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Cape Town, South Africa
Joined August 2017
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#COSATU launches women in struggle exhibition at Boksburg #COSATU Women’s Transformative Leadership Feminist School gets underway at Boksburg #GenderStruggle #GenderEquity #EqualPay #Feminism #Cosatu@40 #Cosatu40thAnniversary @SAfmRadio @CathyMohlahlana
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In a world shaped by economic instability and climate crises, labor rights and social protection are still too often overlooked in G20 decision-making. Yet ensuring that every worker formal or informal has access to healthcare, a pension, and unemployment security is a matter of justice. Member states must ratify and implement international labor standards, strengthen oversight mechanisms, and expand collective bargaining frameworks. In Africa, the establishment of universal social protection systems can no longer be delayed. This requires adequate funding, skill transfers, and concrete technical support, particularly in the context of post-COVID-19 recovery and climate adaptation. Commitments must translate into tangible measures that meet the real needs of communities. Consult : ituc-africa.org/IMG/pdf/fr_p… @ituc_africa @profhod
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Alone, a worker can be silenced. Together, we are unstoppable. 💪🏾 Trade unions are not just organisations — they are the heartbeat of justice and the voice of the people.@OmarFarukOsman
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Officials from the Department of Labour, @deptoflabour, have come out to accept our memorandum. The demand is clear: Volunteer Food Handlers must be paid a decent wage! Add your name to the petition here: awethu.amandla.mobi/petition…
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Hi @deptoflabour, we are outside your offices! We are here with Volunteer Food Handlers who cook for the National School Feeding Programme. They have asked you for years to make them permanent and increase the money they are paid to match the national minimum wage! cc: @Siviwe_G
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It’s time to stand up for workers’ rights in the AfCFTA! Africa’s economic integration must not come at the expense of social justice. We demand an AfCFTA that puts workers at the center. A united Africa requires an economy that serves people, not just profits. 📍 Accra, Ghana – Black Star Square 📅 29 August 2025 ⏰ 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM Join us for the "Pan-African Rally for Debt Cancellation". Come one, come all your voice counts. #AfCFTA #WorkersRights #EconomicJustice #NoTradeWithoutWorkers @AkhatorO @profhod @Julehomevoh
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It’s time to break the chains of economic injustice! Africa can no longer suffocate under the weight of austerity policies imposed by the IMF and the World Bank. These debts, inherited from unjust systems, are holding back our development and sacrificing our future. ✊🏾 We demand now: ✅ Total cancellation of the debt to free our economies ✅ An end to IMF austerity measures that weaken our public services ✅ A break from dependency policies that chain people instead of empowering them 📍 Accra, Ghana – Black Star Square 📅 29 August 2025 ⏰ 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM Join us for the "Pan-African Rally for Debt Cancellation". Come one, come all; your voice counts. #Wedontowewewontpay #Debtcancellationnow #STBc #DebtCancellationisreparation @AkhatorO @profhod @Julehomevoh
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"Workers are not at the periphery of trade — they are at its very core. From production to distribution, to the final act of consumption, they give life to the economy. They are not bystanders in the theatre of trade — they are its protagonists. Excluding them from trade discussions is not only unjust — it undermines the very foundation of inclusive and sustainable development." @AkhatorO General Secretary @ituc_africa @LabourResearch @SaskFi @ACFTAsecretariat @ALREI_Africa @_AfricanUnion – at Botswana
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Do you know what the AfCFTA is? The Africa Continental Free Trade Area. Now you know. @_cosatu @FEDUSAMedia @SAFTU_media #AfCFTA #Africa @ituc_africa @NEDLAC_SA #dtic @LabourResearch
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La ZLECAf — un grand chantier panafricain qui, à la fois, fait rêver et grincer des dents. Pour les affiliés de la CSI-Afrique, s’engager dans des stratégies de communication et de sensibilisation bien pensées à tous les niveaux n’est pas un luxe mais une nécessité stratégique.
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South Africa is in a health crisis! 🔴 1 in 8 children face malnutrition. 🔴 Obesity & NCDs like diabetes are rising. This #SONA, we demand: ✅ Increase the HPL to 20% ✅ Strengthen the National School Nutrition Programme ✅ Expand social grants bit.ly/4gt9Q7W #SONA2024
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Wage inequality is narrowing—but the fight is far from over. A new @ilo report shows wage inequality has declined in two-thirds of countries worldwide since 2000. Despite progress, significant wage gaps persist globally. 📢 Just launched ⬇️

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This morning, a team from COTU (K) held an engagement with the leadership of Labour Research Service, @LabourResearch, to discuss the ongoing partnership on AfCFTA and Labour Rights. COTU (K) is committed in ensuring that trade agreements are alive to trade union rights.
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Food handlers cook and feed nine million learners in Mzansi. But, to avoid paying food handlers a proper wage, government treats them as volunteers, so they get away with paying only a monthly stipend of R2100. The @DBE_SA and the @The_DSD should recognise food handlers as employees and increase the amount they earn to align with the minimum wage. Add your name to this petition to support food handlers: awethu.amandla.mobi/petition… An organisation called the @LabourResearch put together this video showing the struggles plaguing feeding schemes across the country. Watch it here: youtu.be/PBtWU-lVSdk?t=51
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NUMSA welcomes the signing of the Bus Passenger wage agreement. This agreement is a reminder of why trade unions play an important role in improving the conditions for workers and their families. Details below 👇🏾 #ForTheLoveofTheWorkingClass #WorkersPower @IrvinJimSA ❤️🖤💛
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🎞 Join us this #MayDay to watch "Access Denied: A woman worker's struggle for social protection." 🎞 This short film by @LabourResearch sheds light on the challenges faced by workers in accessing Unemployment Insurance Fund benefits. youtube.com/watch?v=ElofXde5…
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Thank you to our "Transformative Practices to Engage Women Leaders" WINS webinar panelists Nina Benjamin & Nosipho Twala @LabourResearch, Dr. Sheri Davis, Patricia Munoz, Ardra Manasi @RutgersCIWO & @TeyoSaree! 🔥 REGISTER for upcoming WINS webinars: bit.ly/WINS-series
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Womxn workers – especially those who are Indigenous, Black, living with disabilities, LBQT, working-class disproportionately face discrimination & exploitation every day. It is past time to make workplaces safe for all!✊🏾 All governments must ratify ILO's #C190! #16DaysOfActivism
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📢During this #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGBV, CIWO supports the ratification & implementation of ILO Convention 190 & stands with all stakeholders to address gender-based violence & femicides in the world of work. READ MORE: bit.ly/CIWOC190 #RatifyC190 #16Days @UN_Women
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A New Dawn for the Africa Trade Union Mouvement : @AkhatorO is the new GS of @ituc_africa – at Nairobi, Kenya
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