02145nam 22003853 450 991086197850332120230629225721.01-86914-469-4(CKB)4940000000613731(MiAaPQ)EBC6576349(Au-PeEL)EBL6576349(EXLCZ)99494000000061373120211214d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn Precarious Battle Labour Broking in the South African Post OfficePortland :University of Kwazulu-Natal Press,2021.©2021.1 online resource (346 pages)1-86914-468-6 "In Precarious Battle tells how labour broking was defeated in the South African Post Office (SAPO). Labour broking has become synonymous with worker exploitation. By 2011, a third of SAPO's workforce was employed through labour brokers. These 'casuals' worked alongside permanent employees, some for over a decade, but for a quarter of the salary. David Dickinson shares the story of how labour broking provided cheap and compliant labour, and how the use of labour brokers in SAPO divided the workplace and the workforce. He charts the attempts of casuals to organise within the law and how their efforts were defeated at every turn. He describes the increasing ferocity of the wildcat strikes that followed and explains how eventually 294 casuals, the Mabarete, fought their own battle and ended labour broking. This book reflects on how labour broking created misery for those trapped in precarious employment, how the Constitution failed casual workers and how the South African industrial relations system is unravelling." --Back cover.In Precarious Battle Labor laws and legislationSouth AfricaLabor laws and legislationDickinson David1740568MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910861978503321In Precarious Battle4166287UNINA