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Public sector trade union response to change in South Africa: a case study of the South African municipal workers union (Samwu) in the Western Cape (1992-97)

机译：公共部门工会对南非变革的回应：以西开普省南非市政工人工会（三武）为例（1992-97年）

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The thesis explores the relationship between the public sector trade unions and the government in South Africa from 1992-7. The research is located in debates concerning the ANC government's endorsement of the 'free-market 1 economy in the post apartheid period. The Marxist method of historical materialism is used to explain the changing relationship between the state and the trade unions.ud udTo expound these issues, a single case study of the Cape Town branch of the municipal union - SAMWU - is examined. The case served several functions, it illustrated the nature of apartheid, it took account of the government's introduction of privatisation in the public sector, and simultaneously provided a vehicle for the development of the theory of the state and its inter-relationship with the trade unions. The questions that arose from the case were linked to whether SAMWU would engage in conflict or conciliation to stop privatisation in the public sector, and whether the state would be free to respond favourably to labour's actions and demands. A number of key findings were established relating to these areas.ududWith regard to the state, the materialist analysis developed by the 'state derivation' theorists provided a useful tool, but for reasons outlined in the dissertation, neglected the basic structural dependence on capitalism. The theoretical conclusion of the thesis: was the state was not independent of capitalism, that it - along with business and labour - was ultimately bound up with the relations of capital. However, as an integral part of capitalism, the state was also affected by the 'contradictions' or potential conflict found within the exploitative relations between capital and labour. Consequently, in order to control any serious challenge from labour to the system - arising as a result of the 'contradictions' within capitalism - the South African state had chosen to engage in conciliation with the trade unions, with the aim of minimising any overall threat or resistance to the existing system.ududAs to whether SAMWU would engage in this conciliation, or choose resistance to stop privatisation, the answer was viewed as related to the union members' levels of class consciousness, and the policies and organisation of their union. The class and collective consciousness of SAMWU members was seen as inherently tied up with issues of race - in particular their 'coloured' identity. The thesis conceptualised apartheid and race as a function of capitalism. It concluded that the continuing use made of the 'coloured' identity in the region, to disguise economic inequality, had the potential to negate against the members' collective ability to resist privatisation. With regard to the acceptance of conciliation, although no clear answers were immediately forthcoming by 1997, it was possible to deduce that formalisation and partnerships had, at this stage, done little to prevent free market practices from being introduced in the workplace. Finally, although the thesis was unable to conclude in 1997, that SAMWU would ultimately resort to industrial action to stop privatisation, the re-organisation of the union to remain rooted in rank-and-file activity, the campaigns and protests against privatisation, plus the declared intention of the leaders and membership during interviews to take strike action, all seemed to indicate this would be the case.
机译：本文探讨了1992-7年间南非公共部门工会与政府之间的关系。该研究位于有关种族隔离后的非国大政府对“自由市场1经济”的认可的辩论中。历史唯物主义的马克思主义方法被用来解释国家与工会之间不断变化的关系。 ud ud为了阐明这些问题，我们对市政工会的开普敦分支机构-SAMWU进行了个案研究。此案起着几个作用，说明了种族隔离的性质，考虑了政府在公共部门实行私有化的情况，同时为国家理论的发展及其与工会的相互关系提供了一种手段。 。该案引发的问题与SAMWU是否会进行冲突或调解以制止公共部门的私有化以及国家是否可以自由地对劳工的行动和要求做出积极反应有关。建立了与这些领域有关的许多关键发现。关于国家，由“状态派生”理论家开发的唯物主义分析提供了有用的工具，但是由于论文中概述的原因，它忽略了基本的结构依赖性。关于资本主义。论文的理论结论是：国家不是独立于资本主义的，它与商业和劳动一道最终与资本的关系捆绑在一起。但是，作为资本主义不可分割的一部分，国家也受到资本与劳动力之间的剥削关系中的“矛盾”或潜在冲突的影响。因此，为了控制由于资本主义内部“矛盾”而引起的对劳动力的严重挑战，南非国家选择与工会进行和解，以期将总体威胁降至最低。关于SAMWU是参与调解，还是选择阻止私有化的阻力，答案被认为与工会成员的阶级意识水平以及他们的政策和组织有关联盟。 SAMWU成员的阶级意识和集体意识与种族问题（特别是他们的“有色”身份）固有地联系在一起。论文将种族隔离和种族概念化为资本主义的功能。它得出的结论是，在该地区继续使用“有色”身份来掩盖经济不平等现象，有可能否定成员抵抗私有化的集体能力。关于接受调解，尽管到1997年尚没有明确的答案，但可以推断出，在这一阶段，形式化和伙伴关系对于阻止将自由市场做法引入工作场所几乎没有做任何事情。最后，尽管论文未能在1997年得出结论，但SAMWU最终将采取工业行动来制止私有化，对工会进行重新组织以继续扎根于正式活动，反对私有化的运动和抗议活动，以及领导人和成员在采访中宣布采取罢工的意图，似乎都表明情况确实如此。

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