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The Future of Trade Unions in the Changing World of Work
The world of work is experiencing rapid changes brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Globalization. The membership of trade union also seems to be on declining.The aim of this dissertation is to determine changes in the world of work as and it, furthermore, considers the impac...
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| author | Lesia,Tsepang Maretsepile |
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| description | The world of work is experiencing rapid changes brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Globalization. The membership of trade union also seems to be on declining.The aim of this dissertation is to determine changes in the world of work as and it, furthermore, considers the impact of these processes on trade unions. The dissertation looks at the current status of work and of trade unions especially in South Africa. It considers the legislation regulating labour relations and other international labour instruments. The dissertation will also attempts to examine whether labour relations lawcan serve the interests of unions and all workers in the new world of work. The dissertation concludes that there is still a future for trade unions in the 4IR. However, there are changes that need to be considered in the way in which they organise and run their affairs.The dissertation concludes with a brief discussion on the various ways unions could re-organise in order to remain relevant. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/29736 The Future of Trade Unions in the Changing World of Work Lesia,Tsepang Maretsepile Singlee, Sufinnah Labour Law The world of work is experiencing rapid changes brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Globalization. The membership of trade union also seems to be on declining.The aim of this dissertation is to determine changes in the world of work as and it, furthermore, considers the impact of these processes on trade unions. The dissertation looks at the current status of work and of trade unions especially in South Africa. It considers the legislation regulating labour relations and other international labour instruments. The dissertation will also attempts to examine whether labour relations lawcan serve the interests of unions and all workers in the new world of work. The dissertation concludes that there is still a future for trade unions in the 4IR. However, there are changes that need to be considered in the way in which they organise and run their affairs.The dissertation concludes with a brief discussion on the various ways unions could re-organise in order to remain relevant. 2019-02-22T10:44:30Z 2019-02-22T10:44:30Z 2018 2019-02-21T13:22:10Z Master Thesis Masters Mphil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29736 eng application/pdf Institute of Development and Labour Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
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| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The Future of Trade Unions in the Changing World of Work |
| title_full | The Future of Trade Unions in the Changing World of Work |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Future of Trade Unions in the Changing World of Work |
| title_short | The Future of Trade Unions in the Changing World of Work |
| title_sort | future of trade unions in the changing world of work |
| topic | Labour Law |
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