乌干达工会转型和非正式部门组织:促进劳工主导发展的前景和挑战

IF 1.3 Q3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Tobias Gerhard Schminke, Gavin Fridell
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摘要

尽管各国政府、企业和国际金融机构都在庆祝经济增长的加快,但世界上大多数城市劳动力仍然在非正式条件下工作,缺乏可执行的合同、充足的收入、民主代表、有保障的就业和社会保护。非正式劳动力在全球范围内的普遍存在,引发了许多呼吁,要求对劳动阶级的构成以及组织劳动阶级所需的条件采取更广泛、更多样化的理解。我们的案例研究评估了乌干达非正式部门组织的成果和有效性,重点是运输、市场和纺织部门。根据Guy Standing对“商业”和“社区”工会的区分,以及Benjamin Selwyn对“资本中心发展理论”(CCDT)和“劳动力主导发展”(LLD)的对比,我们认为社区工会主义的方法在解决非正规经济中体面工作的赤字方面是最有效的。同时,在非正规经济中,工会在成功组织社区组织方面面临着不断的障碍,如果不更广泛地改变工会组织者必须在其中运作的结构条件,这些障碍是不容易克服的。关键词:工会主义;非正式劳工组织;labour-centred发展;乌干达;体面的工作
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Trade Union Transformation and Informal Sector Organising in Uganda: The Prospects and Challenges for Promoting Labour-led Development
Despite celebrations from governments, corporations and international financial institutions around increasing economic growth, the majority of the world’s urban labour force continues to work under informal conditions, lacking enforceable contracts, adequate earnings, democratic representation, secure employment and social protection. The pervasiveness of informal labour globally has given rise to numerous calls to adopt a wider and more diverse understanding of what constitutes labouring classes and what is required to organise them. Our case study assesses the outcomes and effectiveness of informal sector organising in Uganda, focusing on the transportation, market and textile sectors. Drawing on Guy Standing’s distinction between “business” and “community” unions and Benjamin Selwyn’s contrasting of “capital-centred development theory” (CCDT) and “labour-led development” (LLD), we argue that community unionist approaches are most effective in addressing the decent work deficit in the informal economy. Simultaneously, the trade unions face constant barriers to successful community organising in the informal economy that cannot be easily overcome without wider changes to the structural conditions under which union organisers must operate. KEYWORDS: Trade unionism; informal labour organising; labour-centred development; Uganda; decent work
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