LEADER 02145nam 22003853 450 001 9910861978503321 005 20230629225721.0 010 $a1-86914-469-4 035 $a(CKB)4940000000613731 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6576349 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6576349 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000613731 100 $a20211214d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn Precarious Battle $eLabour Broking in the South African Post Office 210 1$aPortland :$cUniversity of Kwazulu-Natal Press,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource (346 pages) 311 $a1-86914-468-6 330 $a"In Precarious Battle tells how labour broking was defeated in the South African Post Office (SAPO). Labour broking has become synonymous with worker exploitation. By 2011, a third of SAPO's workforce was employed through labour brokers. These 'casuals' worked alongside permanent employees, some for over a decade, but for a quarter of the salary. David Dickinson shares the story of how labour broking provided cheap and compliant labour, and how the use of labour brokers in SAPO divided the workplace and the workforce. He charts the attempts of casuals to organise within the law and how their efforts were defeated at every turn. He describes the increasing ferocity of the wildcat strikes that followed and explains how eventually 294 casuals, the Mabarete, fought their own battle and ended labour broking. This book reflects on how labour broking created misery for those trapped in precarious employment, how the Constitution failed casual workers and how the South African industrial relations system is unravelling." --$cBack cover. 517 $aIn Precarious Battle 606 $aLabor laws and legislation$zSouth Africa 615 0$aLabor laws and legislation 700 $aDickinson$b David$01740568 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910861978503321 996 $aIn Precarious Battle$94166287 997 $aUNINA