Thousands of workers on strike at South Africa’s Impala Platinum mines
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) went on strike at the Impala Platinum mines in Rustenburg this week. Among the key demands raised by the workers is an end to exploitation by labor contractors
South African airline Comair suspends all operations amid uncertainty about workers’ wages
NUMSA, which represents 700 of the airline’s employees, picketed the Comair premises on June 3 after the management refused to confirm till when operations will remain suspended and whether the workers will be paid in this period
Migrant delivery workers strike for fair pay and conditions in Dubai and other stories
Today we look at a strike by food delivery workers in Dubai, the conviction and sentencing of an Indigenous land defender in Canada, and more
May Day: Worker’s struggle celebration is well-deserved after a momentous year
After a year of ongoing crisis, Peoples Dispatch looks back on some of the most important labor struggles of this past year.
NUMSA demands Comair course correct to save the airline and jobs
South Africa’s metalworkers union denounces the CEO’s cost-cutting measures for compromising with safety
Amid looming retrenchments, unions demand transparency in sale of South Africa’s national airline
The sale of the restructured South Africa Airways (SAA) to a private consortium at an undisclosed price may provoke further labor unrest. The workers are already angry at the impending dismissal of 225 more workers
People’s movements across the world demand freedom for Julian Assange
In cities across the world, activists from people’s movements demand that journalist Julian Assange be freed and his extradition be blocked
South Africa: Unions, Palestine solidarity groups escalate demand to nationalize Clover
On January 27, pickets and rallies were held in several cities of South Africa in support of the workers’ demand to nationalize the dairy company Clover
Global mobilizations mark two months of the strike at South Africa’s dairy giant
Unions and Palestinian solidarity organizations have escalated actions calling for the South African government to disinvest from Clover the Milco consortium, which is majority-owned by an Israeli company operating in occupied territories of Palestine.
Unions allege petrol bombs, intimidation as strike intensifies at South African Dairy giant
Amid threats and intimidation, the workers’ action at Clover has been strengthened by worker solidarity as well as the increasing support of civil society for its boycott campaign.
Thousands take to streets as indefinite strike hits South Africa’s engineering sector
The strike is being led by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa. The refusal by employers to address the demands for a wage hike is being seen as a betrayal by the workers who had foregone last year’s wage hike to cushion the industry during the COVID-induced lockdown
Prosecutors to probe illegal practices in Mexico’s Ayotzinapa 43 case and other stories
Today we look at new evidence in the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students in Mexico, the strike announced by NUMSA in South Africa’s engineering sector, and more
- UN Security Council agrees to extend aid to rebel-held regions of Syria for six months
- Bolsonaro supporter murders Workers’ Party member at birthday party
- Uncertainty prevails in Sri Lanka as protesters wait for president, PM to quit
- Saudi forces violate ceasefire in Yemen, killing 17
- Bid to ‘normalize’ relations with Bulgaria sparks protest in North Macedonia
