Submitted by solidarity on Sun, 05/29/2016 - 21:41
In South Africa GroundUp: Uber and Out in Cape Town
http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-27-groundup-uber-and-out-...
• 27 MAY 2016 12:21 (SOUTH AFRICA)
“Make good money. Drive when you want. No office, no boss.” This is Uber’s enticing pitch to new drivers, but the reality can be very different. GROUNDUP's KIMON DE GREEF talks to over-worked, over-tired and under-paid Uber drivers in Cape Town.
First published by GroundUp
Submitted by solidarity on Sun, 12/06/2015 - 14:59
SA Truckers-Casualties of Cola-Outsourcing, Exploitation and the New Reality Of Work
"under the guise of BEE and its successor B-BBEE, massive multinationals have increased their profits while eliminating their most troublesome liability—labour. And it’s the story of how outsourcing and various iterations of labour brokering have become the reigning phenomenon of the South African workforce, insofar as a country with a 40 percent real unemployment rate can be described as a having a “workforce” at all."
Submitted by solidarity on Fri, 08/14/2015 - 09:20
SA NUMSA fully backs intercape bus drivers strike
http://www.numsa.org.za/article/numsa-fully-backs-intercape-bus-drivers-...
4 August 2015, Posted in Press Releases
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) in the Western Cape (WC) fully backs Intercape bus drivers’ strike that started earlier this morning, Tuesday 04 August 2015, which is causing major delays for commuters travelling from Western Cape to far-flung areas across the country.
Submitted by solidarity on Mon, 07/06/2015 - 17:38
Submitted by solidarity on Thu, 05/14/2015 - 22:15
5/21/15 ILWU 10 Meeting With SA NUMSA Education Director Dinga Sikwebu
Police Terror from Marikana, South Africa to the US Fighting For A United Front In South Africa
Presentation By Dinga Sikwebu, Education Director of NUMSA, National Union Of Metal Workers South Africa

Thursday May 21, 2015 7:00 PM
At: ILWU Local 10
Henry Schmidt Room
400 North Point St. @ Mason San Francisco
Transportation: Street car F, MUNI bus 47, 8, 88
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