EPWP BULLETIN #11 | Back to the Streets for Permanent Jobs
On Wednesday 17 June EPWP workers will protest outside the Gauteng Legislature in Joburg.
Workplace Struggle
EPWP FORUM OPEN LETTER|To Judge President of the Labour Court
Open Letter published on behalf of the Gauteng EPWP Workers Forum following the Labour Court’s unfair ruling.
CAMPAIGN LAUNCH | Aviation Industry Crisis
If the aviation industry continues in private-ownership, run according to capitalist market principles, aviation workers face a disaster.
SAA: A Warning to the Working Class
Whilst South Africa has been on a lockdown, aeroplanes grounded and at least one airline liquidated across the world, the struggle for the future of South African Airways has continued. Under the whip of big business, government is set to take full advantage of the global aviation industry crisis the pandemic has triggered. They want to break the workers’ resistance, bury SAA and create a new privately-owned entity parasiting on the state. We believe that the rhetoric in the Numsa leadership’s latest statements on SAA cannot hide the fundamental retreat they have made in the five months since the strike ended. Unfortunately they still do not put forward a genuine alternative a struggle.
EPWP BULLETIN #9: ANC’s Gauteng Government Starving Workers
The 5,000 EPWP workers falling under Gauteng’s Department of Infrastructure Development have not received their April stipends.
EPWP BULLETIN #8: DID Humiliated in Labour Court
On 9 and 10 March EPWP workers protested in Johannesburg and Pretoria outside offices of the Department of Infrastructure Development. In Johannesburg workers refused to leave until they got clear answers from management…
INTERVIEW: Midrand Workers’ Reinstatement Campaign
In 2018 a 24 year campaign for the reinstatement of Johannesburg municipal workers ended in an agreement for their reinstatement.
We spoke with STENA MOLEPO, convenor of the Midrand Workers, for an update.
SAA Workers Victorious in Wage Battle – But War Continues
The outcome of the SAA strike is a victory. SACCA and Numsa deserve the applause of all workers. What are the lessons of the strike?
For Workers’ Control of SAA. Restructure in the Interests of SAA Workers & Passengers NOT Moody’s
Sack the board! End outsourcing! The Marxist Workers Party stands in full solidarity with SAA workers!!
INTERVIEW: EPWP Workers’ Struggle for Permanent Jobs
A planned meeting between the the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development and the workers’ leaders, set for Friday, 1 November is mentioned. At the last minute the meeting was “postponed until further notice”. Workers are mobilising for mass meetings to discuss the way forward.
