October 2021 – Marxist Workers Party

Solidarity with Steel and Engineering Workers Strike

5 October, 2021

The Marxist Workers Party stands in solidarity with the steel and engineering workers who began national strike action on 5 October. This action on pay is being led by Numsa, the dominant union in the nearly half-million strong workforce. Marches have taken place in Johannesburg and Durban with one journalist, reporting live from the Johannesburg, remarking that this is the largest worker-action seen since the pandemic began. [click to read more]

Gauteng EPWP Workers’ CCMA Case Hearing on 4 October

1 October, 2021

On Monday 4 October Gauteng EPWP workers will return to the CCMA in Pretoria. The Commission will hear the case on the March 2020 dismissal of over 3,000 workers by the ANC-run Gauteng Department of Infrastructure. The workers had been employed for seven years. [click to read more]