eSwatini

eSwatini, Swaziland, worker rights, human rights, Solidarity Center

The Solidarity Center is working with union federations in Africa and internationally to build solidarity and urge the eSwatini government to protect freedom of association and other basic rights. Credit: Solidarity Center/Kate Conradt

The Solidarity Center in eSwatini is building labor solidarity in Africa and at the international level to help the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) exercise its right to form unions and protect its leadership from government attacks. The Solidarity Center has also worked with transportation unions, successfully increasing their organizing and bargaining capacity, and helped TUCOSWA conduct research on working conditions in Swaziland’s textile industry.

Unions and opposition parties pressing for a transition to greater parliamentary democracy have been severely repressed, with grassroots leaders beaten and imprisoned and groups banned from participating in civil society. TUCOSWA has consistently been targeted by the government.

The Solidarity Center is working with trade union federations in Africa and at the international level to build solidarity and urge the government to protect freedom of association, register TUCOSWA and cease attacks on TUCOSWA’s leadership.

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Swazi Union Receives 2015 AFL-CIO Human Rights Award

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Swazi Union Receives 2015 AFL-CIO Human Rights Award

Swazi Union Receives 2015 AFL-CIO Human Rights Award

Over the past year, Swazi workers have not been deterred from taking part in union meetings even though the gatherings were repeatedly broken up by police. They turned out in large numbers for the annual May Day rally, although they were threatened with arrest if they...

Swazi Trade Union Federation Sounds Alarm over Job Losses

Swazi Trade Union Federation Sounds Alarm over Job Losses

Representatives of Swaziland’s trade union federation, TUCOSWA—who are in Washington, D.C., to receive a human rights award from the AFL-CIO in recognition of the courage and persistence of Swaziland’s workers in demanding their rights—say an alarming number of people...

Swazi Human Rights Leaders Released from Prison

Swazi Human Rights Leaders Released from Prison

Imprisoned Swazi human rights leader Mario Masuku and student activist Maxwell Dlamini were granted bail today by the Supreme Court of Swaziland, according to the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA). The two were charged with terrorism and jailed in May 2014...

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