THE WORKERS EYE
By Our Reporter. Female Workers Member of Parliament Hon Agnes Kunihira Abwooli, “ Omu Bwati” on December 19, 2022 launched a historic Workers Centre of Excellence at Kigowa, Nakawa West in Kampala, is taking shape. “It will serve as Workers House”, a resource centre for training, advocacy, entrepreneurship, projects planning Organising and recruitment, recreational centre […]
By Our Reporter. Fellow Workers, I take this opportunity to welcome you back from the annual International Nurses Day Celebrations that were hosted in Arua City. It was an honor to speak to you all, as we celebrated the invaluable contributions of nurses towards the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. This year’s […]
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. In a bid to improve the welfare of workers, a section of companies that recruit for labour export have formed a new association. External Labour Agencies of Uganda (ELAU) parted ways with Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA). Over 70 companies have joined ELAU on realizing that UAERA has fell […]
By Hon. Charles Bakkabulindi. The report further reveals that people in informal employment are estimated at 93%. The unemployment rate is 9.4% implying that as at 2014, 1.6 million of the working age population was unemployed. The percentages of people in employment are given as follows; • 64% of working population is engaged in subsistence […]
By Hon. Charles Bakkabulindi. Workers MP D ue to workers demands I look at the commonly violated rights based on my long experience in the field of Industrial Reactions. I have also attempted to suggest the various actions that can be taken to curb the violations. The rights violated are: 1. The right to work […]
By Our Reporter The Ugandan government has signed a bilateral agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is aimed at resuming labour exportation. The agreement was signed March 29, 2023 by the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon Betty Amongi. The development came after both countries reached an agreement on a number […]
By Hon. Arinaitwe Katambuka Rwakajara, Workers MP Third part of excerpts from my book titled Value your Labour. This time I;m looking at the Rights and Responsibilities of a worker. As a worker you are entitled to certain rights that are usually established by law. In Uganda the Employment Act, 2006 sets forth the rules […]
By Our Reporter The National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) What went wrong Masaka Committee report is a culmination of endless administrative wrangles that at one time threatened to tear apart the Labour federation. Report of Inquiry on Governance and Leadership of NOTU by the What Went Wrong Committee (WWWC) successfully completed its work as […]
By Our Reporter Happy World Earth Day 2023: THEME: “Invest in Our Planet,” writes Hon. Dr Abdulhu Byakatonda International Mother Earth Day provides an opportunity to raise global public awareness of the challenges to the well-being of the planet and all the life it supports. The Day also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for […]
By Anthony Wanyanma INTRODUCTIONThis presentation is comprisedof six parts. The first part is thisintroduction, the second part bringsout the meaning of Common Lawand some of its Principles as alludedto in the second part of the Bill, theimpact of these Principles on theadministration of Labour Justice inUganda and how the EmploymentAct 6 of 2006 has mitigated […]