Study examines impact of strikes on S African economy
Strikes and labour unrest have marked negative impacts on the employees themselves, the employers and their stakeholders, government, consumers and the economy, advises security services
Strikes and labour unrest have marked negative impacts on the employees themselves, the employers and their stakeholders, government, consumers and the economy, advises security services
Mining Strike Impacts South African Economy. March 20, 2014 08:27 AM Share on Facebook if the 4 billion rand in lost employee wages and the effect on companies that supply and service the
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turn to unions for Policy aimed at reducing the negative effect of strikes on the protection. economy should target worker protection. That said, certain sectors are especially p rone to strikes. These are civil servants and mining. Civil servants have a different wagesetting process to the
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The immediate impacts on local mining towns were particularly severe, but our research shows that the strike could also have long lasting negative impacts on the South African economy as a whole. We nd that it is not the higher nominal wages itself that caused the most damage, but the possible reaction by investors in the mining industry
20/03/2014#0183;#32;The strike has hit about 40% of global production of the precious metal, which is used for catalytic converters in vehicles and is a key source of hard currency for South Africa.
The immediate impacts on local mining towns were particularly severe, but our research shows that the strike could also have long lasting negative impacts on the South African economy as a whole. We find that it is not the higher nominal wages itself that caused the most damage, but the possible reaction by investors in the mining industry towards South Africa.