AllAfrica News: Labour

Ethiopia: Private Schools Have Struggled to Pay Teachers' Salaries Due to Covid-19

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:36:46 GMT

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Private Schools Association says it is difficult for private schools in Ethiopia to pay teachers' salaries.

Africa: How Covid-19 Is Endangering Sex Workers in Africa

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 12:43:15 GMT

[DW] In many places in Africa, sex for money is readily available, cheap, risky, and often illegal. For many sex workers, work is often dangerous. The coronavirus makes it even worse.

Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Ogun Workers Call Off Warning Strike

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 10:20:09 GMT

[Premium Times] Workers in Ogun State on Friday called off the warning strike they recently embarked upon.

Zimbabwe: Soldiers Whip 14 Mine Workers

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 09:56:37 GMT

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Nigeria: Ogun Doctors Call Off Proposed Strike

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 09:35:59 GMT

[Premium Times] The strike was supposed to start on Monday.

South Africa: Cosatu Limpopo Post-PEC Statement

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:43:37 GMT

[COSATU] The Congress of South African Trade Unions in Limpopo convened its ordinary Provincial Executive Committee meeting on the 16th September 2020 held through virtual platform dictated by the "new normal". The PEC meeting was joined and addressed by the General Secretary of the federation, comrade Bheki Ntshalintshali.

Nigeria: Fuel, Electricity Tariff Hike - Govt to Meet Over Labour's Threat - Ngige

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:39:03 GMT

[Vanguard] The Federal Government, yesterday, said it would meet with its relevant agencies and ministries over the demand by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, that government should revert to old prices of fuel and electricity tariff to avoid indefinite nationwide strike and mass protests.

Kenya: Sacked Tuskys Staff Stage City Demo Over Pay

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:19:47 GMT

[Nation] Ex-staff who were recently laid off by troubled retailer Tuskys held demonstrations on Friday in the Nairobi city centre to demand their dues.

Zimbabwe: Nurses Lay Foundation For Better Chronic Disease Management

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:55:33 GMT

[MSF] In Zimbabwe, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are estimated to account for 31% of total deaths, with diabetes, hypertension and asthma as the main killers. The country has been facing a number of challenges that have resulted in the deterioration of many facets of daily life, most notably the health sector. Healthcare workers are overwhelmed and doctors, especially in rural areas, are scarce. Millions of Zimbabweans are disconnected from health networks, living far away from larger cities and unable

South Africa: Unemployed Youths Threaten to Shut Shopping Mall

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:06:57 GMT

[GroundUp] Young men and women shut down the recently renovated Motherwell Shopping Centre briefly on Thursday morning.

Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Ogun Govt Begs Striking Workers to Return to Work

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:01:36 GMT

[Premium Times] The Ogun State Government has appealed to workers to shelve their strike over the national minimum wage and return to negotiation with it on their demands.

Malawi: Construction Workers in Nkhata Bay End Strike As China Gansu Agrees to Pay Each K1 346 ...

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:38:40 GMT

[Nyasa Times] Construction workers have ended their two-week strike at the Nkhata Bay Market and resumed work after resolving their grievances with the employer.

Liberia: Judiciary Orders Staff to Abort Protest

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:33:28 GMT

[New Dawn] Following a series of protests by staff at the Judicial branch of government for 11 months of unpaid Liberian dollars component of their salaries, the Judiciary warns that protests, demonstration, and strike actions are in violation of the law and cannot be allowed to continue because they disrupt court processes.

South Africa: 73 Workers Dismissed for Protest Over Unpaid Covid-19 Relief Funds

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:51:13 GMT

[GroundUp] 73 workers were dismissed following a protest over unpaid Covid-19 relief funds.

Namibia: Union to Fight Civil Servants' Pay Cuts

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:20:32 GMT

[Namibian] The Teachers Union of Namibia secretary-general Mahongora Kavihuha they would challenge the government with full vigour at their disposal should the government cut salaries of civil servants.

Liberia: Health Minister Appeals to Striking Health Workers - Says Govt. ...

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:47:20 GMT

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia's Minister of Health Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah has disclosed that the Government of Liberia (GOL) does not have any "onetime solution" to the multiple demands, including age-old issues, being proffered and demanded by striking healthcare workers in the country.

Nigeria: Concerns Over Flight Disruptions By Labour Unions

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:41:19 GMT

[This Day] Industry stakeholders have appealed to the federal government to wade into the industrial dispute rocking some of the airlines which saw the disruption of flight operations this week.

Kenya: State to Employ 50,000 Youths From 17 Counties

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 05:12:38 GMT

[Nation] The government targets to employ more than 50,000 youths from 17 counties under the Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project (KYEOP).

Kenya: RBA Orders Pension Scheme Trustees to Recover Debts

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 05:12:26 GMT

[Nation] The Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) has ordered trustees of the Kenya Railways Pension Scheme to explain, within 14 days, measures it has taken to recover Sh453.9 million owed to it by a company associated with Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko.

Zimbabwe: Health Workers' Safety First - WHO

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:09:22 GMT

[263Chat] World Health Organization has urged governments across the world to keep health workers safe in order to protect patients.