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COTU hails landmark court ruling protecting outsourced workers: COTU has welcomed a court ruling granting outsourced workers the right to join trade unions and ...
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Paid articlePaywall Atwoli accuses Uhuru of allegedly using Sifuna to divide Luhya votes: Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli has accused Uhuru of allegedly sponsoring Sifuna to ...
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Atwoli calls for one union in water sector: COTU SG Francis Atwoli has urged unions in Kenya’s water sector to merge, arguing that fragmentation weakens workers’ ...
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Court saves Atwoli’s sixth term on legal technicality: Challengers chose a constitutional petition over trade union dispute channels.
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'Immoral and illegal': Atwoli slams KCAA over NYS plan: COTU opposes plan by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority to deploy National Youth Service ...
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Why labour unions have now moved beyond the streets: Kenya today enjoys one of the most stable industrial relations environments on the African continent ...
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Paid articlePaywall OpinionOf Francis Atwoli and Kenya’s Cotu labour illusion: For close to a quarter of a century, he has remained the most recognisable face of organised labour in Kenya.
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Atwoli, Cotu officials get court reprieve: The judge declined to grant orders sought to bar the Registrar of Trade Unions from registering or gazetting the newly ...
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Atwoli’s re-election as Cotu boss challenged by ex-NGO boss Fazul Mahamed in court
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Paid articlePaywall How Francis Atwoli secured sixth Cotu term to extend 32-year mandate: Re-election cements Atwoli's position as longest-serving secretary general in Cotu’s ...
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Atwoli backs new NSSF rates, slams FKE for downplaying benefits: Atwoli argued that recent remarks by the employers’ lobby on NSSF deductions neither represent ...
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COTU reacts to court order barring state use of private lawyers: “The craze in outsourcing legal services by national and county governments ...
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'We still want Atwoli': Unions endorse Cotu boss for sixth term: The umbrella union is scheduled to hold its elections in August 2026.
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Why trade union bosses are no longer at ease: Trade unions directed to hold elections by secret ballot and update membership registers 60 days before the polls.
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Deport 'rogue' Chinese employer, Atwoli reacts to viral assault video: Chinese national was filmed kicking and punching Kenyan worker without ...
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COTU calls for an end to child labour: The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) has called for more stringent laws to help curb child labour across the ...
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Cotu wants Senate to recall Bill on multinationals: Cotu sought for amendment of the contentious provisions that “unfairly insulate multinationals corporations ...
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Cotu rejects State plan to use housing levy for schools, markets: The union also denied any involvement in drafting the affordable housing regulations
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Paid articlePaywall From militant to moderate: Why modern-day trade unionism does not mean dalliance with government
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Paid articlePaywall Solidarity sold? 60 years of Cotu’s compromised legacy: Tethered by the State since birth, Cotu, a once-radical labour movement, has all but gone cold.
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