International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
Sub-Saharan Africa
380 document(s) for Sub-Saharan Africa :
 South African Study Shows Contract Labour ‘Growing Alarmingly’ in Mining |
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1 December 2008 South Africa ICEM InBrief  |
A recently released study by the Human Science Research Council of South Africa’s Witwatersrand University reveals that the country’s mining industry is becoming more and more reliant on short-term contract workers and casual labour. The survey found, for instance, that over 60% of the platinum mines in the Rustenburg area use non-regular workers in order to avoid accountability and reduce... Read the article |
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| South African Parliament Passes Mine Safety Reform; Year-long Safety Audit Still Held-up |
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1 December 2008 South Africa ICEM InBrief  |
Mine safety in South Africa was enhanced on 21 November when the country’s Parliament passed amendments to the Mine Health and Safety law. The legislation must now go to President Kgalema Motlanthe for his signature before becoming effective.
But South Africa’s government is still withholding a presidential audit on health and safety in the mining industry. And ICEM’s largest...Read the article |
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| Zimbabwe Trade Union Congress Calls for Bank Run, 3 December |
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1 December 2008 Zimbabwe ICEM InBrief  |
The General Council of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on all Zimbabweans to remove their cash from banks on Wednesday, 3 December. Union heads, leading a march, will present a petition that same day to Gideon Gono, the Governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank, which the International Monetary Fund says is bankrupt.
In Zimbabwe, the government imposed a low cash withdrawal...Read the article |
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| Job Cuts in Zambia’s Mining Industry Causing Aggravation | ||
1 December 2008 |
Zambia |
ICEM InBrief |
| 7 October ‘World Day for Decent Work’ Gave Labour a Catalogue of Diverse Activities | ||
20 October 2008 |
Belgium Canada Serbia ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM intensifies Campaign on Contract and Agency Labour with New Site and New Publications | ||
6 October 2008 |
Global |
ICEM News release |
| ICEM’s Sub-Saharan African Region Shapes Priorities at Cameroon Meeting | ||
6 October 2008 |
Botswana Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Côte d'ivoire ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| NUM Manifestation over Mine Chamber’s Slow Pace toward Racial, Gender Equality | ||
6 October 2008 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Mourns Passing of Botswana’s Mine Union Leader | ||
6 October 2008 |
Botswana |
ICEM InBrief |
| NUM Welcomes ‘One of Its Own’ as Acting President of South Africa | ||
6 October 2008 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin | ||
3 October 2008 |
Australia Colombia India ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| ICEM Women's Bulletin: September 2008 (No. 31) | ||
23 September 2008 |
Brazil Chile Costa Rica ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| Mine Workers’ Union of Namibia Salutes ICEM for Decent Work/Decent Life Decision | ||
22 September 2008 |
Namibia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Global Activities Mount as World Day for Decent Work, 7 October, Approaches | ||
22 September 2008 |
Argentina Belgium Brazil ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| More Deaths Inside and Outside of South Africa’s Mines | ||
22 September 2008 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Uruguay the Destination for ICEM’s Pulp/Paper Conference, 8-10 December 2008 | ||
9 September 2008 |
Uruguay Global |
ICEM News release |
| NUM Protests Rash of AngloGold, AngloPlats Mine Deaths in South Africa | ||
25 August 2008 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Global Mining Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia | ||
19 August 2008 |
Russian Federation Global |
ICEM InBrief Alert |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin | ||
18 August 2008 |
India Kenya Mauritius ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| Firestone Plantation Workers in Liberia Reach Historic First Collective Agreement | ||
11 August 2008 |
Liberia |
ICEM InBrief |
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