Better health services rest on building trust among healthcare workers: South Africa has a health workforce in crisis. Nic Bothma/EPA A health system that communities experience as uncaring and unaccountable undermines and ultimately destroys trust in the health system. The most visible signs of a dysfunctional health system are the performance of its healthcare workers, …
Why workers go on strike: The employment relationship – between employer and employee – is full of tensions, bargains and compromises. Even the most motivated employee has days when they would rather be doing something else. Or when they simply dislike the way their boss asked them to do something. These tension points often go …
University strikes: can workers fully withdraw labour in the digital age?: Chris Bertram Over the past month, industrial action by academics has seen picket lines outide many universities in the UK. Supported by members of the student body and a range of other education workers, academics have stood outside in the cold, encouraging their colleagues …
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South Africa in the news: South African miner says 1,000 workers trapped underground: He didn’t say how long it could take, adding that there were no fatalities and the workers are fine. South Africa’s state-owned utility said power will soon be restored to the Beatrix mine. The outage was caused by a severe thunderstorm that …
Take this job and shiver it: Chilly offices plague workers updated: “I am still shivering,” the 39-year-old graphic designer said last week, estimating the temperature in the office was in the mid-60s while outside, the city hit 19 below zero at one point. “Living in the Midwest, I'm well-trained to dress warmly and in layers, …
Why changes to South Africa’s labour laws are an assault on workers’ rights: South African public sector workers march for higher pay. Reuters/Mike Hutchings The biggest changes to South Africa’s labour laws since 1995, shortly after the country’s first democratic elections, are currently being considered by parliament. If passed into law, they will significantly limit …
National Alliance of Social Workers in Sports (NASWIS) 3rd Annual Symposium – a Sport interest event taking place on 2017-10-16 12:00:00 in United States Monday, October 16th Sport Social Work Institute Tuesday, October 17th Time Event Ballroom A Ballroom B 8:30am Registration X 9:00am Opening Remarks X 9:30am – 10:30am Ted Talk …
South Africa in the news: A sex worker’s view on South Africa’s latest plans to beat HIV: South Africa recently launched a five-year plan to improve the country’s response to HIV, TB and sexually transmitted infections. The plan was deemed necessary because of the persistently high rates of infections – the country has the highest …
A sex worker’s view on South Africa’s latest plans to beat HIV: Activists supporting the decriminalisation of sex work at the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. International AIDS Society/Abhi Indrarajan South Africa recently launched a five-year plan to improve the country’s response to HIV, TB and sexually transmitted infections. The plan was …
3/4 of office workers in pain because of jobs, survey finds: Nearly three-quarters of office workers regularly suffer from aches and pains they believe are caused by their jobs, a new survey has shown. Of 2,000 employees surveyed, nearly half said they regularly suffered eye strain and 32% from severe headaches. : Weird News Have …
South Africa’s national minimum wage could hurt small firms and rural workers: Protests by farm workers in the Western Cape added to pressure for a minimum wage. EPA/NIC BOTHMA South Africa will formally adopt a national minimum wage of US$ 1.5 (ZAR20.00) per hour on Workers’ Day next year. There are questions as to whether …
Aid workers get a bad rap – but too often they’re thrown in at the deep end: Acute famine in the Horn of Africa, an impending food crisis in Yemen and ongoing civil war in Syria are among the main causes of today’s global refugee crisis. Currently there are more than 65.3m people displaced across …
Home workers ‘skive off’ five hours per week: A survey of 2,000 'at home workers' has revealed that a staggering 90 per cent admit to bunking off regularly. And astonishingly, one in three work at home Brits are so slack they don't even bother getting out of their PJs all day and just work on …
‘Pointless’ work performance reviews driving workers to tears: Around two-thirds of employees, and managers, said that formal reviews were time-consuming and outdated, in a survey by software firm Adobe – who themselves have abandoned the process of formal reviews. The survey of 1500 office workers also discovered that these annual evaluations are a stressful event …
35% of British workers admit to having got away with a nap at work: Take a look around your office. If a new study is to be believed, 35 per cent of your colleagues have taken a nap on the job and got away with it. : Weird News Weird 58 mins ago 7:33 a.m.Cooking …
How striking Kenyan medical workers are using social media to tell their stories: A Kenyan nurse blows a horn outside the Ministry of Health headquarters during their strike. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya The ongoing health workers strike in Kenya has taken a new dimension with medics adopting social networking sites to air their grievances. In the process …