Taking COSATU Today Forward, 11 February 2025 #CosatuProvCongresses
Norman Mampane
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Taking COSATU Today Forward
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11 February 2025
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Contents
- Workers Parliament: Back to Basics!
- COSATU will present its submission on the Immigration Amendment Bill to Parliament, Tuesday 11 February 2025
- South Africa
- NEHAWU mourns the passing of Comrade Sam Nujoma
- International-Workers’ Solidarity!
- New toolkit to tackle gender-based violence in the battery supply chain
Workers’ Parliament-Back2Basics
COSATU will present its submission on the Immigration Amendment Bill to Parliament, Tuesday 11 February 2025
Matthew Parks, COSATU Parliamentary Coordinator, 10 February 2025
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will present its submission on the Immigration Amendment Bill to the National Assembly’s Portfolio Committee: Home Affairs from 10h00 Tuesday 11 February 2025 (virtual).
Issued by COSATU
Matthew Parks(Parliamentary Coordinator)
Mobile: 082 785 0687
Email: mat...@cosatu.org.za
NEHAWU mourns the passing of Comrade Sam Nujoma
Zola Saphetha, NEHAWU General Secretary, February 11, 2025
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] mourns the passing away of Comrade Sam Nujoma, father of independent Namibia and champion of the liberation struggle against colonialism.
NEHAWU sends revolutionary condolences to his family, his organisation - South West Africa People’s Organization [SWAPO], and the people of Namibia.
He has now joined Comrade Andimba Toivo Ja Toivo (co-founder of SWAPO) and many gallant liberation fighters, whom were in the trenches in the fight against the apartheid regime, colonialism for the liberation of the Southern African region.
Cde Nujoma was a revolutionary par excellence with unparalleled struggle credentials of not only his country but also contributed immensely in the liberation struggle of the African continent.
Indeed, the African continent has lost a towering figure of the struggle for a continent that is free from oppression, a continent with social justice, equality, human rights, peace, and prosperity without capitalist exploitation and subjugation.
Comrade Nujoma was an inspiration to all liberation forces in Southern Africa and the African continent. He was part of a generation of freedom fighters that devoted their life to the struggle of a free and Independent Africa from the bondage colonialism. His name will forever etched in the annals of history as a revolutionary par excellence.
As NEHAWU, we are confident that the current generation of revolutionaries in SWAPO will continue waging a relentless struggle in honour of Comrade Nujoma.
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Issued by NEHAWU Secretariat.
International-Solidarity
New toolkit to tackle gender-based violence in the battery supply chain
6 February, 2025
The global shift to renewable energy has put the battery supply chain in the spotlight, but behind the scenes, workers, particularly women, face alarming levels of gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH). To combat this, IndustriALL has released a new toolkit offering concrete strategies to address this urgent issue.
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Ending Gender-Based Violence and Harassment: The Case of the Battery Supply Chain (ENGLISH) |
In many workplaces, women remain disproportionately vulnerable due to unsafe working conditions, lack of enforcement of labour rights and cultural norms that exacerbate discrimination. IndustriALL’s toolkit not only highlights the risks of GBVH in the battery supply chain but also equips workers and unions with actionable solutions.
IndustriALL’s new toolkit, Ending Gender-Based Violence and Harassment: The Case of the Battery Supply Chain, provides trade unions, workers but also companies with the tools they need to identify and prevent GBVH in the world of work. The battery supply chain spans industries from mining and refineries to battery cell production and assembly, where women often endure unsafe conditions, harassment and exploitation.
IndustriALL encourages trade unions to bring a gender perspective into HRDD to address the root/structural causes of gender inequalities and identify multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination.
What’s inside the toolkit?
A roadmap to gender-transformative human rights due diligence (HRDD)
Risk assessment of GBVH adapted to the OECD’s six steps in the HRDD process
Real-world case studies, including successful trade union strategies in Indonesia
Insights on how to integrate ILO Convention 190 (C190) into workplace policies and on human rights and responsible business conduct
Tools for workers and unions to negotiate effective policies and hold companies accountable
“With global frameworks like ILO C190, which establishes clear guidelines for addressing workplace violence, the time to act is now. Companies must be held accountable, and unions must be empowered to protect their members,”
says Christina Olivier, IndustriALL assistant general secretary.
“We can build a battery supply chain that prioritizes workers’ rights, safety, and dignity. Let’s make this transition to clean energy truly just and inclusive for all.”
What can I do?
Unions: Use this toolkit to demand stronger risk assessment and prevention processes of GBVH and a gender transformative HRDD.
Companies: Promote gender equality and norms that, implement zero-tolerance policies and strengthen risk management of GBVH.
Governments: Support the ratification and enforcement of ILO C190 to create safer workplaces worldwide.
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Norman Mampane (Shopsteward Editor)
Congress of South African Trade Unions
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