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Title: | Lagos tailors, trade unions, and organizations in the informal economy |
Authors: | Andrae, Gunilla Beckman, Björn |
Year: | 2013 |
Periodical: | African Studies Review (ISSN 1555-2462) |
Volume: | 56 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 191-208 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | artisans textile industry work environment informal sector trade unions protest |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.85 |
Abstract: | In January 2012 a broad spectrum of popular groups staged an unprecedented protest against the removal of what has been termed a 'subsidy' on fuel prices by the Nigerian government. The participation of tailors in this national political event suggests that self-employed artisans were prepared to transcend their narrow nonpolitical agenda to promote their interests and demands for decent social and economic conditions. Interviews with participating organization representatives in Lagos indicate the supportive role of alliances with labour unions and organized informal workers at large. The authors see current global developments in the textile industry as conducive to this outcome. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract] |