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Contracting Out, Union Busting & Privatization In Southern Africa

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Date and Time

Saturday, July 6, 2024, 10:30 AM until 12:30 PM

Location

Online via Zoom
USA

Category

Activism

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About this event

San Francisco LaborFest
10:30 am - 12:30 pm PDT (7:30A-9:30A EDT), FREE; ONLINE VIA ZOOM
The destruction of workers in Southern African including in South Africa and Namibia is escalating. Workers are being forced into contract labor which was the type of labor under apartheid conditions. These panelists will report on the fight against union busting and also the role of contract labor in destroying unions and working conditions.

Speakers:
Marcia Kauatjitotje – Fired union steward at Namibia Husab mine Eagle Nightwatch Security.
Edwardo Baptista – Fired Mineworkers Union Of Namibia President at Rossing Mine in Namibia
Patrick Bond – University of Johannesburg Professor and Labor Researcher and Activist
Mametlwe Sebe – President of General Industrial Union of South Africa GIWUSA
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