Western Cape PEC Orientation Seminar/Workshop
- Authors: POPCRU
- Date: Sep 1999
- Subjects: POPCRU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134830 , vital:37208
- Description: In every workplace there is a struggle. On the one side is the employer who seeks to make as much profit as possible, and on the other side are the workers who want a living wage and decent working conditions. For the employer’s pockets to be full, the workers must suffer. For workers to get what they deserve, profits would fall. The interests of bosses and workers are different. This struggle is the spirit of capitalism. It fills the walls of every factory, the shaft of every mine, and the fields of every farm. But this struggle between bosses and workers is not like a soccer match between two equal teams. The employer has much more power than the worker : The employer owns the company. The employer has a big store of wealth from profit making to rest on. The employer has the power to hire and fire workers. The employer has the power to make decisions and give orders. The employer has easy access to lawyers, politicians and technical resources. Workers have one thing that bosses want. Their ability to work. But although employers need labour, this does not give an individual worker much bargaining power. Bosses and workers do not meet as equals in the market place, as many capitalist economists would like us to believe.
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- Date Issued: Sep 1999
Profile on Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union
- Authors: POPCRU
- Date: Mar 1996
- Subjects: POPCRU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134790 , vital:37205
- Description: Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) was established in November 1989 under the leadership of former Lieutenant Gregory Rockman. Popcru was formed to combat problems within the police force which were caused by the former apartheid regime and the then racist SA Police management. Before the birth of Popcru, the public sector was not covered by any laws. As a result, even police officers, warders and wardresses could not openly express their political opinions, thus it became illegal for them to form a trade union. Since the passing of the Labour Relations Act in 1993, members of the SA Police Service (SAPS), Department of Correctional Services and traffic officers have joined Popcru in great numbers.
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- Date Issued: Mar 1996