It was reported from South Africa last week that the country’s Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) has voted in favour of legal protest action, directed against the retail sector.

At the core of the union’s grievances is the continuing large scale substitution in the shops of domestically produced items by cheap imports from East Asia. The union is also angry at what it sees as the overly-aggressive pricing policies of many retailers towards their suppliers and the downward pressure this has had on wages.

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