liberal capitalist system, whose only response to high levels ...

Such a demand is in line with the 1998 Government White Paper and it is in the best interest of job security for workers at Eskom. It also ensures the long-term sustainability of the power utility. There are those who claim that the financial cost of saving Eskom is too high, but surely the cost of violent unrest and political instability is far higher. The false narrative that the wage bill is to blame for Eskom’s financial problems, is just that. Numsa demands that a considered approach be taken before coal power stations which are the lifeblood of the economy of the Mpumalanga province, are arbitrarily shut down. It seeks to profit and as long as that is the primary motive, this can never be a sustainable solution to reducing carbon emissions. The ILO calls for a ‘human-centred approach’, one where the livelihoods of workers and communities are not negatively affected. When Eskom was making an application for a tariff increase of 20.5% in January 2022 to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, it justified the request on the basis that the cost of procuring energy from Independent Power Producers (IPP’s) and the carbon tax were driving the tariff increase. When Numsa went to the high court to prevent the signing on of 27 Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer projects in 2018, we were severely criticised. Numsa does not hold any hope for any accountability because the factional politics of the ANC have made it well-nigh impossible to scrutinise certain ministers whose misrule has resulted in untold suffering for workers and their families. This has also given rise to the unfortunate scapegoating of all foreign nationals as being responsible for criminality. This makes it particularly unsafe for women to walk to and from their places of work. Through its numerous failures, the ANC and its business friends (with whom, and on whose behalf, it governs), have extracted more than a pound of flesh from workers and their families.

Citizens and trade unions in cities around Europe were taking to the streets on Sunday for May Day marches, and put out protest messages to their ...

Le Pen was defeated by Macron in the runoff of the presidential election, and plans to campaign to keep her seat as a lawmaker. There is a third round, the legislative elections,” said Jordan Bardella, “and it would be unbelievable to leave full power to Emmanuel Macron.” In Italy, after a two-year pandemic lull, an outdoor mega-concert was set for Rome with rallies and protests in cities across the country.

Unions also say some employers are reluctant to let employees join unions. Unions cite many reasons for workers not belonging to unions. Cosatu Secretary in ...

The workers are still fearful of a trade union. Budget cuts have serious effects on the ability of government to deliver.” Cosatu Secretary in North West Kopano Konopi says, “There is still victimisation in a number of sectors when a worker join a trade union, employer are not hesitant to fire employees who are members of a trade union.

DA leader John Steenhuisen says South Africans' focus on Workers' Day should be on the 46% of citizens who do not have the security and independence of a ...

Talk will not make it easier or safer to keep a business operational in South Africa. Fixing this crisis will require decisive action. “Talk alone will not create jobs. "The people who create jobs - from the owners of large multinational corporations to small micro-enterprises - base their decisions on whether to start a new business, expand an existing one, or keep the doors to a struggling one open - on rational factors only, not on the words and sentiment of leaders."

President Cyril Ramaphosa had to be whisked away at a Workers' Day rally after striking Sibanye Stillwater mine workers disrupted his address.

They said we will be stuck with Ramaphosa for another 5 years, so we want him to step down,” one of the workers said. This government need to take stock of their doings otherwise they are losing control of the masses at an alarming rat,” @DonnyM tweeted. Despite his promise to deal with their plea for a R1000 increase, the workers continued to protest.

President Cyril Ramaphosa was forced to abandon his Workers' Day address after mining workers booed him and stormed the stage.

Amcu national treasurer Jimmy Gama told Business Day on Tuesday: “We held mass meetings over the weekend, and the final one was held at the Beatrix Mine in the Free State on Monday. Our members rejected the offer. Ramaphosa and Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi tried to address the crowd but their attempts proved futile as workers would hear none of it. It was not until the protesting workers arrived that the programme began but soon turned chaotic as Ramaphosa was preparing to take the stage. Ramaphosa was scheduled to give a keynote address at the Cosatu rally in Rustenburg, North West, but had to be whisked away as angry workers staged a protest and demanded he leave. The disgruntled workers said they could not allow Ramaphosa to address them until he dealt with their salary concerns, which they said he knew about. President Cyril Ramaphosa was forced to abandon his Workers' Day address after mining workers booed him and stormed the stage.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been forced to abandon the national May Day rally, organised by Cosatu in Rustenburg, after angry Sibanye-Stillwater workers ...

This could be the first in Ramaphosa’s presidency where he has been forced to abandon addressing this historic event. We don’t want anyone to go to hospital today,” the Cosatu member said. Don’t invite something you don’t want.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) President Zingiswa Losi urged South African workers to use the Workers' Day celebrations to unite to ...

It is very sad to see that the once powerful workers federation, Cosatu, was captured by the governing party, the ANC, and in the process left it toothless. “Unity is the only weapon that workers have to win their battles on the shop floor. “We believe that workers have been abandoned.

FILE IMAGE: Cosatu members during a gathering. Cosatu in the North West has apologised for delays of its main May Day celebrations at the Royal Bafokeng stadium ...

But we are still unhappy about the attack on collective bargaining and there we must blame our own national government for attacking our people when it comes to salary increases. The labour federation’s provincial secretary, Malvern de Bruyn, says, “We are still not happy with some of the issues when it comes to labour in this country. There were major achievements by government with the national minimum wage and other labour laws that have been passed, so at least worker’s rights are protected.

The president was whisked away from Royal Bafokeng Stadium by police and his security. Picture File: President Cyril Ramaphosa during the ANCs 110th anniversary ...

Chaos broke out when the workers stormed the main stage at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, where Ramaphosa was set to address Cosatu’s International Workers’ Day rally. ALSO READ: Not much to celebrate this Workers’ Day – Numsa Angry members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Sunday afternoon disrupted Cosatu’s May Day Rally in Rustenburg, North West.