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

Mark Bennett

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

Mark Bennett

SEED working paper (Geneva, Switzerland), no. 33, ILO

2002

Abstract

trade unionization

trade union

small enterprise

clothing industry

Collective Bargaining

South Africa

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.

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Title: Organizing workers in small enterprises; the experience of the Southern African clothing and textile workers' union
Creators: Mark Bennett
Contributors: InFocus Programme on Boosting Employment through Small Enterprise Development
International Labour Organization. Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2002
Series: SEED working paper (Geneva, Switzerland); no. 33
Number of pages: x, 39 p. :
Language: English
Asset Type: working paper
Record Identifier: 995328517002676