Paper presented to the seminar on Labor and Popular Struggles in the Global
Economy, Columbia University, New York City, 17 November 1998. In chapters
or as a 30 page document. Includes a bibliography. [KF] http://www.columbia.edu/itc/seminars/671/
News on Southern African labor issues. Africa Pulse is an information
portal for the Civil Society sector in the Southern African Development Community.
From Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network (SANGONeT) based
in Johannesburg. [KF] http://www.africapulse.org/
Directory of internet resources on Africa and labor. From the Stanford University
Libraries. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsalabor.html
South African newspaper published every Sunday. Has a feature "Labour
Guides" on South African issues and links to labor-related
sites. http://www.btimes.co.za/
Wealth of information, for paid subscribers, on South
African law, taxation, accounting. A free sample of their databases can be
seen on Butterworths Express. Databases include: South African Law Reports,
Constitutional Law Reports, Labour Law Reports, Exmployment Law Journal.Also
has the IR Network, available thru paid subscription only.
This includes Labour Court Judgments, Labour Relations Act
Judgments, labour legislation, labour news, a trade union directory with
union media statements, and collective agreements.http://www.butterworths.co.za/
Information on the South African labor movement and COSATU, Congress
of South African Trade Unions.Press releases, key discussion documents,
articles from The Shopsteward, photos. Also links to the South
African community radio sector and the South African film
industry.
http://www.cdc.org.za/
Holds an annual labour
law conference. Promotes "a rights culture and a protective and
responsive legal system...." Described the university-based Street
Law program. Publishes Democracy
Watch. Has an internship program. The Centre was established in
1987 in the Law Faculty at the University of Natal, Durban. http://www.csls.org.za/
An NGO which conducts research in the socio-economic, political and developmental
fields. Has full text reports online such as
"Civil society and the State in South Africa," Based in Braamfontein,
South Africa.
"Monitoring Socio-economic Rights in South Africa: Public Perceptions"
"Gender Opinion Survey"
"Pay Equity: Differences between Women and Men Farm Workers"
"Fostering Mutual Co-operation: Intergovernmental Relations in South
Africa"
"Intergovernmental Relations and Provincial Government"
"Health Care in South Africa: The Second Kaiser Family Foundation
Survey"
"Sustainable livelihoods: Towards a Research Agenda"
"Socio-economic and Political Analysis of the Gauteng Province"
"Infrastructure Delivery in South Africa: A NEDLAC Project"
"The Budgetary Implications of the Implementation of the Domestic Violence
Act"
"Access to Justice in South Africa: Legal Aid Transformation and
the Paralegal Movement." http://case.org.za
Labor federation founded in 1985, a partner with the African National Congress
in the Tripartite Alliance. Has their journal, The Shopsteward,
speeches, parliamentary submissions, articles, a directory
of affiliate trade unions with union logos, COSATU Information Digest, COSATU
Campaigns Bulletin, meeting minutes, the 1997 national congress proceedings,
press releases, a directory
of Southern Africa unions with links to labor web sites. They
will have online discussion forums. http://www.cosatu.org.za/
An Information Base on Equal Employment Opportunities for
Women and Men. For the African countries covered (Egypt, Ivory Coast,
Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia) provides information on
all or some of the following - equal employment legislation;
collective agreements; case law, customary law, labor courts,
workers' and employers' organizations, national guidelines, government
programs, links to related sites. http://www.ilo.org/genprom/eeo
Kadalie,
Dr. Clements, (1896 - 1951), "Champion of the African Workers" -
Donal Brody
Profile (7 p.) by Dr. Brody (antiquarian bookseller) on the founder of
the Industrial and Commercial Worker's Union (ICU). Has photographs and excerpts
from letters with Arthur Creech-Jones, UK labor leader. http://www.greatepicbooks.com/epics/april99.htm
This Univ. of the Witwatersrand Law School site is "host to an electronic
library of documents relating to South African law and international human
rights law. The site contains a full archive of decisions of the Constitutional
Court of South Africa and the Land Claims Court of South Africa,
houses the post-1998 decisions of the Labour Courts, the electronic
publications of the South African Law Commission and is a mirror site
to the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library." http://pc72.law.wits.ac.za
"a network of some of the best labour attorneys,
lawyers and experts from around South Africa." "We specialise in
assisting employees faced with labour law disputes including: unfair dismissals,
unlawful retrenchments, unfair labour practices." Has rules re retrenchments,
dismissals, discrimination, disabilities, HIV / AIDS, grievance procedures,
disciplinary procedures, etc. Based in Roggebaai, South Africa. [KF] http://www.labourprotect.co.za/
Full text. "...surveys past and present assumptions about the ANC,
suggests reasons for the underestimation of the organisation's revival, and
proposes a more integrated theoretical view of Congress which takes into
account its historical heritage or image, and its links with black labour
movements that have been largely neglected in the historiography." From
the conference on "The Dynamics of Change in Southern Africa," University
of Melbourne 18-20 May 1992. http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/37/069.html#TOC
Full text of the print publication, (London : Lawrence and Wishart, 1980.
