Global Production and Flexible Employment in South African Horticulture: Experiences of Contract Workers in Fruit Exports

Squaring the circle: global production a

Squaring the circle: global production and the informalization of work in South African fruit exports

✍ Stephanie Barrientos; Andrienetta Kritzinger 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 78 KB

## Abstract South African fruit growers simultaneously face rising standards imposed within supermarket global value chains, falling market prices internationally, and increasing government legislation. These pressures are leading to falling permanent employment and increasing use of contract labou