Lucien van der Walt

Picture source: International Journal of Socialist Renewal

Trade union renewal is high on the agenda in many countries, but we need to think carefully about why we want it.

eNCA/Sethembiso

South African unions are large but fragmented, substantial but politically weak. They represent different political traditions and all are marked by serious organisational problems. They have little impact on the official public sphere. The unions need to work towards realizing a stateless, classless, self-managed society without hierarchy, based on political pluralism and freedom.