The Politics of Solidarity
Privatisation, Precarious Work and Labour in South Africa
(Sprache: Englisch, Deutsch)
Politische Transformation - und dann? 25 Jahre nach dem Ende der Apartheid sieht sich die südafrikanische Gesellschaft nach wie vor mit drastischen Ungleichheiten konfrontiert. Carmen Ludwig nimmt den Wandel öffentlicher Dienstleistungen im...
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Politische Transformation - und dann? 25 Jahre nach dem Ende der Apartheid sieht sich die südafrikanische Gesellschaft nach wie vor mit drastischen Ungleichheiten konfrontiert. Carmen Ludwig nimmt den Wandel öffentlicher Dienstleistungen im Post-Apartheid-Südafrika und die Auswirkungen der kommunalen Privatisierungen in den Blick. Sie zeigt anhand dreier Grossstädte politische Konfliktlinien und lokale Gewerkschaftsstrategien im Spannungsfeld von in- und exklusiver Solidarität auf. Zudem stellt sie die Frage, wie es Gewerkschaften gelingen kann, Solidarität in fragmentierten Belegschaften herzustellen.
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Politische Transformation - und dann? 25 Jahre nach dem Ende der Apartheid sieht sich die südafrikanische Gesellschaft nach wie vor mit drastischen Ungleichheiten konfrontiert. Carmen Ludwig nimmt den Wandel öffentlicher Dienstleistungen im Post-Apartheid-Südafrika und die Auswirkungen der kommunalen Privatisierungen in den Blick. Sie zeigt anhand dreier Grossstädte politische Konfliktlinien und lokale Gewerkschaftsstrategien im Spannungsfeld von in- und exklusiver Solidarität auf. Zudem stellt sie die Frage, wie es Gewerkschaften gelingen kann, Solidarität in fragmentierten Belegschaften herzustellen.
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AcknowledgementsEthnographic research is a journey - intense, time-consuming, surprising and rewarding. I am grateful to many people on this journey. First and most importantly, I am indebted to all the workers who shared their time and their stories. Their struggle for a better life and a just society in South Africa continues.I would like to thank shop stewards and officials from the South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU), many of whom were expelled or dismissed for raising legitimate concerns about the financial management of the union, seeking to increase the political independence of SAMWU and the notion of worker control. Some of them now form part of the new federation, the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU). I am not able to name all Comrades with whom I had the privilege of spending time and of working together, particularly in the two SAMWU regions, Johannesburg and Cape Town. I trust you know who you are.I am particularly indebted to Stephen Faulkner, a dedicated unionist, for his support and friendship. I would also like to thank Hilary Wainwright and Lawrence Ntuli, with whom I conducted some of the interviews together, for the fruitful research collaboration. I extend my thanks to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO), the International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG) and in particular, the National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) for its hospitality and the continuing cooperation.This project and the extended period of field research would not have been possible without the generous support of the Hans Böckler Foundation (HBS) who provided me with a dissertation fellowship. I am also grateful to the HBS liaison lecturer, Leo Kissler from Marburg University, for his excellent support. This project also greatly benefited from a stimulating research environment at the Society, Work and Politics Institute (SWOP) at the University of the Witwatersrand. From 2012 to 2014
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I joined its cluster Decent Work and Development Initiative as a visiting researcher and was appointed as an international research associate at SWOP in 2017. I am most grateful to Edward Webster for his continuous support and research collaboration. I greatly appreciate the many discussions we have had on workers' power, the organisation of precarious and informal workers and the South African labour movement. I have learned so much from him.This book is a shortened and slightly revised version of my doctoral thesis in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies at Giessen University. I could not have had a better and more encouraging supervisor than Dieter Eissel with whom I also had the privilege to work in the field of political economy at Giessen University. I would also like to thank my second supervisor Klaus Dörre for his support and the possibility to participate in the graduate seminar at the Department of Labour, Industrial and Economic Sociology at Jena University. My thanks also extend to all participants of the graduate seminar and the working group 'Strategic Unionism' from whose