Workshop objective
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To explore perspectives of employers, commodity
organisations and standards bodies on what can be done to create and expand an
enabling environment to promote freedom of association and collective
bargaining consistent with current legislation, sector standards and codes.
Draft programme
The programme may change to reflect participant feedback.
8:30
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Registration and coffee
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9:00
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Welcome, introductions and expectations
Session overview
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Dr Rick de Satgé
Phuhlisani NPC |
9:15
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The Social Dialogue Platform for Decent Work
in Agriculture - a quick overview
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Why are freedom of association and
collective bargaining important for ETI?
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Hannah Bruce
ETI |
9:30
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A research informed conversation: Enabling
freedom of association, collective bargaining and union access to farms
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Sector research by the Labour and Enterprise
Research Group for ETI
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An overview of the research brief
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Methodology
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Early trends
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Researcher questions and issues
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Report release date and presentation
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Dr Shane Godfrey and Mario Jacobs
LEP |
10: 00
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Questions and discussion
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10:20
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Responses of employers and standards bodies
to online questionnaire on freedom of association and union access to farms
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Dr Rick de Satgé
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11:00
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Questions and discussion
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11:15
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Tea break
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11:30
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What needs to change to create an enabling
environment to advance FOA and the right to bargain collectively as per Section 4 of the WIETA Code, Section
5 of the SIZA standard and underlying labour law together with Section 3.4 of
the Fairtrade Hired Labour Standard
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What do employers need to do differently?
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What do unions and NGOs need to do
differently?
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What are current good practices that we can
learn from?
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How can existing social dialogue initiatives
eg Value Chain Roundtables help create an enabling environment?
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Facilitated break away sessions
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12:15
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Plenary Sessions to report back discussions
from breakaways and discuss proposals
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TBA
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12.45
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Next steps
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A joint session in 5 - 6 April which will
include:
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Institutional updates on social dialogue
progress in the fruit and wine sectors
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Individual reports
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Good practice cases
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Presentation of LEP research findings on FOA
and CB
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All party conversation of FOA and CB
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Discussion of draft farm worker housing
policy submission
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Dr Rick de Satge
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1:00
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Lunch
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If there are particular issues you would like to have
discussed at this session please send your suggestions to rick@phuhlisani.org.za
