Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa
Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa

Author: J. Kraus

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-12-09

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 023061003X

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In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most important single social force in the democratization process.

South Africa's World Cup
South Africa's World Cup

Author: Eddie Cottle

Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781869142162

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This groundbreaking book provides a critically informed analysis of the impact and legacy of mega-sporting events through the lens of South Africa's 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup and its associated developmental paradigm. It challenges mainstream thinking and mega-event praise singers by providing concrete evidence to show that this sporting spectacular was little more than a front for massive accumulation and extraction of wealth, alongside increased sporting and socio-economic inequality. Contributors to this volume examine the sports accumulation-complex, economic promises, construction companies, trade unions, strikes, international solidarity, the struggle to trade, sex work, climate change, as well as case studies on the building of individual soccer stadiums. Eddie Cottle is the regional policy and campaign officer of the Building and Wood Workers' international (BWI) for Africa and the Middle East. This is a timely reminder that the 2010 World Cup nation-building illusion in fact disguised a reality of greed, elite enrichment and nepotism - and left us with a terrible financial hangover.' Terry Bell, columnist at Independent Newspapers, Business Report, and independent economic/labour analyst Book jacket.

Framing a Radical African Atlantic
Framing a Radical African Atlantic

Author: Holger Weiss

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-11-14

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13: 9004261680

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In Framing a Radical African Atlantic Holger Weiss presents a critical outline and analysis of the International Trade Union Committee of Negro Workers (ITUCNW) and the attempts by the Communist International (Comintern) to establish an anticolonial political platform in the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa during the interwar period. It is the first presentation about the organization and its activities, investigating the background and objectives, the establishment and expansion of a radical African (black) Atlantic network between 1930 and 1933, the crisis in 1933 when the organization was relocated from Hamburg to Paris, the attempt to reactivate the network in 1934 and 1935 and its final dissolution and liquidation in 1937-38.

The Failure of Grassroots Pan-Africanism
The Failure of Grassroots Pan-Africanism

Author: Opoku Agyeman

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780739106204

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A work of masterful scholarship and powerful feeling, The Failure of Grassroots Pan-Africanism traces the history of a Pan-Africanist inspired non-aligned trade union federation, the All-African Trade Union Federation (AATUF) set up in 1961. This thoroughly researched analysis establishes the multiple causes of the tragic failure of the AATUF to fulfill its mission

Ghana
Ghana

Author: Kwame Boafo-Arthur

Publisher: Zed Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9781842778296

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Trade Unions and Child Labour
Trade Unions and Child Labour

Author: Alec Fyfe

Publisher: International Labour Organization

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9789221095149

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This publication sets out a practical framework for specific measures for trade union involvement at the local, national and international levels to protect against the use of child labour, based on the variety of approaches taken by workers' organisations around the world. The book summarises the nature and extent of the child labour problem; gives examples of trade union activities in the campaign against child labour; sets out a framework for action based on these case studies; and examines the international response to child labour.

From Mission to Microchip
From Mission to Microchip

Author: Fred Glass

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2016-06-28

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 0520288408

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There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State. While other states face declining union enrollment rates and the rollback of workersÕ rights, California unions are embracing working immigrants, and voters are protecting core worker rights. WhatÕs the difference? California has held an exceptional place in the imagination of Americans and immigrants since the Gold Rush, which saw the first of many waves of working people moving to the state to find work. From Mission to Microchip unearths the hidden stories of these people throughout CaliforniaÕs history. The difficult task of the stateÕs labor movement has been to overcome perceived barriers such as race, national origin, and language to unite newcomers and natives in their shared interest. As chronicled in this comprehensive history, workers have creatively used collective bargaining, politics, strikes, and varied organizing strategies to find common ground among CaliforniaÕs diverse communities and achieve a measure of economic fairness and social justice. This is an indispensible book for students and scholars of labor history and history of the West, as well as labor activists and organizers.Ê