The Battle for Cosatu - Patrick Craven

From his early start as a passionate pro-labour and anti-apartheid campaigner in Britain in the 1960s to championing and defending the rights of workers in South Africa for the last 30 years Patrick Craven first served as the editor of the Congress of South African Trade Union's magazine then rose through the ranks of the Congress to become National Spokesperson. Craven has become the go-to person for labour-related commentary. In this Craven s first book we are given insight into one of the most tumultuous times for trade unions in post-apartheid South Africa. Beginning with the run-up to Cosatu s 11th National Congress in 2012 to the expulsion from Cosatu of both Numsa (the National Union of Metalworkers of SA) in 2014 and its own General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi in 2015 Craven tracks events as they unfolded. Drawing strongly on personal recollections media interpretations and official documents Craven exposes the breakdown of the tripartite alliance and the implications of this for South Africa s labour movement and the country as a whole.

TITLE: The Battle for Cosatu

AUTHOR: Patrick Craven

SKU: 9781928257196

PUBLISHER: Bookstorm

DATE PUBLISHED: 01/09/2016

PLACE PUBLISHED: South Africa

PAGES: 200

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 156 mm x 234 mm x 21 mm

WEIGHT: 481 gr