Farm 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)

·         Association for Fairness in trade (AFIT)

·         Cape Agricultural Employers Association (CAEO)

·         Cape Winelands District Municipality

·         Department of Human Settlements

·         Department of Labour

·         Fair trade

·         Koue Bokkeveld Training Centre

·         Labour and Economic Policy Research Group (LEP), UCT

·         Laborie Initiative

·         Phuhlisani NPC

·         Simondium Community Forum

·         Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA)

·         Tesco

·         Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trading Association (WIETA)

Workshop 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. Results from a recent online survey completed by contributors to the platform indicates a keen interest in ways to collaboratively and sustainably address the housing needs of farm workers and their families on and off farms.

See the 4Dialogue... blog at https://quattrologue.blogspot.co.za/ for more information.

Decent 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 prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men.

(ILO, 2017)