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Trade unions are unprepared for the 4IR tsunami coming their way

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A dearth of good leadership means labour federations will miss the boat as companies adapt to the effects of a rapidly changing world

The split in Cosatu a few years ago was the biggest setback the labour movement has experienced in this country, seriously weakening it.

The critical question now is what is going to happen to SA’s trade unions, in their weakened state, when the fourth industrial revolution rolls over them in the coming years? Imparting an ominous element to this situation is that several interrelated crises are striking simultaneously, which characterises the present period and somewhat distinguishes it from the past. There must be no doubt that the convulsive period humanity at large faces is going to demand new approaches by government, capital and civil society, especially organised labour.

As an example: we had on our doorstep the sheer devastation wrought by the furious floods that hit parts of KwaZulu-Natal in March, which especially affected the poorest rural areas. The devastation of the climate crisis across the world shows that it is working-class communities with poor or negligible infrastructure that are going to be hardest hit.

 

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