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TRADE UNIONS in ALGERIA History, Survey and Options Contents
STUDY Despite its strength and great potential, the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA) is crippled by its own bureaucra- cy, which is closely aligned with LABOUR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE local and central authorities’ political and economic interests. TRADE UNIONS The future of independent un- ions will depend on the will- IN ALGERIA ingness of the acting players to overcome differences of per- spective and leadership con- History, Survey and Options flicts, and on public authorities’ response to their activity. Nacer Djabi with the cooperation of Fadhila Akkache, Hocine Zobiri and Samir Larabi The current developments in Algeria suggest that the January 2020 trade union environment is set to see a shake-up – be it among independent unions, within the UGTA or at public authority level. LABOUR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TRADE UNIONS IN ALGERIA History, Survey and Options Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 EVOLUTION OF UNIONISM IN ALGERIA 4 Historical Foundation �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������4 Post-Independence Labour Movement ������������������������������������������������������������������5 Main Political and Social Transformations ��������������������������������������������������������������6 Legislative Framework �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 Emergence of Independent Trade Unions ��������������������������������������������������������������7 Legal and Political Constraints ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������8 -
The Long-Term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF AFRICA’S SLAVE TRADES* NATHAN NUNN Can part of Africa’s current underdevelopment be explained by its slave trades? To explore this question, I use data from shipping records and histori- cal documents reporting slave ethnicities to construct estimates of the number of slaves exported from each country during Africa’s slave trades. I find a robust negative relationship between the number of slaves exported from a country and current economic performance. To better understand if the relationship is causal, I examine the historical evidence on selection into the slave trades and use in- strumental variables. Together the evidence suggests that the slave trades had an adverse effect on economic development. I. INTRODUCTION Africa’s economic performance in the second half of the twen- tieth century has been poor. One, often informal, explanation for Africa’s underdevelopment is its history of extraction, character- ized by two events: the slave trades and colonialism. Bairoch (1993, p. 8) writes that “there is no doubt that a large number of negative structural features of the process of economic under- development have historical roots going back to European col- onization.” Manning (1990, p. 124) echoes Bairoch but focuses on the slave trades, writing, “Slavery was corruption: it involved theft, bribery, and exercise of brute force as well as ruses. Slavery thus may be seen as one source of precolonial origins for modern corruption.” Recent empirical studies suggest that Africa’s history can explain part of its current underdevelopment. These studies fo- cus on the link between countries’ colonial experience and cur- rent economic development (Grier 1999; Englebert 2000a, 2000b; * A previous version of this paper was circulated under the title “Slavery, Insti- tutional Development, and Long-Run Growth in Africa.” I am grateful to the editor, Edward Glaeser, and three anonymous referees for comments that substantially improved this paper. -
After Three Years: Somali Bantus Prepare to Come to America by Sasha Chanoff, International Organization for Migration
Refugee Reports November 2002 VOLUME 23, NUMBER 8 NOVEMBER 2002 After Three Years: Somali Bantus Prepare to Come to America By Sasha Chanoff, International Organization for Migration In 1999, Africa’s top resettlement officials filed into a sunlit vast Indian Ocean slave trade. Their history as a distinct room in the Joint Voluntary Agency (JVA) compound in group began around the turn of the 18th century when Nairobi, Kenya for an important meeting. The topic: Do their ancestors-from Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique we resettle the Sudanese “Lost Boys” or the Somali Bantus were captured by the Sultan of Zanzibar and other slave first? History plays out in such moments, and destinies of lords and sold into Somalia, victims of the millennia of thousands of people are shaped and changed. The human trafficking in East Africa. Some were freed after Sudanese boys would go first (see Refugee Reports, Vol. 22, many years, while others staged uprisings to gain their No. 4). The Somali Bantus would wait three more years. independence. Hereditary farmers, they eventually settled Whenever groups are selected for resettlement from into Somalia’s arable regions along the Juba River. among Africa’s millions of refugees, the chosen ones be- With a population of around nine million, pre-civil come imbued with a special significance. All sorts of war Somalia contained about 900,000 Bantu people. Most questions come up: Who are they? How do they live? of these Bantus were integrated into society. Some ar- What cultural traits do they have? What life experiences rived thousands of years ago as migratory farmers and see inform their understanding of the world? And how will themselves as original Somalis. -
Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean
2 Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean Vijayalakshmi Teelock and Abdul Sheriff The specificities of the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery have been highlighted in the numerous works of historians of the Indian Ocean such as Ned Alpers, Abdul Sheriff, Richard Allen and Hubert Gerbeau, and are being recognised even by scholars of the Atlantic region. Within the Indian Ocean, however, the specificities of individual countries need to be highlighted and contrasted with each other. Some Indian Ocean countries, such as Zanzibar and Madagascar, were both importers and exporters of slaves, while others without indigenous populations, like Mauritius and Reunion, were solely importers of slave labour. Before embarking on a comparative study of the transition of these slave societies to freedom, it is necessary to have an understanding of the historical context of the establishment of slavery and the peopling of the islands through the slave trade. This is the focus of this chapter. Mauritius: The Colonial Slave Trade and Slavery According to latest figures available from Richard Allen and Thomas Vernet, the numbers of slaves exported from the Indian Ocean by Europeans far exceed previous estimates. Table 2.1: Export of slaves from the Indian Ocean 1670-1769 1770-1810 1811-1848 Total Madagascar 35,314-37,931 46,203-53,427 43,808-51,365 125,325-142,723 Eastern Africa 10,677-11,468 99,614-115,189 75,767-88,835 186,058-215,492 India 14,755-15,739 4,994-5,327 6,469-21,066 SE Asia 3,804-4,759 3,804-4,759 Of the total estimated by Allen1 to date, the French slave trade is still by far the most substantial in the Indian Ocean. -
Autonomous Trade Unions in Algeria an Expression of Nonviolent Acts of Citizenship
KARIM MAÏCHE Autonomous Trade Unions in Algeria An Expression of Nonviolent Acts of Citizenship Tampere University Dissertations 238 Tampere University Dissertations 238 KARIM MAÏCHE Autonomous Trade Unions in Algeria An Expression of Nonviolent Acts of Citizenship ACADEMIC DISSERTATION To be presented, with the permission of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Tampere University, for public discussion in the auditorium 1100 of the Pinni B building, Kanslerinrinne 1, Tampere, on 17 April 2020, at 12 o’clock. ACADEMIC DISSERTATION Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences Finland Responsible Professor Emeritus supervisor Tuomo Melasuo and Custos Tampere University Finland Supervisor Doctor of Social Sciences Anitta Kynsilehto Tampere University Finland Pre-examiners Professor Daho Djerbal Professor Marnia Lazreg Université d’Alger 2 The City University of New York Algeria United States Opponent Professor Rachid Tlemçani Université d’Alger 3 Algeria The originality of this thesis has been checked using the Turnitin Originality Check service. Copyright ©2020 author Cover design: Roihu Inc. ISBN 978-952-03-1524-5 (print) ISBN 978-952-03-1525-2 (pdf) ISSN 2489-9860 (print) ISSN 2490-0028 (pdf) http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-03-1525-2 PunaMusta Oy – Yliopistopaino Tampere 2020 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Preparing this thesis has been simultaneously challenging and rewarding experience. My deepest gratitude goes to all the Algerian trade unionists who shared their views and experiences. The constructive and valuable comments of the pre- examiners, Professors Daho Djerbal and Marnia Lazreg, helped to improve this work from multiple aspects. I feel extremely grateful for my supervisors Professor Tuomo Melasuo and Doctor Anitta Kynsilehto. This thesis was prepared in Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI). -
Slavery and Post Slavery in the Indian Ocean World Alessandro Stanziani
Slavery and Post Slavery in the Indian Ocean World Alessandro Stanziani To cite this version: Alessandro Stanziani. Slavery and Post Slavery in the Indian Ocean World. 2020. hal-02556369 HAL Id: hal-02556369 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02556369 Preprint submitted on 28 Apr 2020 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Slavery and Post Slavery in the Indian Ocean World. Alessandro Stanziani 2. Summary (150-300 words). Unlike the Atlantic, slavery and slave trade in the Indian Ocean lasted over a very long term – since the 8th century at least down to our days- involved many actors which cannot be resumed to the tensions between the “West and the rest”. Multiple forms of bondage, debt dependence, and slavery persisted and coexisted. This chapter follows the emergence and evolution of slavery and forms of bondage in the Indian Ocean World in pre-colonial, then colonial and post-colonial time. Routes, social origins, labor and other activities, and forms of emancipation will be detailed. 3 Keywords (5-10) Debt bondage; servitude; caste; legal statute; domestic slavery; women; children; recruitment, abolitionism; indentured labor; runaways. 4 Essay: Slavery and bondage in the IOW (5000-8000 words) The Indian Ocean World is a vast region running, from Africa to the Far East in its wider interpretation, from Africa to India in a more narrow identification. -
