Look to example of unions when creating coalitions
Union coalitions last much longer than political coalitions, and political parties can learn from unions’ 10-point plan for successful coalitions
05 December 2019 - 16:09
The latest developments at the Johannesburg council merely accentuate the cycle of political coalitions that are renowned for making up and breaking up.
The phenomenon of formal coalition formation has been established itself in trade unionism for some time and shares commonalities with coalitions in the political environment. In trade unionism the motive behind coalition formation is to either protect or establish majoritarian status of representativeness at a workplace by means of a coalition or to form an opposition bloc against the majoritarian trade union...
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