Established in 1986, the Labour Research Service is a non-profit membership-based labour support organisation with fifteen member trade unions in South Africa.

Vision

A labour movement that is part of a vibrant civil society that promotes egalitarianism.

Mission:

To conduct research, provide information and facilitate participatory education for trade union development.

Objectives

• Supporting the renewal of strategies for trade union and workplace organising, bargaining and resource development with a special focus on the living wage, issues impacting on women’s participation in the workplace, the wage gap, vulnerable work and information management.
• Leadership development and building cultures of gender equality in trade unions, the workplace and in the community.
• Supporting multinational union alliances to confront multinational companies and reshaping corporate governance.
• Supporting the renewal of approaches to workers’ education initiatives.
• Building national, regional and international networks and alliances for the working class.
• Cultivating a community of worker activism, locally and globally.