After a conciliation meeting on 5 May, the Sugar Plantation Workers Union of Malawi (SPAWUM) reached an agreement on an 8 percent wage increase across the board with Illovo Sugar (Malawi), covering some 2,500 union members in the Categories A1 to C3 in the Patterson scale. The wage increase is in effect from 1 April …
Category: Africa Project 2013-2014
A project focussing on women workers and farm workers, with emphasis on Occupational Safety and Health. Developed in coordination with Kenya's KUSPAW and South Africa's FAWU, with the support of the Social Justice Fund Unifor - formerly by SJF of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW).
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Kenya: Impact of the IUF Sugar work on the OSH conditions in the sugar subsector
Under the IUF Sugar project in Kenya and South Africa, the Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation Workers Union (KUSPAW) further developed an in-depth work on Occupational Safety and Health conditions in the country’s sugar subsector.
As the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) of South Africa organised their first-ever Sugar Conference and was also a …
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South Africa: FAWU First Sugar Conference Successfully Held
Over 85 sugar delegates of the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) along with international delegates and invitees met for the first-ever FAWU Sugar Conference on 02-04 February 2015 in Durban, under the theme: “Consolidate, deepen unity and accelerate sugar workers’ struggles towards achieving radical economic transformation.” The delegates represented FAWU sugar workplace union committees from …
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South Africa: Finalising a project with a stronger commitment to Women Sugar Workers
The final event in the IUF Sugar project in Kenya and South Africa (2012-2014) was in fact two different activities that gathered women sugar workers from Harden Heights, a cane supplier to the UCL factory located in the Dalton area, and in Sezela, an Illovo Sugar operation, south of Durban.
The activities were held from …
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Kenya: IUF Global Sugar Program successfully ends two-year project with KUSPAW
On 20-22 August a workshop held by the IUF Global Sugar Program successfully finalise a two-year project on Occupational Safety and Health with the Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation Agricultural Workers Union (KUSPAW), which focused on the policy and political aspects of safety and health, moving the union towards a meaningful engagement with management on …
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South Africa: Sezela Women’s Forum and Future Women Workers
By Nelisiwe Nxumalo, FAWU member in Sezela
The Sezela Women’s Forum comprises women employed in the Mill and Agriculture areas in the Sezela Sugar Company and represents them in the Equality Employment (EE) meetings. The Forum helps dealing with issues that women face at the workplace, and also organises functions and events, such …
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Kenya: OSH Workshop by KUSPAW West Kenya (Kabras) Branch
The Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAW) through its national office and the Kabras Branch in coordination with the management of the West Kenya Sugar Company held a workshop to look at constituting the company’s Joint Safety Committee, writes Norbert Oloo, KUSPAW education officer. The workshop is a result of the ongoing …
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