Sikhula Sonke farmworkers union is a women-led
Western Cape
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based independent
trade union
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.
Its focus includes issues such as labour rights, domestic violence,
food insecurity
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and alcohol abuse. The union has over 4000 employed and unemployed members including those living on farms in Stellenbosch, Grabouw, Villiersdorp, Franschhoek, Ceres, Rawsonville, Paarl and Wellington.
Its members resolved to boycott the April 2009 elections as part of the
No Land! No House! No Vote!
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Campaign.
In 2011 it had around 5 000 members on over 200 farms in ten different districts of the Western Cape.
Agents of Change? Post-Apartheid Social Movements
by Anciano, Fiona, Rhodes University, 2013
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in Brazil
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in Brazil
* Movement for Justice en el Barrio
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(USA)
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Citations
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Trade unions in South Africa
Land rights movements