Dealing with precarity: labour unions in the cotton sector in Burkina Faso

Recherche menée par Bettina Engels This project examines how labour unions deal with precarity. Specifically, it examines the large segment of the working class that works for low and intermittent wages, has hardly any job security, whose access to social security and workers’ rights is severely restricted, and that, as a consequence, faces a high risk of social exclusion and suffering from welfare cuts, and a high cost of living. The existence of precarious, informal, seasonal, daily and..