South Africa
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: 1918 – 2013
December 5, 2013The world mouns the passing of elder statemen and freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela.
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South Africa unity under threat
December 4, 2013African National Congress secretary-general Gwede Mantashe voiced ANC concern this week at increasing disunity in trade union federation Cosatu.
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South African unions stage huge marches against road tolls
November 15, 2013South Africans marched across the country in support of a trade union campaign against electronic tolling on motorways and privatizing roads.
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South African unionists in Mississippi fighting for Nissan workers
October 18, 2013JACKSON, Miss - In a stunning reversal of what many would think is the way things work, a support group from "third world" South Africa is in Mississippi this week helping Americans secure one of their...
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Mississippi Nissan workers go global in fight for justice
May 31, 2013UAW President Bob King, and actor Danny Glover are in Johannesburg where that country's Metalworkers union has come out fighting for the right of 5,000 Mississippi Nissan workers to organize a union.
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