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In Precarious Battle - Labour Broking In The South African Post Office (Paperback) Loot Price: R346
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In Precarious Battle - Labour Broking In The South African Post Office (Paperback)

David Dickinson

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In Precarious Battle tells how labour broking was defeated in the South African Post Office (SAPO). Labour broking has become synonymous with worker exploitation. By 2011, a third of SAPO’s workforce was employed through labour brokers. These ‘casuals’ worked alongside permanent employees, some for over a decade, but for a quarter of the salary.

David Dickinson shares the story of how labour broking provided cheap and compliant labour, and how the use of labour brokers in SAPO divided the workplace and the workforce. He charts the attempts of casuals to organise within the law and how their efforts were defeated at every turn. He describes the increasing ferocity of the wildcat strikes that followed and explains how eventually 294 casuals, the Mabarete, fought their own battle and ended labour broking.

This book reflects on how labour broking created misery for those trapped in precarious employment, how the Constitution failed casual workers and how the South African industrial relations system is unravelling.

General

Imprint: University Of Kwazulu-Natal Press
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: April 2021
Authors: David Dickinson
Dimensions: 230 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 978-1-86914-468-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > Employment & unemployment
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Postal & telecommunications industries
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LSN: 1-86914-468-6
Barcode: 9781869144685

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