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FILE: Thousands of Numsa members marched from Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown to the offices of the Metals and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council in Marshalltown on 5 October 2021. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

International labour organization

Collective bargaining helps narrow gender gap, advances equality - ILO

By Theto Mahlakoana

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has released its latest social dialogue report. It also explored how collective bargaining played a critical role in...

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