520 pp.) Includes a trade union chronology
1919-1963, the 1957 Transvaal Bus Boycott, the Federation of South African
Women, profiles of women union leaders, alliance with the African National
Congress, international relations, 1960s bannings and detentions, the Soweto
uprising, the Wiehahn and Riekert Commissions, yjr Federation of South African
Trade Unions, FOSATU. [KF] http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/congress/sactu/organsta00.html
With a foreword by Trevor Huddleston. Geneva: Programme to Combat Racism
World Council of Churches, 1981. Full text (in chapters) of the 118 page
print publication. Discusses the South African Congress of Trade Unions,
SACTU, the Wiehahn Commission, the Riekert Commission, and the 1980 Johannesburg
Municipality Workers' Strike. [KF] http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/congress/sactu/wff1.htm
"At Nedlac, Government comes together with organised business,
organised labour and organised community groupings
on a national level to discuss and try to reach consensus on issues of social
and economic policy." Full text position papers, presentations from
their annual conferences (on growth and development, jobs,
the financial sector, the ICT sector, press
releases, Annual
Reports (with many statistics), its manual in terms of the Promotion
of Access to Information Act (in English, Sesotho, IsiZulu).
Positions papers on labour matters, studies on tourism development, the flower
industry, the metals and engineering sector, phasing out asbestos, labour
market research bibliography, notices and declarations by labour
unions, full text of their newsletter, Dialogue,
2002 issues of theSouth
African Labour Bulletin. links to related sites. A 2600 household
survey in the provinces of Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern
Province on the quality of infrastructure can
be requested. Based in Auckland Park, South Africa. [KF] http://www.nedlac.org.za/
In English and French. "Search AMICUS, Canada's national online catalogue,
for bibliographic records of all theses in the National Library of
Canada theses collection, which was established in 1965;
Access for free the full text electronic versions of Canadian theses
and dissertations that were published from the beginning of 1998 to August
31, 2002;..." http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/
Has over 50 full text titles relating to South Africa.One on labor is -
NAME(S): *Bassett, Carolyn M., 1965-
TITLE(S): Negotiating South Africa's economic future: COSATU and strategic
unionism
604 pages
"A non-profit, registered, trade union serving the needs of the academic
and general staff workers in universities, technicons and colleges in the
tertiary sector." The NTESU took over from UDUSA in 1998. It's 2003
July 9-11 conference is in Durban. Has position papers or summaries,
the full text of some importants acts and bills, links to important sites.
http://www.ntesu.org.za/
The "largest metalworkers union in South Africa.". Members are
auto workers, mechanics, steelworkers, and others. Includes press releases,
officers, a history, a directory of their regional offices, an issue of NUMSA
News, reports, speeches, resolutions from their Fifth
National Congress, resolutions
from 1987 to 1996, etc. http://www.numsa.org.za/
South African union founded in 1987, affiliated to COSATU. Claims to be
the biggest public sector union. Has a magazine, NEHAWU. Based in
Johannesburg. http://www.nehawu.org.za/
Full text article in the e-journal, Safundi, Volume 2, Issue 2,
Oct. 20, 2000. On unions in the 1980s and 1990s. http://www.safundi.com/articles/rachleff.asp
Extensive information on South African legal issues. Has labor court judgments, links
to related sites (labor relations, etc.) Edited by Lance Michalson from Cape
Town. http://www.salaw.co.za
Directory with address, contact name, phone, fax. On the Sangonet
Community Area Environment site. http://www.sn.apc.org/sangonet/environment/ngo_indh.html
Has Green and White Papers, Acts such as the Code of Sexual Harassment,
and Ministerial speeches, labour
market statistics (in Adobe pdf). http://www.labour.gov.za
"established in terms of the Government Employees Pension Law in order
to manage and administer pension matters/schemes related to government employees." "the
GEPF is arguably the largest pension fund in South Africa." Has financial
statements, newsletters, in Adobe pdf, press releases. Based in Pretoria.
[KF] http://www.gepf.co.za/
"...undertakes research and education for trade unions and federations
and develops and publishes specific materials for union needs. TURP (an NGO
formed in 1986) is situated at the Centre for Industrial, Organisational
and Labour Studies at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. http://www.und.ac.za/turp/
Chapter 4 discusses access
to primary education, education laws and policies, education data,
including data on educational attainment and government expenditures on
education, factors limiting access to primary education, government initiatives
to overcome limitations to access and increase primary school accessibility,
enrollment, retention, and completion. http://www.dol.gov/dol/ilab/public/media/reports/iclp/sweat5/
Acts as a coordinator for member organizations, its focus is youth
unemployment in South Africa. Publishes the Youth Development
Network Journal with selected articles online, has the draft National
Youth Commission Strategy Plan, and an email forum for youth development
workers. [KF] http://www.ydn.org.za/
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