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Actual Wage rates database AWARD

MyWage, Maputo Seminar 14 October 2011 Saliem Patel (Labour Research Service) saliem@lrs.org.za. Actual Wage rates database AWARD. LRS TRADE UNION MEMBERS. Labour Research Service (25years).

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Actual Wage rates database AWARD

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  1. MyWage, Maputo Seminar 14 October 2011 Saliem Patel (Labour Research Service) saliem@lrs.org.za Actual Wage rates databaseAWARD

  2. LRS TRADE UNION MEMBERS

  3. Labour Research Service (25years) • Independent NGO set up by trade unions in 1986 to provide information, education and research on collective bargaining • Controlled by trade unions – trade union board elected annually at AGM which also adopts strategic plan for LRS • Content of our work – collective bargaining outcomes and developing new strategies. • Provide concrete analysis on wages, conditions, company and sector trends and to make recommendations to our members and the labour movement at large

  4. Collective Bargaining:Where does it start and where does it end

  5. Bargaining & Active Citizenship • COLLECTIVE BARGAINING • Wages • Non Wage • Social Security • Economic Development • Political Reforms

  6. AWARD • Wages – minimum, grade, occupation • Hours – normal hours, overtime • Leave – Annual, sick, family responsibility, • Medical – Contribution by employer and employee • Pension – Contribution by employer and employee • Allowances – Housing, Travel • Gender – equatiy of above and maternity & paternity leave • HIV & AIDS – provision of ARVs, testing, counseling, education,

  7. Analysis of Data from Award • Trade Union Achievements • Industry / Sector Achievements • Country Achievements Challenges: • Informal Economy • Women • Health and Safety (esp. HIV & AIDS)

  8. USED TO DEVELOP STRATEGY • Bargaining Trends and Formulation of Demands • Challenges for Collective Bargaining can be identified or verified empirically

  9. Status Quo • Actual Wage Rates Database – South Africa, Namibia – Beginning in Ghana, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe • Developing strong research partners in other countries through ALRN and ITUC – Africa towards launching AFRICA BARGAINING MONITOR.

  10. Labour Research Service“Knowledge is too important to be left in the hands of the bosses”

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