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The role of trade unions in contesting public service is critical to making public services democratic and making public services work with and for the poor. This book explores experiences of trade unions in building alternatives , as well as responding to public service restructuring and forms of democracy. Contesting Public Services: Comparative lessons on trade unions struggles argues that trade unions need to create public service alternatives, and central to this project is building coalitions between unions and other social movements. |
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This book has been titled Labour Pains to reflect the intensity of the struggle for gender equality in the trade union movement and society. Women in labour carry the double burden of paid work and unpaid work in the home. Black working class women are oppressed as black people, as women and as workers. They also face a ‘struggle within the struggle’ as they are forced to confront sexism in their won unions as well as in the workplace and at home. |
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Hotel & tourism are becoming the fastest growing sectors in the world. Over the last few years we have seen significant improvement within the African continent to harness the benefits of tourism. The focus of this research has been on the condition of employment and this helps in comparing and contrasting the behaviour of South African multinational corporations in Sub Saharan Africa. The study enables workers in the Southern Africa region to share experiences on the working conditions especially on similar sectors and South African companies operating in other African countries. |
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Working time has been a long-standing area of struggle for workers movements. It is argued, and increasingly recognised in public debate, that long working hours are bad for workers, bad for employment and bad for the economy. Indeed, South Africa’s long working hours represent a rather perverse paradox in context of high levels of employment in a ‘’labour-abundant’’ economy. What are the causes of this paradox? Is it a shortage of skills, employers avoiding the “hassle “of employing additional workers, workers preference for longer hours and overtime pay, or simply the manner in which work organisation is structured to increase employers control over workers? |
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A number of African countries adopted and formulated structural adjustment policies with the assumption that the effects are gender-neutral. It is now generally acknowledged that women tend to suffer more and gain less from adjustment policies. Seven labour research centres from seven African countries analysed the current economic and labour policies to see their impact on the labour force and the organised labour movement in general, and women in particular. |
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In 2005, the African Labour Research Network (ALRN) carried out research into the operations of some multinational hotel chains in Africa. The research reports form the basis of this booklet, which was compiled by Herbert Gauche from Labour Resource & Research Institute ( LaRRI) in Namibia. This publication forms part of the African Social Observatory (ASO) project, which is co-ordinated by the National Labour & Economic Development Institute ( NALEDI) on behalf of ALRN. |
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The People’s Budget Campaign is a coalition of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), South African Non-Governmental Coalition (SANGOCO) and the Congress of the South African Trade Unions. The campaign was launched in 2000 |
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The People’s Budget Campaign is a coalition of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), South African Non-Governmental Coalition (SANGOCO) and the Congress of the South African Trade Unions. The campaign was launched in 2000 |
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The People’s Budget Campaign is a coalition of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), South African Non-Governmental Coalition (SANGOCO) and the Congress of the South African Trade Unions. The campaign was launched in 2000 |
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The People’s Budget Campaign is a coalition of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), South African Non-Governmental Coalition (SANGOCO) and the Congress of the South African Trade Unions. The campaign was launched in 2000 |