The Long-Term Effect of Demographic Shocks on the Evolution of Gender
The Long-Term Effect of Demographic Shocks on the Evolution of Gender Roles: Evidence from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade∗ Edoardo Teso y July 2014 Abstract I study the long-run effect of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the evolution of gender norms. Since a majority of men were exported during the trans-Atlantic slave trade, skewed sex ratios emerged in the population of the African regions more severely affected. Historical accounts show that in these regions the shortage of men pushed women into the labor force and led women into taking up new areas of work. I hypothesize that this demographic shock, by altering the division of labor in society, affected cultural norms about the role of women, with long-run effects on female labor force participation. I provide evidence consistent with this hypothesis by documenting a long-run impact of this historical shock on female labor force participation, with a corresponding effect on general attitudes about gender roles. I show that women belonging to ethnic groups that were more severely affected by the trans-Atlantic slave trade are today more likely to be in the labor force, and that individuals belonging to these groups are characterized by more equal gender-role attitudes. Exploiting within-region and within-village variation, I provide evidence that culture continues to play a role even after controlling for any long-run impact of the slave trade on the external environment, including current labor market opportunities. 1 Introduction A recent, growing literature links the degree of women’s participation in the labor force to the prevailing cultural beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society (Fernandez 2007, Fernandez and Fogli, 2009, Alesina, Giuliano, and Nunn, 2013). -
Indentured Labor in the Indian Ocean
CHAPTER 7 BONDAGE ACROSS THE OCEAN Indentured Labor in the Indian Ocean The Main Argument We have already discussed the link between labor in Europe, slavery in the colonies, and serfdom in Russia, in eighteenth- and nineteenth-cen- tury European thought (in chapter 1). Yet this was not simply a repre- sentation of the facts, but a reflection on real entanglements in social and economic relationships between Russia, Europe, and Europe’s main colonies. As I mentioned in the introduction, Russian serfdom can hardly been compared to American slavery. Nevertheless, the evolution of labor in Russia and in some European colonies did reflect similar tensions. This chapter argues that not only was the definition and practice of bonded labor in the colonies linked to the definition and practice of wage labor in Europe, but that the development of labor in the two realms was inter- connected. Indentured servants in the British Empire and engagés (equiv- alent to indentured servants) in the French colonies would have been inconceivable without hiring for services and domestic service in Britain and France. A connection was possible because there were important dif- ferences in status between masters, landowners, and employers, on the one hand, and domestic servants, wage earners, bonded laborers, and apprentices, on the other.1 Yet the British and the French did not export just any notion and prac- tice of wage earner, but a specific form of it, that is, indentured labor. This peculiar contract derived from two types of extant contracts: that of the sailor and that of the agrarian laborer. -
Euromed Rights February 2021
The Rise and Impact of Government-Organised Non- Governmental Organisations (GoNGOs): another tool of repression of independent civil society Case studies on Algeria, Egypt and Turkey EuroMed Rights February 2021 Rue des Comédiens 22, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium +32 (0) 2 513 37 97 – [email protected] - www.euromedrights.org Table of Contents ACRONYMS 4 INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION 5 INTRODUCTION 6 METHODOLOGY AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 1. ALGERIA 11 a. Legal Framework and Restrictive Practices 11 b. Case Study #1: Women’s Rights Organisations in Algeria – A Struggle for Equal Rights 14 c. Case Study #2: Crackdown on Trade Union Plurality and Independent Trade Unionists 16 2. EGYPT 19 a. Legal Framework and Restrictive Practices 19 b. Case Study #3: Crackdown on Women’s Rights Organisations 22 c. Case Study #4: A Movement Wiped Out by the Authorities – Independent Trade Unions in Egypt 24 4. TURKEY 27 a. Legal Framework and Restrictive Practices 27 b. Case Study #5: Alternative Narratives in Women’s Rights and Emerging Actors 30 c. Case Study #6: Criminalisation of outspoken trade unionists, anti-union discrimination and reprisals 31 5. CONCLUSIONS 35 6. RECOMMENDATIONS TO RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL ACTORS 36 To the EU 36 To the UN 37 3 Acronyms ACHPR – African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights ACHR – Arab Charter on Human Rights CSO – Civil society organisation ECOSOC – United Nations Economic and Social Council ECHR – European Convention on Human Rights EU – European Union EuroMed Rights -
List of Affiliated Organisations
