Author : Sakhela Buhlungu
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,39 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780796921277
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Author : Stefano Bellucci
Publisher :
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 38,43 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1847012183
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide.
Author : M. Oyelere
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 26,53 MB
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 113734122X
In light of the decline of trade union membership and the role TU are expected to play in industrial relations, this book explores the consequences of government action and the economic policies on TU membership, investigating the forms of political action undertaken by TU and reviewing the conditions under which these actions succeed or fail.
Author : Franco Barchiesi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 24,94 MB
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1351773224
Title first published in 2003. In recognition of the power of organised labour, the ANC Government elected in 1994 granted South Africa's unions unprecedented legal and constitutional rights. Despite these gains, the country's unions have faced a fresh set of challenges, many of them emanating from their political allies in Government. From Parliament to the factory floor, South Africa's unions are now confronted with threats as dangerous as those they confronted when organising illegally in the heyday of apartheid. The purpose of this book is to examine how South African unions have responded and how well prepared they are to meet the challenges that confront them in the new millennium.
Author : Nicolas Pons-Vignon
Publisher : International Labor Office
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 39,73 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
The unfolding economic crisis has unequivocally proved that neoliberal policies were no better for growth than for social progress. As poverty and inequality are rising to alarming levels in Europe, the old continent seems at a loss to respond. Political leaders seem content to liquidate the social gains made by workers' struggles. A small minority, possibly even smaller than 1 per cent, associated with the financial sector, stands to benefit from a deepening of neoliberalism. This new anthology of essays from the Global Labour Column explores Europe's turmoil and challenges the deep-rooted consequences of neoliberalism in the North and the South. It sheds light on new movements and ideas which are emerging to defend and mobilise workers, and points to encouraging new policies and directions which could lay the foundations of a new order that would put decent work and life at its core. A number of these come from the South, from which the North may have much to learn. [ILO website]
Author : Matthew Behrens
Publisher : Between the Lines(CA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,78 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781771131322
Embrace worker rights and build a better democracy
Author : Ilda Lindell
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 20,69 MB
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1848138334
Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond. Gathering cases from nine countries and cities across sub-Saharan Africa, and from a range of sectors, this volume goes beyond the usual focus on household ‘coping strategies’ and individual agency, addressing the growing number of collective organizations through which informal workers make themselves visible and articulate their demands and interests. The emerging picture is that of a highly diverse landscape of organized actors, providing grounds for tension but also opportunities for alliance. The collection examines attempts at organizing across the formal-informal work spheres, and explores the novel trend of transnational organizing by informal workers. Part of the ground-breaking Africa Now series, Africa’s Informal Workers is a timely exploration of deep, ongoing economic, political and social transformations.
Author : International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labor Office
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 24,55 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Labour in the global South is an exciting contribution to the new field of global labour studies. It identifies in ten clearly written chapters the innovative and creative responses to the challenges facing labour worldwide.? -Edward Webster, University of Kassel, Germany, and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Author : Gérard Kester
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317008553
Can democracy only survive if it is participatory? Is participatory democracy a prerequisite for sustainable development? Are trade unions the most appropriate body through which such aims can be implemented? These critical questions are tackled in Gérard Kester's book, Trade Unions and Workplace Democracy in Africa, which applies an unparalleled depth of research to these issues as they impact African nations, including: Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Rigorously structured, it sets the background of the research and the underlying theory, before presenting the learning experiences within different countries and the the broad implications of the research findings for policy making on democratic participation.
Author : Marcel Van Der Linden
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2024-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9004533907
The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004092761).
