Jeremy Baskin is a specialist in

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practice. He is a director of the University of Cambridge's Programme for Industry, running a global programme on Business & Poverty and a range of other programmes in Australia. Baskin is also a

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n labour market analyst. Baskin became involved as a

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in the militant black unions of South Africa in the 1970s and worked his way up to general secretary of the

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' Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union. He was also an executive member of COSATU. In 1991, he wrote ''Striking Back'', a history of COSATU. It covered the period from 1985 until the release of

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in 1990. In 1994, he became the director of COSATU's think-tank, the National Labour and Economic Development Institute (''Naledi'') and in 1998, after a stint as a senior public servant, he was appointed advisor to the South Africa's Minister of Labour. In September 2001, Baskin moved to

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and joined the Ethical Investment Research Service (''EIRIS'') as global head of research. In 2005 he joined the University of Cambridge, becoming the Director of CPSL Australia.

References

* J. Baskin (1991) - Striking Back: a history of COSATU. Verso/Ravan. London/Johannesburg

External links

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