ITUC INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION CSI CONFÉDÉRATION SYNDICALE INTERNATIONALE CSI CONFEDERACIÓN SINDICAL INTERNACIONAL IGB INTERNATIONALER GEWERKSCHAFTSBUND LIST OF AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS Country or Territory Organisation Membership 1 Afganistan 1 National Union of Afghanistan Workers and Employees (NUAWE) 120,000 2 Albania 2 Confederation of the Trade Unions of Albania (KSSH) 110,000 3 Union of the Independent Trade Unions of Albania (BSPSH) 84,000 3 Algeria 4 Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens (UGTA) 1,875,520 4 Angola 5 Central Geral de Sindicatos Independentes e Livres de Angola (CGSILA) 93,000 6 União Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Angola (UNTA- CS) 215,548 5 Antigua and Barbuda 7 Antigua & Barbuda Public Service Association (ABPSA) 365 8 Antigua & Barbuda Workers' Union (ABWU) 3,000 6 Argentina 9 Central de los Trabajadores Argentinos (CTA) 600,000 10 Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina (CGT) 4,401,023 7 Armenia 11 Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia (KPA) 237,000 8 Aruba 12 Federacion di trahadornan di Aruba (FTA) 2,507 9 Australia 13 Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) 1,761,400 10 Austria 14 Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund (ÖGB) 1,222,190 11 Azerbaijan 15 Azerbaycan Hemkarlar Ittifaqlari Konfederasiyasi (AHIK) 735,000 12 Bahrain 16 General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) 10,000 13 Bangladesh 17 Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress (BFTUC) 85,000 18 Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal (BJSD) 180,000 19 Bangladesh Labour Federation (BLF) 102,000 20 Bangladesh Mukto -
Freamon.Pdf © Do Not Cite Or Circulate Without the Author’S Permission
Proceedings of the 10th Annual Gilder Lehrman Center International Conference at Yale University Slavery and the Slave Trades in the Indian Ocean and Arab Worlds: Global Connections and Disconnections November 7‐8, 2008 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Straight, No Chaser: Slavery, Abolition, and the Modern Muslim Mind Bernard K. Freamon∗, Seton Hall Law School Available online at http://www.yale.edu/glc/indian‐ocean/freamon.pdf © Do not cite or circulate without the author’s permission Introduction It might strike the reader as odd and perhaps somewhat irreverent that I should use an allusion to the drinking of alcohol in the title of a paper concerned with the modern Muslim mind.1 That is not my intention, for the title is actually drawn from the world of jazz. When the allusion is viewed in that sense, it has direct relevance to my topic. My title is borrowed from the famous jazz piece written and often performed by Thelonious Monk, the iconic jazz composer and pianist who brought great influence to the music, beginning in the early 1940’s and continuing until his death in 1982. Monk’s piece, simply entitled “Straight, No Chaser,” and ∗ Professor of Law and Director, Program for the Study of Law in the Middle East, Seton Hall Law School. I extend my deepest thanks to Rebecca Fink for providing excellent research assistance. Thanks also to Abed Awad and H. Kwasi Prempeh for their insightful suggestions and comments. 1 The drinking of alcohol for pleasure is forbidden to Muslims. For the uninitiated, “Straight, No Chaser” describes a fairly widely heard request of the typical alcohol‐drinking tavern customer who, in ordering a drink, tells the bartender that he desires a glass of gin or vodka or whiskey undiluted by a non‐alcoholic mixer (‘straight’) and without the customary glass of beer or water or soda that follows the downing of the straight alcohol, allegedly softening its impact (no ‘chaser’). -
Slavery and the Slave Trades in the Indian Ocean and Arab Worlds: Global Connections and Disconnections
Proceedings of the 10th Annual Gilder Lehrman Center International Conference at Yale University Slavery and the Slave Trades in the Indian Ocean and Arab Worlds: Global Connections and Disconnections November 7‐8, 2008 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut "Slaves of One Master:" Globalization and the African Diaspora in Arabia in the Age of Empire Matthew S. Hopper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Available online at http://www.yale.edu/glc/indian‐ocean/hopper.pdf © Do not cite or circulate without the author’s permission At the turn of the twentieth century, a six‐year‐old boy named Ismail bin Mubarak was kidnapped from his hometown of Mkokotoni in Zanzibar by a slave dealer and taken away to Arabia in a Suri dhow. The slave broker took him to a spot on the Batinah coast of northern Oman near the Sawadi Islands where he sold him to man from Hamriya (a town not far from Dubai). Five years and two owners later, Ismail found himself the slave of Salim bin Sultan of Sharjah who sent him to the pearl banks to dive each season the for the next twenty years. In March 1931, after two decades of abuse and grueling work as a pearl diver, Ismail had had enough. He stole one of his master’s boats and fled with four other enslaved divers across the gulf to seek their freedom at the British naval depot at Bassidu on the northwestern tip of Qishm Island off the coast of Persia.1 1 Statement of Ismail bin Mubarak, Swahili, aged 40 years, recorded at the Political Agency, Bahrain (May 23, 1931).