Western Cape PEC Orientation Seminar/Workshop
Item
- Title
- Western Cape PEC Orientation Seminar/Workshop
- Creator
- POPCRU
- Date Issued
- Sept-99
- Description
- In every workplace there is a struggle. On the one side is the employer who seeks to make as much profit as possible, and on the other side are the workers who want a living wage and decent working conditions. For the employer's pockets to be full, the workers must suffer. For workers to get what they deserve, profits would fall. The interests of bosses and workers are different. This struggle is the spirit of capitalism. It fills the walls of every factory, the shaft of every mine, and the fields of every farm. But this struggle between bosses and workers is not like a soccer match between two equal teams. The employer has much more power than the worker : The employer owns the company. The employer has a big store of wealth from profit making to rest on. The employer has the power to hire and fire workers. The employer has the power to make decisions and give orders. The employer has easy access to lawyers, politicians and technical resources. Workers have one thing that bosses want. Their ability to work. But although employers need labour, this does not give an individual worker much bargaining power. Bosses and workers do not meet as equals in the market place, as many capitalist economists would like us to believe.
- Format
- Language
- English
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134830
- Archive
- Cory Library for Humanitites Research
- Provenance
- The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service
- Extent
- 44 pages
- Rights
- Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU)
- Rights Holder
- Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU)
- Use/re-use
- The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Labour Research Service.
- Item sets
- General Materials
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