A new labour law intended to help part-time workers secure permanency in their jobs has resulted in thousands of overworked, underpaid women losing their jobs and spawned ugly labour disputes. Demonstrations and clashes were the last things expected at Eland, a company that had acquired a reputation for being ‘women-friendly’ as it worked its way up from being a one-store outfit in 1980 to a 28 billion-dollar retail chain hiring thousands of women workers.
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A new labour law intended to help part-time workers secure permanency in their jobs has resulted in thousands of overworked, underpaid women losing their jobs and spawned ugly labour disputes. Demonstrations and clashes were the last things expected at Eland, a company that had acquired a reputation for being ‘women-friendly’ as it worked its way up from being a one-store outfit in 1980 to a 28 billion-dollar retail chain hiring thousands of women workers.
To read the full article, please visit IPS News Website.
