COSATU's contested legacy South African trade unions in the second decade of democracy (Brill, 2013)
Includes bibliographical references and index
This book provides a fresh and up-to-date analysis of trade unionism in contemporary South Africa by focusing on the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the largest and most union powerful federation. Drawing on quantitative data from four time series surveys of union members over a period of sixteen years, the authors present rigorous and authoritative analyses that shed light on the dilemmas and opportunities facing trade unionism today. The volume shows how various sections of the trade union movement grapple with these dilemmas and contest with one another to chart a future trajectory for trade unionism
COSATU'S Contested Legacy; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Abbreviations and acronyms; Preface; 1. A contested legacy: organisational and political challenges facing COSATU; 2. The experience of conducting a longitudinal study: the COSATU Workers' Survey 2008; 3. COSATU, oligarchy and the consolidation of democracy in an African context; 4. Making sense of unionised workers' political attitudes: the (un)representation of women's voices in COSATU; 5. The sociology of upward social mobility among COSATU shop stewards
6. COSATU, the '2010 Class Project' and the contest for 'the soul' of the ANC7. 'What would you do if the government fails to deliver?': COSATU members' attitudes towards service delivery; 8. COSATU's influence on policy-making in post-apartheid South Africa: fact and fiction; 9. COSATU members and strike violence: what we learn from quantitative and qualitative data; 10. COSATU and internal migrant workers: old fault lines, new dilemmas; 11. COSATU's attitudes and policies towards external migrants; 12. The trade union movement and the Tripartite Alliance: a tangled history; Appendix
Taking democracy seriously: COSATU Worker's Survey data set 1994, 1998, 2004 and 2008Contributors; Index