Ireland: Staffing Crisis Worsens as Public Services Erode
Poor pay and conditions, especially in the context of the cost of living crisis, and staff burnout are leading to a difficulty in retaining and recruiting public sector staff. Combined with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the hardship faced particularly by frontline workers has led to staff shortages in many areas. While historic […]
South Africa: COSATU’s 14th National Congress
ANC, a working class enemy, not an ally On the first day of the COSATU congress, the delegates booed and heckled the National Chairperson of the ANC, Gwede Mantashe, to stop him from addressing the congress. It is not new for COSATU workers to heckle ANC leadership off the stage; Cyril Ramaphosa had to be […]