What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising? Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape
dc.contributor.author | Conradie, Beatrice | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-05T09:45:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-05T09:45:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-05-05T09:44:14Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Du Toit & Ally’s (2003) results on the casualisation of farm work in the Western Cape confirmed the worst fears of sociologists: Globalisation and/or labour laws increased casualisation in agriculture. New labour data and a study conducted in 1976 allow one to revisit the casualisation result for the table grape industry of the Hex River Valley. This paper resolves imprecise definitions of regular versus permanent status, and of casual versus seasonal status. It also examines casualisation and job shedding. Results show a decrease in the share of seasonal work and no change in the casual component of seasonal work. The job status of most farm women in the Valley improved as a result of legislative changes implemented since 1994. Outsourcing is present but insignificant at this point. On the whole data for the table grape industry of the Hex River Valley does not support the hypothesis that globalisation and labour market reform caused dramatic increases in casualisation. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Conradie, B. (2006). <i>What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising? Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19448 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Conradie, Beatrice <i>What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising? Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19448 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Conradie, B. I. (2007). What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising?: Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Conradie, Beatrice AB - Du Toit & Ally’s (2003) results on the casualisation of farm work in the Western Cape confirmed the worst fears of sociologists: Globalisation and/or labour laws increased casualisation in agriculture. New labour data and a study conducted in 1976 allow one to revisit the casualisation result for the table grape industry of the Hex River Valley. This paper resolves imprecise definitions of regular versus permanent status, and of casual versus seasonal status. It also examines casualisation and job shedding. Results show a decrease in the share of seasonal work and no change in the casual component of seasonal work. The job status of most farm women in the Valley improved as a result of legislative changes implemented since 1994. Outsourcing is present but insignificant at this point. On the whole data for the table grape industry of the Hex River Valley does not support the hypothesis that globalisation and labour market reform caused dramatic increases in casualisation. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Centre for Social Science Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising? Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape TI - What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising? Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19448 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19448 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Conradie B. What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising? Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape. 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19448 | en_ZA |
dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_ZA |
dc.source | Centre for Social Science Research | |
dc.source.uri | http://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ | |
dc.subject.other | farm work | |
dc.subject.other | labour laws | |
dc.subject.other | farm workers | |
dc.title | What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising? Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape | en_ZA |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |