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PEACE TALKS: “I am Ready For Dialogue With The Coup Plotters’- Usher Owere

PEACE TALKS: “I am Ready For Dialogue With The Coup Plotters’- Usher Owere

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] National Organisation of Trade Union (NOTU) Chairman General Usher Wilson Owere has said he is ready for dialogue with those who tried to overthrow him as Chairman General. Owere…

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TROUNCED: Court Rules Owere Is Legitimate NOTU Chairman General, Awards UGX30m In Damages

TROUNCED: Court Rules Owere Is Legitimate NOTU Chairman General, Awards UGX30m In Damages

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] The protracted battle within the National Organisation of Trade Union (NOTU) that saw the Chairman General Usher Wilson Owere booted out by a section of NOTU officials seems resolved…

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DEATH TRAP: Inside Sunbelt Textile Company Torture Chambers In Jinja

DEATH TRAP: Inside Sunbelt Textile Company Torture Chambers In Jinja

By PATRICK JARAMOGI Jinja, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] It is a norm for Ugandans working under ‘harsh’ conditions at the Jinja based Sunbelt Textiles Company Limited  to report to relevant authorities and remain not assisted. The cries…

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LABOR DAY; CSOs Echo Concerns Of Ugandan Workers Rights

LABOR DAY; CSOs Echo Concerns Of Ugandan Workers Rights

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFT MEDIA] Every May 1 the world marks International Labor Day, call it workers day. This year’s annual celebration will be held in Namutumba district in eastern Uganda. At the…

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1-0 : High Court Slaps Temporary Injunction On All NOTU Activities

1-0 : High Court Slaps Temporary Injunction On All NOTU Activities

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] “He Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best.” So goes the saying. In a rare twist of events, the High Court in Kampala has slapped a temporary injunction into activities of…

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VACUUM: NOTU Top Governing Council Throws Hon Werikhe As Secretary General

VACUUM: NOTU Top Governing Council Throws Hon Werikhe As Secretary General

By Our Reporter KAMPALA [SHIFTMEDIA] The ‘push and Shove’ at the National Organization of Trade Unions (NOTU) is back on the lime light. This time it is regarding the booting of current NOTU Secretary General…

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SKILLING: Journalists Trained To Defend The Informal Economy Worker’s Rights

SKILLING: Journalists Trained To Defend The Informal Economy Worker’s Rights

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] Martin Luther King Jr said: “Our Lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. On March 16 2022, some five months ago, a driver,…

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CLIMATE CHANGE: Trade Unions Chat Ways On Addressing Worrying Disasters

CLIMATE CHANGE: Trade Unions Chat Ways On Addressing Worrying Disasters

By AWORI ESTHER LUCY KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] The National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) and the International Labor Organisation are chatting ways towards addressing climate change. In a virtual hybrid workshop held in Kampala on…

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MURDER: How Dembe Trading Enterprises Limited Driver Was Clobbered To Death

MURDER: How Dembe Trading Enterprises Limited Driver Was Clobbered To Death

By SMN INVESTIGATIONS TEAM KAMPALA, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA] Wednesday March 16 2022 seemed liked any other normal day for Mahad Mohammed, a hitherto driver at Distribution Company, Dembe Trading Enterprises Limited  located in Industrial Area in Kampala.…

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SEALED: Workers’ Body, Externalization Of Labour Firm Unite To Address Human Trafficking

SEALED: Workers’ Body, Externalization Of Labour Firm Unite To Address Human Trafficking

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] The remittances by Ugandans working abroad hit over $1.4 billion in 2017, though recent International Fund for Agricultural Development  (IFAD) report showed a slight decrease due to the COVID…

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