- Title
- Scoring an own goal? The Construction Workers 2010 World Cup Strike
- Creator
- Cottle, Eddie
- Subject
- Labour disputes -- South Africa
- Subject
- Strikes and lockouts -- South Africa
- Subject
- Industrial relations -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2011-10-04
- Date
- 2011-10-04
- Type
- article
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/60018
- Identifier
- vital:27722
- Description
- The nationwide strike by 70 000 construction workers between 8 and 15 July 2009 was unprecedented and significant in several respects. This was the first national strike on 2010 World Cup sites by South African construction workers and was therefore an historic event. A second key feature of the strike was the unity displayed by workers and trade unions within a sector organised by several trade unions. Engineering and building workers came out on strike, with the Building Construction & Allied Workers Union (BCAWU) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) standing together as their representative organisations. A third feature of the strike was the widespread sympathy for it by the South African public and media. This was despite it potentially setting back progress with World Cup projects. Fourthly, the pressure placed upon the trade unions' negotiating team by the Ministry of Labour and the FIFA Local Organising Committee (LOC) proved lethal in undermining their, assisting in causing them to dilute their trade union demands and demobilising the national strike.
- Format
- 11 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Cottle, Eddie
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
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