The South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers (SACCAWU) has declared a dispute at Woolworths on the 17 September 2008. This has come after the company has disputed the veracity of the union membership levels and the workers choice to join the union.

300 workers members of the trade union TOTAWUM (Tobacco Tenant and Allied Workers Union of Malawi) down tools on the 21st August 2008 at the Leaf Tobacco Company after the management refused to respond to their demand.

The UHOA (Uganda Hotel Owners Association) and the UHFTAWU (Uganda Hotel, Food, Tourism and Allied Workers Unions) have been negotiating for the past 7 years and finally broke the deadlock and conclude an agreement on the 22 August 2008.

The trade union TUICO (Tanzania Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers) and the South African supermarket Shoprite have been negotiating since the 29 July 2008, on the issue of wage increment and improvement of working condition for workers.

Talks to resolve a labour dispute that has hit the Shoprite supermarket chain started in Dar es Salaam on the 29 July 2008.

On the 24th of July 2008, 300 workers members of the trade union TUICO (Tanzania Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers) from all five Shoprite outlets in Tanzania went on strike. This after workers have been holding talk with the management over four months and had not been able to reach a consensus.

On June 12 2008, Edward Dzeka, area officer for the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) and Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), was picked up by suspected militia thugs of the ruling party ZANU (PF) and transported to what is described as a torture center near the town of Chegutu.

Three workers who are all GAPWUZ (General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe) members have been admitted at Medical centre in Mutare after they were brutally attacked at their workplace, Down South Tea Estate in Chipinge.

The trade union NUHFAW (National Union of Hotel Food and Allied Workers) and Sun International have resumed negotiations on the issue of retrenchment, this after both parties had agreed to continue the negotiations.

According to the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ), close to 40,000 farmworkers have been "affected by the current terror campaign", victims of violence and/or eviction from their workplaces.

The National Union of Plantation Agricultural workers of Zambia (NUPAW) and the Zambia Sugar Plc having been negotiating from 18 Feb to 22 Feb 2008 on the issue of the wage increment for employees in accordance with the memorandum of Agreement signed between them on the 24 December 1996.

The trade union NUHFAW(National Union of Hotels Food and Allied Workers) and the management of the Lesotho Sun International have been engaged in negociation on the issue of retrenchment since last year

Lisbon,December 8 from 53 African countries and 27 European Union nations opened a "summit of equals" in the Portugues capital city of Lisbon on saturday,to outline future cooperation and relations between the two continents.

On the 26 and 27 October, the members of the trade union SINTIAB(Sindicato Nacional dos Trabalhadores da Industria Alimentar e Bebidas),held their IV congress in the city of Bilene in Mozambique.The theme was:"Better quality of life and job security"

The General Agricultural and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe(GAPWUZ) recently agreed on a new salary structure for its members that will see them receive monthly increments until December,but the farm workers say it far from enough to survive on.

The National Union of Hotels Food and Allied Workers(NUHFAW)and the management of Sun International came to an agreement on retrenchment package.

The Uganda Fisheries and Allied Workers(UFAWU) and the Uganda Fish Processors and Exporters Association have signed a Recognition Agreement on the 29th August 2007.

Workers in the sugar industry of Kenya have been awarded a 24% general wage increase.

The Kenya Union of Commercial Food and Allied Workers (KUCFAW) has issue a twenty one day strike notice to the company Farmers Choice Limited.

The strike by the seasonal workers at the Mafambisse sugar plantation,ended on thursday 19/07/07 afternoon with an agreement on wage rises of between 16 and 26%

The cane cutters at the Mafambisse sugar plantation in the central Mozambique are on strike.

The Conservation Hotels Domestics Allied Workers Union (CHODAWU) has been in the frontline fighting and campaining against child labour and its worst forms.CHODAWU concentrated mainly on child domestic workers since 1996.

Nzoia Sugar Company has lost close to Sh1 billion last weeks following the closure of the mill after a Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation Workers (KUSPW) strike in the branch.

ABOUT 2 000 Blue Ribbon Bakery workers and members of the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) embarked on a national strike yesterday after management‘s refusal to accede to the union‘s demand for a centralised bargaining forum.

THE National Union of Plantation and Agricultural Workers in Uganda has reached a deal with the Uganda Flower Exporters Association to allow workers at flower farms to join the trade union.

The workers of the Tobacco Research Board branch of Harare in Zimbabwe went on picket to demand a living wage on 9th January 2007 and again on 11th January 2007.

The Cocoa Marketing Company (Ghana) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ghana Cocoa Board and has the sole responsibility for the sale and export of Ghana Cocoa beans.

A two month strike, which affected ten of Sun International’s properties, has ended with a three-year agreement signed on Tuesday night between the hotel and gaming company and the trade union Saccawu.

Workers at Tanzania Cigarette Company (TCC) have signed an upgraded and win-win voluntary agreement with their managers valid for two years.

Failed talks between hotel and casino company Sun International and SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers' Union (Saccawu) members led to a strike on Saturday, said union spokesperson Ivan Molefe.

The solidarity and strength of the FAWU membership, bolstered by strong international support, has produced a successful resolution to the nearly 4 month strike at the Kraft Elandsfontein site in South Africa . The union achieved its essential demands, including an increase in the base rate and a new bonus system and severance pay agreement.

Around 20 casuals, who just a week ago faced being fired over a labour incident at Namibia Beverages' Coca-Cola bottling plant at Oshakati(Northern Namibia), have been given another chance following negotiation between their employer and Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU)

An agreement on annual wage increases has been reached between Sasko Bakeries and the Food & Allied Workers Union (FAWU), ending a nationwide strike that began on August 17, 2006.

Hoteliers will not make the big money they are hoping to get by hosting thousands of delegates who will attend next year's Commonwealth Summit if they do not allow their employees to form and belong to unions.

The National Union of Plantation and Agricultural Workers of Uganda (NUPAW) has just signed an agreement with the Ugandan Flower Exporters Association (UFEA) which recognises NUPAW as “the sole Trade Union representative of workers in the Ugandan Flower Industry". The Agreement covers all 22 members of the Association.

About 314 workers have been on a protected strike at Kraft SA plant in Elandsfontein (Johannesburg) since 25 May 2006.

The strike action is center around wages and conditions of employment. It has also come to attention that two casuals workers were injured on duty. A pallet fell on one of the casual and while the other was injured by a machine. These workers have no experience and were brought in as part of 180 scab labour.

About 30 workers of Tydstroom in Klipheuwel, Durbanville were arrested while they were on a protected strike.

Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) members at Coca-Cola Canners in Germiston on the East Rand have come out on strike.

Part of the work of the IUF global sugar program is to support our affiliates to discuss and build alternative proposals for the future of the sugar industry, an ongoing task that has taken central stage because of the globalization and restructuring processes, the trend towards free(r) trade practices, and, of late, the process of reform of the sugar regime in the European Union, which would have a major impact on many traditional sugar industries. 

The IUF has consistently expressed serious concerns about labour relations practices in the Coca-Cola system's Colombian operations. Like others, we have supported the call for an independent investigation (rather than a Coca-Cola initiated internal assessment) as the only adequate response to reported serious rights violations. The IUF has now secured agreement with The Coca-Cola Company that both parties shall request the United Nations, through its International Labour Organization (ILO), to conduct such an investigation.