tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39409898359954022662024-03-13T01:01:37.572+02:004dialogue...Promoting practical initiatives to advance decent work in agriculture and improve living and working conditions on farms. Hearing all the voices: workers, employers, retailers, civil society and the state.4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-71708452819411082722019-02-12T11:40:00.000+02:002019-02-12T11:40:52.192+02:00Phuhlisani NPC launches new website on land issues
Knowledgebase.land has been up and running for the last couple of months.
KB.L enables you to stay abreast of land related news and to access the latest research. Our research teams collect and organise news and research outputs by content and theme. We make it easy to find specific information and then to discover a wide range of related content.
KB.L seeks to bring to life all aspects of 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-32245409136470610572019-02-07T14:44:00.001+02:002019-02-07T14:45:02.246+02:00 Submission on farm worker housing
The submission developed as parted of the Decent Work in Agriculture Dialogue drew on research commissioned by the Laborie Inititiave. Delegates attending the final dialogue indicated their support for the content of the submission, This was further discussed by the Laborie Initiative whose members undertook to sign and make an unsolicted submission to relevant departments and parliamentary 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-89573581592715155872018-04-24T15:08:00.002+02:002018-04-24T16:35:58.983+02:00Reflecting on the DWIA journey: Nov 2016 - April 2018.
The Social Dialogue Platform for Decent Work in Agriculture (DWIA) recently held a well attended workshop in Paarl on the 12th and 13th of April. This was the seventh workshop in a series hosted by the platform which is convened by the Ethical Trading Initiative (UK), the Labour and Enterprise Research Unit at UCT and Phuhlisani NPC.
The latest workshop marks the close out of this phase of work4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-46411262824652984672018-04-04T10:33:00.000+02:002018-04-24T16:35:15.017+02:00Social dialogue: the state of play - Two day workshop 12- 13 April
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), The Labour and Enterprise Policy Research Group (LEP) from the University of Cape Town and Phuhlisani NPC are hosting a two-day workshop on 12th and 13th April 2018 at the Mount Roche Hotel in Paarl.
Workshop objectives
To bring together a wide range of actors to assess progress of social dialogue initiatives in advancing decent work in the Western 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-47630541263796543012018-04-03T17:06:00.000+02:002018-04-24T16:34:18.093+02:00Fixing farm worker housing - a draft policy submission
The Social Platform for Decent Work in Agriculture (DWIA) was established to record, connect and amplify the impacts of social dialogue initiatives (SDI) within the fruit and wine value chains of the agricultural sector in the Western Cape.
Various SDIs have been set up with the broad aim of improving living and working conditions on farms and pack houses.
The Ethical Trading 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-30033051584977290162018-02-26T09:52:00.001+02:002018-04-24T16:33:16.291+02:00Stategies to counter the impacts of the drought
Writing in the Conversation Peter Johnston - a climate scientist and researcher at UCT who explores the potential impacts of the drought on agriculture in the Western Cape. He draws on studies of Australia's Millenium drought and its social and economic impacts, observing the key difference between the two countries - South Africa's reliance on thousands of seasonal workers:
Seasonal 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-85156358253247920382018-02-23T15:40:00.002+02:002018-04-24T16:31:42.952+02:00 Wage increases in the agricultural sector: Views of organised agriculture and worker organisations
Wages are set to rise in the agricultural sector through phased increases:
As from 1 March 2018 the agricultural sector will pay 15.39 per hour following an 8% increase in the minimum wage announced by the Minister of Labour
From 1 May 2018 the national minimum wage of R20.00 per hour kicks in. However the agricultural sector has an initial special dispensation to pay R18/hour or 90% of the 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-18461950491730513162018-02-16T16:02:00.003+02:002018-04-24T16:29:46.044+02:00Producer perspectives on creating an enabling environment for freedom of association and collective bargaining on farms
Social Dialogue
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Tuesday 27th February,
08:30-13:30
Venue:
Pontac Manor, Paarl
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Workshop objective
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A mixed methods research study prepared for Women on Farms Project (WFP) by Stephen Devereux, Glenise Levendal and Enya Yde sets out to identify "the nature of non-compliance and labour rights violations on farms in the Western and Northern Cape". The research findings draw on 343 questionnaires and combined quantitative, qualitative and participatory research methods. Of these 201 women were 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-23246142258330789662018-02-14T09:18:00.000+02:002018-04-24T16:27:02.736+02:00Improving working conditions in the Kenyan flower industry - Lessons on Valentine's Day
An insightful article in today's issue of The Conversation by Lara Bianchi from the University of Manchester examines how conditions in the fast growing Kenyan flower industry have slowly improved for its predominantly female work force. As noted by Bianchi this has not been an easy journey:
At the outset women faced systemic inequalities which made them vulnerable workers. These 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-43554943085842907082018-02-07T10:07:00.001+02:002018-04-24T16:25:46.008+02:00Impacts of the drought on employment in Western Cape - 50 000 out of work soon?
In a recent article in Business Day Agri-Western Cape CEO Carl Opperman is quoted as stating that Western Cape farmers have recorded 14 billion in losses as a result of back to back droughts. The article forecasts that "an estimated 50 000 people could be out of work soon". According to Opperman the employment losses would primarily be experienced by seasonal workers who would 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-10877013603619140272018-01-08T14:42:00.001+02:002018-04-24T16:23:44.204+02:00Freedom of Association: From theory to practice
This is an edited version of a longer article researched and written by Anela Feleza- while working as an intern at Phuhlisani NPC. The article draws on the record of discussion from a series of workshops run as part of the Decent Work in Agriculture (DWiA) programme to explore the ways in which freedom of association and collective bargaining can be advanced by sectoral codes regulating good 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-39981952456479546842017-10-09T16:43:00.000+02:002018-04-24T16:22:06.595+02:00Social codes: An opportunity for worker organisation in the agricultural sector?
Representatives of trade unions, worker support organisations and standards bodies meet in Cape Town on 10 October to review the different social codes and to identify the opportunities which they present for worker organisations to ensure Freedom of Association and enable possibilities for Collective Bargaining.
Links to the WIETA, SIZA and Fairtrade codes appear below
The Wine 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-39576896610159850312017-09-18T14:43:00.003+02:002018-04-24T16:21:19.023+02:00Promoting Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining and the link with Social Codes
The Social Dialogue Platform for Decent Work in Agriculture is organising a consultation with trade unions and farm worker/labour organisations on the 10 October in 2017. We would like to invite you to join us and input into this important discussion on freedom of association and collective bargaining rights in the agriculture sector.
The Labour and Enterprise Policy Research Group (LEP), 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-89335441166803525832017-09-18T12:00:00.002+02:002018-04-24T16:20:17.269+02:00South Africa's land reform programme: Undermining livelihoods of farm workers?
In a recent article researchers Ruth Hall (PLAAS) and Thembela Kepe (University of Toronto) highlights how the current model of land reform involving state purchase of land through the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy has had detrimental consequences for farm workers. In fact it appears that farm workers have largely been ignored by the land reform programme since its inception. Hall 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-77041373054188744262017-09-01T10:14:00.003+02:002018-04-24T16:18:40.869+02:00South African trade union research study: A research opportunity
ETI is seeking a consultant/organisation to conduct an interesting piece of research on South African trade unions in the agriculture sector. The objective of this research is to understand what factors can contribute towards the success of freedom of association, collective bargaining and effective grievance handling. The aim of this understanding is to encourage the wider adoption of 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-50813763842435538112017-09-01T09:56:00.002+02:002018-04-24T16:18:01.255+02:00Estimating the wage and employment effects of the 52% increase in the minimum wage in 2013
A new paper by Vimal Ranchhod and Ihsaan Bassier associated with the Research Project on Employment, Income Distribution and
Inclusive Growth is based at SALDRU at the University of Cape
Town reviews the effects of the minimum wage increase on the income and employment of farm workers.
The paper finds that find that the sectoral determination had a substantial effect on the
earnings of 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-78875826370648416422017-08-08T14:14:00.002+02:002018-04-24T16:16:50.832+02:00Phakisa farm worker house and land ownership programme
The Phakisa Initiative has proposed a farm worker house and land ownership programme. A summary of the proposals appears below. Download the document from the link at the end of the article.
References and links
Phakisa summary
4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-6592717669224255702017-07-28T20:42:00.000+02:002018-04-24T16:15:33.202+02:00Farm worker housing and settlement workshop report
The social dialogue platform for decent work in agriculture (DWIA) held a workshop on farmworker housing and settlement at STIAS in Stellenbosch on 26 July. The workshop was attended by representatives from:
· ABRC Consulting
· Agricultural Broad Base and Allied National Trade Union (ABANTU)
4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-12769447999828449402017-07-25T14:42:00.000+02:002017-07-25T18:26:36.835+02:00SERI publishes resource guides on protection against eviction under ESTA and relocation to alternative accommodation
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) has launched two important resource guides earlier this month.
The first guide on Protection Against Eviction under the Extension of Security of Tenure Act was prepared through co-operation with CSAAWU.
The guide explains farm dwellers rights in terms of the Extension of Security of Tenure Act No. 62 of 1997. It speaks to a 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-87646892941289451722017-06-23T12:13:00.003+02:002017-07-25T18:27:00.934+02:00Workshop on farm worker housing and settlement
Social Dialogue Platform for Decent Work in Agriculture
Farm worker housing and settlement
Opportunities and lessons from practice
One day workshop Wednesday 26th July, 09:00 -16:00
Venue:
Background
The Social Dialogue Platform for Decent Work in Agriculture sets out to organise, facilitate and document periodic learning events on priority issues identified by platform participants. 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-70387593095493540002017-06-09T14:56:00.001+02:002017-07-25T16:26:03.761+02:00Decent work in agriculture: What is involved?
Where does the concept of decent work come from?
The campaign for decent work was first launched by the International Labour Organisation in 1999. According to the ILO:
Decent work sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives. It involves opportunities for work that is productive and delivers a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-34734303516769169352017-05-31T13:50:00.001+02:002017-07-25T16:22:46.575+02:00'Without dignity human life is substantially diminished'. Meaningful engagement at the heart of social change
On the 11th May 2017 the Constitutional Court handed down an important judgment in the case of Daniels v Scribante and Another (Case CCT 50/16). The significance of this case has been highlighted by constitutional law expert Prof Pierre de Vos in a recent opinion piece appearing in the Daily Maverick on 18th May.
At face value the case involves a series of disputes between Yolanda Daniels and 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-20475623701823036322017-05-19T11:46:00.000+02:002017-07-25T16:20:32.135+02:00Agrivillages and employer assisted housing on new Human Settlements Agenda
At a media briefing in Cape Town on 18th May ahead of the Human Settlements Budget Vote the Minister of Human Settlements made announcements of relevance to workers and employers in the agricultural sector.
A new housing bank
The Minister announced the formation of a Human Settlements Development Bank which will integrate the National Housing Finance Corporation, the Housing Loan Fund and 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940989835995402266.post-46959157652716728022017-05-18T12:13:00.002+02:002017-05-18T16:47:36.621+02:00Wanted: A new deal for farm workers
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provides a comprehensive review of the factors influencing provision of
housing, services and tenure security for farm workers. The report makes a
number of proposals in order to start a conversation about a new 4Dialogue teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115337908824321683noreply@blogger.com0