discussions I have greatly benefited. As 'engaged researchers' and 'public sociologists' who are committed to working and seeking a close exchange with trade unions and other civil society actors, Eddie Webster, Dieter Eissel and Klaus Dörre have significantly shaped my scientific understanding.Many colleagues and friends contributed to the discussions and completion of the dissertation process: I would like to thank Alexander Grasse and his team for the support and long-standing close collaboration, Peter Schmidt for his participation in the dissertation committee, Jane Barrett, Oliver Brüchert, Elijah Chiwota, Simone Claar, Kally Forrest, Valentine Goldmann, Daniel Heinz, Heike Horn, Pat Horn, Birthe Kleber, Jan Labitzke, Susanne Martin, Tara Rahimi, Christine Resch, Ute Schneider, Alexander Wagner, and in particular Jürgen Schraten.I would also like to thank
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 91 Introduction 131.1 Central Research Question and Aims of Research 161.2 Overview of the Book 182 Theoretical Framework: Solidarity and Trade Union Power Resources 212.1 Scales of Power: Conceptualising Workers' Power Resources 212.2 Power through Organisation 312.3 The Power to Disrupt Within and Outside the Workplace 352.4 Society as an Ally 372.5 The Dual Character of Institutional Power 402.6 Trade Union Strategies between Inclusive and Exclusive Solidarity 422.7 Interim Conclusion and Stages of Inquiry 443 Methodology and Research Design 473.1 Setting the Stage: The Selection of the Three Research Sites 483.2 Participant Observation and Problem-centred Interviews 513.3 Analysing the Field with the Extended Case Method 613.4 Conducting Research in a Contested Field 644 From Apartheid to Post-Apartheid: Labour in a Contested Terrain 694.1 Contesting the Labour Regime, Building Associational Power: A Brief History of the South African Labour Movement 694.2 From the Freedom Charter to GEAR: Conflicts within the Alliance on Macroeconomic Policy 784.3 Privatising Local Government: The Legislative Framework 834.4 The Fragmentation of the South African Labour Market: Core, Non-core, Periphery 894.5 The South African Labour Movement at a Crossroads 965 Privatisation and the Commodification of Public Services in Johannesburg and Cape Town 1055.1 The Post-Apartheid Challenge: Restructuring Johannesburg 1065.2 Hollowing out the local state: iGoli 2002 1105.3 The SAMWU Response to iGoli 2002 1165.4 Restructuring and Privatisation in Cape Town 1275.5 The SAMWU Response to Privatisation 1366 A Partial Inclusive Union Strategy: Organising a Fragmented Municipal Workforce in Johannesburg 1416.1 Facing the Divide: The increasing Fragmentation of the Workforce in Pikitup 1416.2 Contesting what a Labour Broker is: The Triangular Employment Relationship in Pikitup 1536.3 The Manufacturing of Insecurity in the Workplace 1606.4 The Pikitup Strike
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of 2011 1666.5 Failing Interactions between Contract Workers and SAMWU 1956.6 A Sense of Belonging: CWP Workers seeking Union Representation 2096.7 Interim Conclusion: A Partial Inclusive Strategy of Union Representation 2187 An Inclusive Union Strategy: Organising a Fragmented Municipal Workforce in Cape Town 2217.1 Confronting the Effects of Privatisation in Cape Town 2217.2 Experiences in Organising Workers in Private Waste Companies 2377.3 The Campaign against Labour Broking in Cape Town 2457.4 An Uphill Battle: Taking up the Struggle of EPWP Workers 2567.5 Mobilising Power Resources: Extending the Core 2887.6 Logistical Power and the Contested Post-Apartheid Order 2907.7 Discursive Power and the Legitimacy of Claims 2947.8 Labour and Community Alliances in Cape Town 2967.9 Interim Conclusion: An Inclusive Union Strategy 3028 An Exclusive Union Strategy: Organising a Fragmented Municipal Workforce in Ekurhuleni 3058.1 Conditions and Effects of Outsourcing in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality 3058.2 "SAMWU we need our jobs back": Cleaning Workers in Ekurhuleni 3118.3 Alternative Forms of Organisation: The Casual Workers Advice Office in Germiston 3188.4 Exclusive Solidarity: SAMWU's Strategy towards Non-core Workers 3209 Conclusion 325Figures 335Tables 337Abbreviations 339References 342Index 377
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Autoren-Porträt von Carmen Ludwig
Carmen Ludwig ist wiss. Mitarbeiterin an der Universität Giessen und assoz. Mitglied am Society, Work and Development Institute der Witwatersrand Universität Johannesburg.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Carmen Ludwig
- 2019, 379 Seiten, Masse: 14,1 x 21,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch/Deutsch
- Verlag: CAMPUS VERLAG
- ISBN-10: 3593510472
- ISBN-13: 9783593510477
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.06.2019
Sprache:
Englisch, Deutsch
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