Edward Webster

Low pay for Gauteng farm workers

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Minimum wages for farm workers are lower than those recommended by the Department of Labour’s sectoral determinations and in some instances workers are given food by employers to supplement their meagre earnings. Where they are not given food but have access, like from the fields, some workers take food home, write Edward Webster, Mbuso Nkosi, Debbie Budlender, Lelanie Williams and Mark Orkin in a study titled: ‘You entered through that gate and you will leave through that gate: the decent work deficit for Gauteng’s farm workers’.

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Department of Labour’s sectoral

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Edward Webster

Mbuso Nkosi

Debbie Budlender

Lelanie Williams and Mark Orkin

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Vol 38 No 1 May-June 2014

2014

Decent work themes for Gauteng farm workers

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In a study ‘You entered through that gate and you will leave through that gate’: The decent work deficit for Gauteng’s farmworkers’, by Edward Webster, Mbuso Nkosi, Debbie Budlender, Lelanie Williams and Mark Orkin, which we published in the October/ November 2013 issue, some of the highlights of the study were decent work themes. In this issue the writers explore the themes of employment opportunity, stability and security at work.

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Gauteng’s farmworkers

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Edward Webster

Mbuso Nkosi

Debbie Budlender

Lelanie Williams and Mark Orkin

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Education and training

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Vol 37 No 5 Jan-Feb 2014

2014

No decent work for Gauteng farm workers

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Living and working conditions for farm workers in Gauteng province are a far cry from what can be described as decent work. Findings of research by Edward Webster, Mbuso Nkosi, Debbie Budlender, Lelanie Williams and Mark Orkin paint a bleak picture.

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Lelanie Williams and Mark Orkin

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In the workplace

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Disputes including strikes

Trade union rights/worker rights

Trade unions

Workers education

Working conditions

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Vol 37 Number 4 October/November

2013

Vulnerable work in Gauteng

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The hospitality industry is one of the sectors where precarious work is common. While it is easy to get a job, it is also easy to get dismissed. Some workers have contracts whilst others have none. Wages are also so low that in some instances workers make more money from tips. Edward Webster, Attiyah Loonat, Debbie Budlender, Leilanie Williams and Mark Orkin investigate decent work in the hospitality sector in Gauteng Province in a recent research report whose snapshots are in this article.

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Leilanie Williams and Mark Ortin

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In the workplace

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Disputes including strikes

Economy