A novel approach to industrial relations
Remember strikes at household name private sector companies? I'm struggling to as well.
Anyway, Vodacom, Vodafone's 50% owned South African operation is suffering a strike at the moment, and in move of distinctly low cunning has blocked their cell phones on the basis of a '"no work, no pay, and no benefits" policy'. Seems reasonable.
Anyway, Vodacom, Vodafone's 50% owned South African operation is suffering a strike at the moment, and in move of distinctly low cunning has blocked their cell phones on the basis of a '"no work, no pay, and no benefits" policy'. Seems reasonable.
Labels: South Africa, Unions
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After a coupla hours without a text message,man, the younger ones will be driven back to work.Man.
Is this what Wellington Mandela was fighting for? And Steve Bilko?
The problem is that Vodacom continues mimic the tactics of Apartheid. Apart from a handful of "window dressing" managers, there are two conditions for being promoted:
1. You must be white
2. You must be a man
There is not a single coloured person in upper management, for example.
How do you expect someone who is continuously passed over for the reason of not being white to not want a union and not go on strike for it?
Speaking of telecommunications, the man who owns the Mexican phone among gigantic interests in all of telecommunications in N America and Latin America, Mexican Carlos Slim, is now the richest man in the world. Analysts say he has "a few billion" more than Bill Gates's US$56bn. I wonder if he gets free broadband.
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