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THE FILM
Simunye follows vulnerable South African Casual workers, failed by an outdated industrial union movement, as they pursue new forms of worker organization.
More than twenty years since the end of apartheid disparate groups of workers for whom very little has changed - failed by the state, betrayed by a corrupt and outdated traded union movement and subjugated by modern labour broking practices – find solidarity through the work of an advice office.
The documentary Simunye, follows the forms that this solidarity takes by tracing the worker and advice office interactions through the eyes of a young worker-turned film-maker. Ultimately Simunye explores the question of what a future worker movement might look like – a question faced by precarious workers globally.
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THE MISSION
To expose the shortcomings of the current industrial framework
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THE FACTS
Casual workers across the country are being exploited by a industrial framework that protects big business at the expense of workers rights.
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Unionised structures have lost the trust of the workforce due to uncontrollable corruption.
Workers are looking for a new form of representation that allows them to fight for their rights.