Crew members in South Africa’s squid industry: Whether they have benefited from transformation and governance reforms
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Date
2008-10
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Although crew members form bedrock of the squid industry, they have not benefited from the transformation and governance reforms because: the harvesting technique necessitates incentivisation of individual effort; they are highly mobile; and the industry is exempted from revised labour legislation. As a result, they have been unable to organise for laying claim on benefits. As they unionise to strengthen their bargaining position, the conundrum is how to maintain incentive practices on which the catching sector is based while asserting their rights. The challenge is re-structuring the sector to improve quality of employment while maintaining individual crew member productivity incentives.
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Squid industry, Governance, Incentivisation, Unionisation
Citation
Hara, M. (2008). ‘Crew members in South Africa’s squid industry: Whether they have benefited from transformation and governance reforms’, Working Paper 4. PLAAS, UWC, Cape Town.