Herausgeber_in: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Autor_in: Ismail Bello

Schlagwörter: Bildungsarbeit, Westafrika, afrikanische Textilindustrie, Existenzlohn, Gewerkschaften

Kurzbeschreibung:
The study discusses the transformation of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) in an era of declining membership utilizing the power resources model. Union membership among factory workers had declined from around 60,000 in 2000 to less than 20,000 in 2016. The decline in membership means a fall in the structural power which had defined the union in terms of its vibrancy and strength in collective bargaining and visibility in the Nigeria labour movement since inception in 1978. The study shows that the union has tried to regain strength and vibrancy through different phases of challenge in the industry by building capacities to expand associational and societal powers through organizing of self-employed tailors and campaigns and advocacy for the revival of textile factories. Organizing strategies for self-employed tailors have promoted a transition from manifest to active membership and integration into the union. In particular, the union endeavors to consider the peculiar needs of the self-employed tailors for protection, access to credit, as well as capacity and skill development. To sustain and deepen this process, it is important that union education and training strategies must address both the soft and hard skills requirement of the self-employed tailors. 

Erscheinungsjahr: 2017

Umfang: 16 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

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Autoren/innen: Rudolf Traub-Merz with assistance from Herbert Jauch

in: The Future of the Textile and Clothing Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa

Autoren/innen: Herbert Jauch / Rudolf Traub-Merz (Eds.)

Herausgeber: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Schlagwörter: Afrika, afrikanische Textilindustrie, WTO, GATT, Krise, Globalisierung

Kurzbeschreibung:
The African textile and clothing (T&C) industry is in a major crisis. Domestically it is hit by imports (in particular from Asian countries) with which it finds it difficult to compete. Not much of the once impressive T&C sector built during the phase of import substitution is left. It is hit on foreign markets, where it has made some inroads in recent years, and where fierce competition among suppliers is now threatening exports from Africa. The future and, to some extent, even the survival of the African textile and clothing industry is closely linked to two international processes: The changes taking place on the global T&C market after the expiry of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) on 1 January 2005; and the restructuring of the multilateral trade system, being negotiated in the current World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha round.
The expiry of the ATC marks the end of a period of some 40 years, during which much of the global T&C trade was subject to a special regime which centered on a politically motivated quota system. With the end of the quota system, the T&C trade is moving inside the world of WTO agreements, becoming an integral part of the WTO system, governed by the general rules and principles of this multilateral trading system.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2006

Umfang: 29 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Erwachsene

Sprache: Englisch

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