Organizing workers in small enterprises: the experience of the Southern African clothing and textile workers' union

Mark. Bennett

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Analyses strategies adopted by the South African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) to recruit and serve workers in formal small clothing establishments. Special attention is paid to centralized bargaining institutions (Bargaining Councils) that regulate wages, benefits and working conditions in the major metropolitan areas.

Keywords: trade unionization.; trade union.; collective bargaining; small enterprise; clothing industry.; syndicalisation; syndicat; négociation collective; petite entreprise; industrie du vêtement; sindicalización; sindicato; negociación colectiva; pequeña empresa; industria del vestido (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2002
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