The call for a national minimum wage is relevant to South Africa precisely because millions of workers are vulnerable and lack basic employment rights.
Vulnerable workers are also mostly unorganised. In general, they are unable to protect themselves from abuse.
I argue that the a national statutory minimum wage has the potential to help stitch together the frayed edges of our newly formed democracy; it can stop slow the descent of larger numbers of workers into the category of ‘the working poor’.
Read my views on this, published on the Sacsis website, at:
Frank Meintjies
Vulnerable workers are also mostly unorganised. In general, they are unable to protect themselves from abuse.
I argue that the a national statutory minimum wage has the potential to help stitch together the frayed edges of our newly formed democracy; it can stop slow the descent of larger numbers of workers into the category of ‘the working poor’.
Read my views on this, published on the Sacsis website, at:
Frank Meintjies
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