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Promoting the value of care work for a just and sustainable society

Advocacy by a group of Volunteer Food Handlers in Gauteng for recognition and rights as workers under the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) can potentially catalyse a national movement and positively impact the lives of the women who cook and serve food to learners.

4 years ago

Trade Unions and Trade

by LRS afCFTA / africa / free trade agreements / labour provisions / regional integration / trade

Working together to strengthen the capacity of the trade union movement in Africa to engage on matters relating to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

5 years ago

Using an intersectional analysis to promote inclusion in the World of Work

by LRS gender equality / homophobia / ILO Convention 190 / inclusion and diversity / LGBTI workers rights

As defenders of human rights, trade unions address the intersecting forms of discrimination and inequalities workers experience.

7 years ago

Ending gender-based violence in the health sector

by LRS collective impact initiative / gender action learning / gender based violence / gender equality / meadowlands clinic pilot project

We support the efforts of trade unions in the health sector to end gender-based violence in the health system.

7 years ago

Value chain analysis as a tool for renewing trade union bargaining and organising strategies

Value chains capacity building

by LRS global value chains / shop steward alliance support / South African multinational companies / trade and integration / transforming corporate governance / value chains capacity building

We supported trade unions in ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa to renew their bargaining and organising strategies for tackling inequality in global value chains.

7 years ago

decent standard measure for South Africa

Decent Standard of Living

by LRS collective bargaining support / decent standard of living / decent standard of living index / living wage

What does a decent life look like? The Decent Standard of Living Project attempts to derive an understanding of what constitutes a broadly acceptable living level that should be used to reflect a basic living level in South Africa.

7 years ago

Working together with communities to end gender-based violence

by LRS collective impact initiative / gender action learning / gender based violence / gender equality / Letsema

We support the struggle by activists to create zero percent Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in communities in South Africa.

7 years ago

Working with teacher unions to end school-related gender-based violence

by LRS education sector / gender based violence / gender equality / peer learning process / school related gender based violence

What will it take to support education unions to end school-related gender-based violence? Labour Research Service supports the struggle by trade unions to end school-related gender-based violence in Africa.

7 years ago

Multinational Corporations Database

by LRS company research / corporate governance / MNC trends report / South African multinational companies

The South African Multinational Corporations (MNC) Database holds unique financial, operational and governance information relating to South African multinational companies operating in Africa.

7 years ago

Shop Stewards Alliance Support

by LRS AGREED database / company research / MNC database / retail sector / shop steward alliance support / South African multinational companies / trade union strategies

We support the capacity of UNI Global Union affiliates in Africa to monitor and influence the activities of South African multinational companies. Unions are increasingly working to ensure that MNCs comply with existing Global Framework Agreements and the Decent Work Agenda.

7 years ago