Casual Workers Advice Office

Still on temporary contracts after 12 years

NationalAnna Majavu | 2019-09-09 00:00:00

For the past 12 years, about 150 people have swept the streets and cleared blocked drains in Uitenhage and Motherwell. They work in a government-funded programme administered by the Eastern Cape Department of Transport. But despite their long service, they are still casual workers on...

The workers who won’t snitch

NationalDennis Webster | 2018-11-25 18:56:00

Metalworker union Numsa on Friday filed legal arguments in the Constitutional Court on behalf of 65 Dunlop factory workers from Howick, KwaZulu-Natal. The workers were dismissed in 2012 because they did not snitch on fellow workers during a protected strike....

CCMA ‘improperly’ postpones workers’ hearings

NationalSarah Smit | 2018-07-06 12:58:00

Workers advocates have accused the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) of unfairly postponing arbitration hearings at the...