Lucien van der Walt, 27 November 2014, “Fighting For, but Fighting for More, than a Living Wage,” “Paying Living Wages: A Reality or Mirage?,” colloquium, Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KRC) Consortium, Venue: Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, 27-28 November 2014.
In a class-divided society, unions are essential means for improving popular conditions — and a living wage is essential to this goal. However, the meaning of the “living wage” should be set by labour, as part of a larger struggle for more radical social transformation from below — a struggle that requires self-managed and politicised mass organising.
Lucien van der Walt 