Mois : avril 2010

• The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) is a dispute resolution body established in terms of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995 (LRA). It is an independent body, does not belong to and is not controlled by any political party, trade union or business.
• The Governing Body is the supreme policy making body of the CCMA and consists of a chairperson, three state representatives; three representatives from organised labour and three representatives from organised business; all of whom are nominated by NEDLAC and the Director of the CCMA nominated by the Governing Body.

On this website, all pages have the same URL. Click on the internal links for: Homepage, About, Processes, Training, Services, Rules and Legislations, Codes and Procedures, Employment contracts, News, FAQs, Contact … etc.

Addresses, all South Africa:
National Office /Physical Address: CCMA National Office, 28 Harrison Street, Johannesburg 2001;
Postal Address: Private Bag X94, Marshalltown 2107;
Address Eastern Cape /Physical Address: Cnr. Church & Oxford Street, East London 5201;
Postal Address: Private Bag X9068, East London 5200.

About: The advent of the new Labour Relations Act (LRA) has raised expectations about the fundamental change in the nature of South African labour relations and of effective dispute resolution and collective bargaining in particular.  Continuer la lecture de « Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration CCMA »

UNI is the Global Union for skills and services – We represent 900 trade unions and 20 million workers worldwide
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• UNI Global Union provides a voice and a platform for workers at the international level in jobs ranging from the night janitor in your office block to the big-time Hollywood director of your favourite movie. With 20 million workers in 900 unions worldwide UNI fosters international solidarity and provides a voice at the international level for all its members.
• UNI is focusing on Global Agreements to achieve power and parity for workers at multinational corporations. In the age of globalisation this is more important than ever. The global economy is in crisis and workers are bearing a disproportionate part of the burden. The solution to the crisis must include a global employment strategy that creates sustainable well-paying employment with bargaining rights … (full text about UNI).
• UNI Global Unions is one of the affilates of Global Unions.

english Homepage;
Meetings, events; Equal opportunities; Publications; Newsletter; Global Crisis; Join; Links;
Address UNI: UNI Global Union, Avenue Reverdi 8-10, 1260 Nyon, Switzerland;
Contact.

Organise and Recognise: UNI Global Union believes that the right to organise workers and to be recognised by an employer at the bargaining table are the two legs that all union work stands on. Without the legal right to form a union and to engage in collective bargaining, unions cannot function.  Continuer la lecture de « UNI Global Unions »

Linked with Congress of South African Trade Unions COSATU, and with Policy Innovations.

Practical and realistic policy research: Our work aims at being practical and technically competent, but not academic. This entails examining the circumstances that make policy effective in South African realities, rather than simply transplanting experiences from other countries … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Main activities; Blog; Publications; Projects; Staff; Resources; Links;
Address: NALEDI, 6th Floor, COSATU House, Leyds St, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa, (Mail: PO Box 5665, Johannesburg 2000);
Contact.

About 2/2/ … Pro-labour perspective: Our aim is to analyse developments from the perspective of organised labour, and to explore what the implications of policies would be for labour. In practice we attempt to take a broad view of what ‘pro-labour’ means. We favour policies which:  Continuer la lecture de « National Labour and Economic Development Institute NALEDI »

Linked with Youth Wage Subsidy and the Spectre of a Two-tier Labour Market, with National Labour and Economic Development Institute NALEDI, and with Policy Innovations.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) was launched in December 1985 after four years of unity talks between unions opposed to apartheid and committed to a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa. At our launch we represented less than half a million workers organised in 33 unions. We currently have more than two million workers, of whom at least 1.8 million are paid up. Even by international standards we have been among the fastest growing trade union movements in the world. Today when most trade unions are facing a decline in membership, we have continued to grow … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Policy; Medias; Publications; Constitution (32 pdf pages);
Address (1 of 2): Head Office COSATU, P.O Box 1019, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Our main broad strategic objectives have always been:  Continuer la lecture de « Congress of South African Trade Unions COSATU »