CWAO IN THE NEWS
Latest CWAO News
Media Coverage
15 September 2023
Simba lambasted for dismissing 52 temporary workers without valid reasons
The temporary employment service (TES) that provides its employees to snacks company Simba claims that it has not contravened any labour laws pertaining to the recent dismissal of 52 workers who were allegedly notified within nine days of their dismissals.
Category: DISPUTES
Press Release
08 September 2023
CWAO condemns Simba for cruelly firing 52 workers
The Casual Workers' Advice Office (CWAO) condemns Simba for its ruthless dismissal of 52 workers, with just nine days' notice.
Category: DISPUTES
Press Release
15 August 2023
Joint Simunye Workers Forum/Casual Workers' Advice Office Press Statement
The Simunye Workers Forum (SWF) and Casual Workers' Advice Office (CWAO) are heartened that Labour Court judge Andre van Niekerk has dismissed with costs the Registrar of Labour Relations' application for leave to appeal his ruling that the Registrar must register the SWF as a trade union.
Category: SWF / CWAO
Multimedia
09 August 2023
WOMEN'S DAY FILM LAUNCH: Casual Women Workers Organise
The Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO) today launches a film by casualised women workers, shot in Gauteng, and produced by CWAO
Category: WOMENS RIGHTS
Media Coverage
20 July 2023
A Voice for the Unheard
In South Africa, there are millions of people who are informally employed and so often unprotected to their employers and the labour market.
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
18 July 2023
Registrar to fight court decision allowing Simunye Workers' Forum to register as a trade union
Labour Court ruling cannot go unchallenged, says Registrar of Labour Relations
Category: DISPUTES
Press Release
16 July 2023
Registrar of Labour Relations' new court appeal again leaves tens of thousands of casual workers out in the cold
The SWF and CWAO note that the Registrar of Labour Relations has decided to waste tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of rands of public money in appealing the Labour Court decision that ordered him to register the SWF as a trade union by 12 July 2023.
Category: DISPUTES
Press Release
28 June 2023
SAFTU condemns shooting of Simunye Workers Forum members
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is angered by the criminal and senseless shooting of workers belonging to Simunye Workers Forum (SWF) and two by-standers, in Germiston on Saturday, 24 June 2023.
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
27 June 2023
Labour court ruling may prompt more to join workers forums
The judgment overturns a decision by the registrar of trade unions, who refused to register the forum as a trade union
Category: DISPUTES
Press Release
27 June 2023
SWF activists and a CWAO board member shot with live ammunition in Germiston yesterday
Yesterday, 24 June 2023, at about 1:30pm, 50 members of the SWF and CWAO held a peaceful march after their general meeting in Germiston to Golden Bakery at 79 Plantation Road, Germiston. The activists children who had been playing at the meeting, were also present at the march, which was very peaceful.
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
23 June 2023
Major court victory for trade union
Simunye Workers Forum is a genuine trade union, not "a vehicle for enriching individuals" says judge
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
19 June 2023
Labour relations registrar in court for alleged refusal to list workers forum as union
Casual workers' association Simunye Workers Forum (SWF) has launched a case against the registrar of labour relations, Lehlohonolo Molefe, for the alleged refusal to register it as a trade union.
Category: DISPUTES
Press Release
13 June 2023
Simunye Workers Forum takes Registrar of Labour Relations to Labour Court on 14 June 2023
On Wed 14 June, the Labour Court in Johannesburg will hear an appeal by the Simunye Workers Forum against the Registrar of Labour Relations refusal to register the SWF as a trade union
Category: DISPUTES
Workers Stories
12 June 2023
Casual Workers Speak! Drey's Story
"I was earning penuts of R650 per week, until I aproached CWAO and we won the struggle to be made permament"
Category: WORKERS' STORIES
Workers Stories
12 June 2023
Casual Workers Speak! Lindiwe's Story
"After a long struggle, we won our case with CWAO's help"
Category: WORKERS' STORIES
Workers Stories
12 June 2023
Casual Workers Speak! Bonisiwe's Story
"I line up at the gate and wait for someone who is knocking off so that I can change into their used uniform"
Category: WORKERS' STORIES
Workers Stories
09 June 2023
Casual Workers Speak! Precious's Story
"Being a member of Simunye and CWAO helped me to realise that everything is a struggle. In order to win one must remain focused."
Category: WORKERS' STORIES
Press Release
19 May 2023
Simunye Workers Forum organiser threatened by representatives of Liwayway Food South Africa (Pty) Ltd
The SWF's Jacob Potlaki arrived to attend a meeting with the HR Manager at Liwayway Food South Africa (Pty) Ltd premises on 18 May 2023 regarding a CCMA Matter, but were threatened by men at the gate.
Category: CCMA
Press Release
02 March 2023
CWAO condemns miniscule increase to minimum wage
The ANC government has once again acted as the party of the capitalist bosses by gazetting a miniscule increase of R2.23 per hour to the minimum wage.
Category: MINIMUM WAGE
Media Coverage
09 February 2023
Strike activity drops to levels last seen in 2014
A study by the Casual Workers Advice Office shows strike activity falling to levels last seen in 2014, most of them related to wages and related issues.
Category: PROTEST ACTION
Media Coverage
08 February 2023
Sydney Moshoaliba of CWAO talks to Kaya FM
Report Finds Sa Strike Activity Has Fallen By 27%
Category: STRIKE BAROMETER
Multimedia
27 January 2023
Simunye Workers' Forum members protested outside Kyron Laboratories
Simunye Workers' Forum members protested outside Kyron Laboratories, calling for the dismissal of a racist manager
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
24 January 2023
Heineken urged to shield Distell casual workers from sexual abuse
Appeals for commitments from Distell to eradicate all abuses of temporary workers
Category: DISPUTES
Media Coverage
24 January 2023
Commission for gender equality to launch investigation into allegations of sexual exploitation of vulnerable workers at liquor companies' operations
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has noted disturbing allegations of labour brokers demanding sexual favours from vulnerable job seekers in return for job placements at liquor companies Heineken and Distell
Category: DISPUTES
Press Release
17 January 2023
Simunye Workers Forum press statement
Simunye Workers Forum calls for immediate dismissal of white manager who assaulted a Black worker at Kyron Laboratories.