Accompanying text on page 47:"Right to desirable work and to join a trade union" (pages 46-47), in Amalungelo Oluntu / Human Rights, a 72-page Xhosa-language / English-language handbook published in 1991 by the Community Law Centre, with support from Richards Bay Minerals. © Copyright 1991 Community Law Centre
[The Community Law Centre has since changed its name to Community Law & Rural Development Centre. It is a South African non-governmental organisation affiliated to the University of Natal.]
Accompanying text on page 47:
"All people should have the right to work and to choose what work they will do. All working people should be paid a living wage. People should be paid equally for the same job. All people should have the right to join a union.
If the government tells you that you must be a farmer, should you have the right to challenge the government?
Should an employer have the right to pay women more than men, for the same job? Does a man ever have a right to receive more pay than a woman when they are doing the same job? Should a person's wage be decided by his or her race?
Can you think of any reason why the workers in a factory should be prevented from joining a trade union? Should the government have the right to outlaw a union?"