NEDLAC: NATIONAL LABOUR SECRETARIAT Labour and the GDS A programme to save jobs and advance social...

NEDLAC: NATIONAL LABOUR SECRETARIAT

Labour and the GDS

A programme to save jobs and advance social equity

Overview

• Significant area of work• Distill presentation into

– A few case studies– Some random examples of

implementation– Link to daily work


GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

Case studies

• Labour Job Creation Fund• Cape Town Fashion Festival• Buy Local campaign



Labour Job Creation Fund

• Arose from the Presidential Job Summit• Workers contributed a day’s pay to job

creation• Trust set up to disburse funds• Unique programme in global labour

relations• GDS focus on provincial programmes



Labour Job Creation Trust

• R81m committed• 37 238 jobs created• E Cape 11 642 jobs• Gauteng 9 444 jobs• KZN 3 618 jobs• Limpopo 3 654 jobs• Mpumalanga 3 063 jobs



Job creation Trust

• N Cape 1 893 jobs• Free State 1 560 jobs• W Cape 1 299 jobs• NW Province 1 065 jobs



Fashion Festival

• Promoting fashion to create jobs, support local industry

• Cape Town as gateway to South African fashion

• Combine high-fashion, street-action and support to local businesses

• A union-initiative



March to May 2006

- 22 events and activities- Participation & audience reach: 52 000- Media reach: 24,5 million people- Economic impact: R12 million- 110 designers (incl 40 Spring Queen designers)- Wear South African theme



Face of the Festival

Landiswa Ntinga,clothing worker from Monviso Knitwear



Fashion Festival

• SETA Graduation: 800 learners• Township Fashion focus• Mall Fashion: V&A, Cavendish• Fashion Awards• Fashion and Lifestyle Expo: CTICC• Fashion Night• Worker Focus on May Day



Buy Local campaign

• Launch of Proudly SA• Chemical Sector Summit commitments• Cosatu Agreement• Numsa and TV industry• Sactwu and clothing retailer campaign• W Cape government agreement• Fashion Festival• China Agreement



Buy Local campaign

• Focus on consumers: pamphlets at shopping malls

• Xmas campaign• Homegrown Awards of PSA• Focus on specific sectors



Implementation of GDS

• NUM initiative to save 6 513 jobs at Durban Roodepoort Gold

• Sactwu saving of jobs at Rex Trueform

• Denosa joint initiative to identify reasons for loss of nurses in SA

• Numsa success in saving jobs in the auto component sector

• UASA employment report



Implementation of GDS

• Retirement Fund Conference: Labour Trustees Declaration

• NUM and the Mining Charter, 2005• Ceppwawu and ABET programmes

in Chem sector• Sactwu finance for primary school

numeracy and literacy programs• SATAWU ABET in transport sector



GDS Implementation

• SASBO allocates R10 000 per BEC to help Aids orphans in their area

• SACTWU: global leader in education, advocacy and VCT in unions:– 60 000 members a year in education– 5 000+ workers in testing/counselling– 800+ workplace leader training p/a– ARV rollout in 2006



GDS Implementation

• Denosa bringing international conference of 10 000 nurses to SA

• Nactu runs a printing coop• Fawu runs rural coops with 3 500

workers• Zenzeleni Clothing as worker-

owned job creation coop



Summary

Theme1: • Decent work – the heart of

collective bargaining• Procurement: work in PSA• Coops: union initiatives• Small business: focus on rights and

opportunities for workers



Challenges

• Labour market: casualisation• Growing income inequalities• Procurement: increased imports• Industrial performance: exchange

rate challenge



Summary

Theme2: Investment

• Sector work of unions: mining, chemicals, auto, clothing & textiles

• Provident Fund transformation• Workplace reorganisation



Challenges

• Agreement on 5% investible funds• Shift resources to development• Trustee training• Reclaiming the rights of ownership

on Retirement Funds



Summary

Theme3: Equity

• Training & learnerships: SETAs• Cadreship of 140 unionists on SETA

Boards• ABET programmes at workplaces: need

more resources• BEE: empowerment of workers and

communities: a living wage, training, decision-making.



Challenges

• Defining BEE in a development framework

• Resources for training



Summary

Theme4: Local development

• Municipal level• Provincial level: including

Provincial Growth & Development Summits

• Partnerships



Challenges

• Moving beyond the metros• Greater focus to partnerships• Role of national government

departments



Conclusion

• Partnerships• Resources• Publicity• Focus on development, rights and

growth• GDS a big achievement:

strengthen implementation



Conclusion

• Crisis of poverty, unemployment and inequality

• Good news message needs to be matched with good news reality

• Two worlds in one country: two realities. How to build one reality



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