South African trade unions and globalisation
Going for the ‘high road’, getting stuck on the ‘low road’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21189668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marlea Clarke (University of Cape Town), Marlea Clarke Marlea Clarke, Carolyn Bassett (University of Cape Town), Carolyn Bassett Carolyn Bassett |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Organisation Labour & Globalisation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-641X • E-ISSN: 1745-6428 |
| Publisher | Pluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.2.1.0133 |
| OpenAlex | W2755582423 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
In this paper, we assess the South African labour movement's engagement with globalisation in the 1990s and its implications for labour politics in the following decade. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews with key informants, we show that, although the labour movement had become committed to a ‘high road’, post-Keynesian restructuring vision by 1993, its representatives failed to pursue that vision consistently in the economic policy negotiations that preceded the historic 1994 democratic election. In fact, labour delegates actually agreed to several policy changes that were more in line with a ‘low road’, neo-liberal approach, with dramatic implications for workers in some sectors. The inability of labour's engagement with globalisation to benefit the working class has led to a long search for a new basis for union strategy
Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Globalization · Labour economics · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Trade union · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
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| Highly cited | No |