The adversarial nature of SA’s union negotiations strip value for all parties involved in in a relentless tug of war, writes David Venter
For many, workers’ unions still offer the only mechanism by which they can wield some form of power in the workplaceDonald Trump has famously and repeatedly hailed himself as the consummate negotiator and deal maker, boasting about his hard-nosed prowess at always securing the best deals.
While not everyone got exactly what they had wanted from that negotiated settlement, of course, it can still today be convincingly argued that it prevented a simmering and potentially calamitous civil war and promised something new. For many, workers’ unions still offer the only mechanism by which they can wield some form of power in the workplace. About 25% of workers are said to still belong to unions . This is relatively low when compared to some European countries where there are still high levels of unionised workers — more than 91% in Iceland and more than 67% in Sweden. In France, unions, however, only represent about 11% of workers and in the US only 10%.
What this shows is that the agreement was sub-optimal, with neither party taking co-ownership of it and working to protect its implementation for its full duration.
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