Labour Disrupted

Edward Webster, Lucien Walt, Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama, Jantjie Xaba, Malehoko Tshoaedi, Sandla Nomvete, Siphelo Ngcwangu, Mpho Mmadi, John Mashayamombe, Babalwa Magoqwana, Aisha Lorgat, Mondli Hlatshwayo, Janet Cherry, Andries Bezuidenhout, Christine Bischoff, Asanda-Jonas Benya

Description

Analyses the fragmentation and future of labour movements in the context of globalisation, the fourth industrial revolution and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Labour Disrupted reflects on the past and the future of labour, primarily in South Africa but also globally. It focuses on how South Africa’s lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic further exposed key contradictions and challenges that labour movements face.

The contributions include a diverse range of topics currently engaged with by those actively engaged in the field of labour movement. Essays by academics and activists tackle thorny issues: from redefining democracy in South Africa, to experiences of inclusiveness (or lack thereof) in workplace environments by women, young people, migrant workers, LGBTI people and people living with disabilities. The volume addresses contemporary issues related to the use of technology and the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on the youth and the working class, and the challenges of skills development and restructuring in the workplace.

Labour Disrupted shows new forms of organising and alliances that labour movements are involved in to address issues of social justice in education, health and community solidarity.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction: Disruptions and New Directions in South African Labour Studies – Andries Bezuidenhout, Malehoko Tshoaedi and Christine Bischoff

Chapter 1 Fragmented Labour Movement, Fragmented Labour Studies: New Directions for Research and Theory – Lucien van der Walt

PART I CHANGING SOLIDARITIES

Chapter 2 Patriarchal Collusions and Women’s Marginalisation in Mining Unions – Asanda-Jonas Benya

Chapter 3 Youth, Trade Unions and the Challenges of Employment Christine Bischoff

Chapter 4 Community Health Care Workers in Gauteng: Volunteerism as a Band-Aid for Unemployment – Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama and Aisha Lorgat

PART II TECHNOLOGY AND WORK

Chapter 5 Trade Unions, Technology and Skills – Siphelo Ngcwangu

Chapter 6 Labour Process, Hegemony and Technology: ‘Sanitised Workplace Orders’ at Two South African Mines – John Mashayamombe

Chapter 7 Trade Union Responses to Production Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution –

Mondli Hlatshwayo

Chapter 8 Emotional Labour in Government Frontline Work: The Burden of Public Call Centre Workers – Babalwa Magoqwana

PART III NEW FORMS OF ORGANISING

Chapter 9 Why Other Spaces Matter: The Case of Mamelodi Train Sector – Mpho Mmadi

Chapter 10 Social Capital Unionism and Empowerment: A Case of Solidarity Union at ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark – Jantjie Xaba

Chapter 11 Hegemony, Counter-Hegemony and the Role of Social Movements – Janet Cherry

Chapter 12 Competing Interests: Investment Companies and the Future of Labour – Sandla Nomvete

Chapter 13 Going Global, Building Local: A Southern Perspective on the Future of Labour Internationalism – Edward Webster

PART IV LABOUR AND LOCKDOWN

Chapter 14 The Labour Movement’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic – Christine Bischoff

Conclusion Questions, Answers and New Directions – Andries Bezuidenhout, Christine Bischoff and Malehoko Tshoaedi

Contributors

Index

Sujets

• Industrial Relations
• Labor Relations
• Political Science
• Unions
• Movimiento sindical
• Just Transition
• Precarious work
• Health care provider
• Intersectionality
• Identity politics
• Globalization
• Gender
• Technology
• Mining
• Labour economics
• Trade union
• Education
• Technologie
• Labor
• Mondialisation

Informations

• Publié par: WITS University Press
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781776148257
• Langue: English

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