Trade Unions in West Africa
Trade Unions in West Africa

Author: Craig Phelan

Publisher: Trade Unions. Past, Present and Future

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783034301176

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West African trade unionism past and present / Craig Phelan -- The Confédération générale du travail (CGT) in West Africa: the difficulties of constructing trade union internationalism / Anne-Catherine Wagner -- The 1947-48 railway strike in West Africa / James Jones -- Trade unions and nationalism in French Guinea, 1945-58 / Elizabeth Schmidt -- Trade unions in The Gambia, 1929-2010 / David Perfect -- Trade unionism among teachers in Benin since 1945 / Azizou Chabi Imorou -- Trade unions, democratic transition and organisational challenge: the Ghana Trades Union Congress, 1989-2009 / Kwamina Panford -- Political pluralism and the trade union movement in Mali / Ousmane Oumarou Sidibe -- Trade unions and the informal economy in Ghana / Akua Britwum -- Trade unions and politics in Guinea since independence / Mohamed Saliou Camara -- On social partnership in West Africa / George Minet.

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.

Labour Questions in the Global South
Labour Questions in the Global South

Author: Praveen Jha

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-02-24

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9813346353

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This book provides a focus on some of the main markers and challenges that are at the core of the study of structural transformations in contemporary capitalism and their implications for labour in the Global South. It examines the diverse perspectives and regional and social variations that characterise labour relations as a result of the uneven development which is an important facet of the intensification of capitalist accumulation.. The book provides important insights into the impact of the crises of capitalism on the wellbeing of labour at different historical junctures. Some of the issues covered by it include the conditions of work, and the changing composition of laboring classes and/or working people. The chapters also throw light on the multiple trajectories in the development of labour relations and employment in the Global South, especially after the ascendancy and domination of neoliberal finance capitalism. Some of the major aspects considered by the essays include the decentering of production and development of global value systems, crisis of social reproduction, and the rising informalisation of work.

General Labour History of Africa
General Labour History of Africa

Author: Stefano Bellucci

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 1847012183

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The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide.

Transition from Below
Transition from Below

Author: Karl Von Holdt

Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Drawing on interviews of workers and unionists of the Highveld Steel company, traces the transition from the apartheid regime to post-colonialism and democracy. Focuses on social movement unionism, popular alliances, and ungovernability in the community and the workplace.

History of Kenya's Trade Union Movement, to 1952
History of Kenya's Trade Union Movement, to 1952

Author: Makhan Singh

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13:

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Study of the historical origins and evolution of the trade union movement in Kenya up to 1952 - covers political aspects, nationalist and labour movements, union membership, collective agreements, labour relations, leadership, strikes, grievances, aspects of social participation, etc.

Trade Unions and Party Politics
Trade Unions and Party Politics

Author: Björn Beckmann

Publisher:

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 9780796923073

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This volume examines the political role of trade unions in seven African countries and the various ways in which they seek to influence political parties and the state. Whereas some, like the Nigeria Labour Congress, push for a political party of their own, others, such as COSATU in South Africa, opt to engage with the power struggles in the ruling party. In Namibia and Uganda unions have been incorporated by a one-party dominated state while in Ghana, unions insist on being autonomous. There is also a move towards autonomy in Senegal, despite the plurality of unions with party affiliations. In the case of Zimbabwe, unions took the lead in creating an alternative alliance in opposition to a repressive state. Trade Unions and Party Politics provides a finely tuned critique of the impact achieved by these strategies, within the context of both the unique forces shaping them and the looming shadow of the new global economy.