Essays about: "wine farm workers"

Found 5 essays containing the words wine farm workers.

  1. 1. Local perspectives on how to improve living and working conditions in South African wine industry

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Katarina Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : wine industry; ethical trade; South Africa; wine farm workers; working and living conditions; workers-support organizations; codes of conduct; Systembolaget; governmentality; working the spaces of power;

    Abstract : The aim of my study is to investigate how representatives of wine-farm workers' unions and wine-farm workers' support groups formulate their ideas about procedures aiming at achieving improved conditions. As sustainability work and ethical follow-up are terms which most often are used within companies, and not reflect methods, procedures instruments etc. READ MORE

  2. 2. Social Sustainability in South Africa's Wine Industry : A Study of Freedom of Association

    University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och Innovation

    Author : Emma Meade; Stina Ahnlid; [2016]
    Keywords : Freedom of Association; Weestern Cape; South Africa; wine industry; stakeholders; CSR; ethical trade;

    Abstract : Even today freedom of association in the South African wine industry is a sensitive topic. The wine farm owners often claim their workers can associate freely but the workers could paint a different picture. READ MORE

  3. 3. In vino veritas : en studie om svenska vingårdar och om de svenska vinböndernas livsform

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Rebecca Hymnelius; [2016]
    Keywords : vingård; livsform; egenpraktik; ekonomiska och ideologiska villkor; genus; motiv; hobbyodling; kommersiell odling;

    Abstract : Vinodling är en relativt ny jordbruksform i Sverige. Det finns spår som tyder på att vinodling har förekommit i Sverige under yngre stenåldern, men i dagens samhälle är det få som förknippar det med det kalla landet i norra Europa. Vinodling i Sverige är en utmaning på grund av landets geografiska läge och kalla klimat. READ MORE

  4. 4. Grapes of Wrath : A burden of liquor carried by farm workers - a heritage borne by children

    University essay from Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV

    Author : Jannie Jensen; [2012]
    Keywords : Alcohol; Agriculture; Children; Coloured; Dop System; Farm Workers; Foetal Alcohol Syndrome; Paternalism; Post-Apartheid; Race; Shebeens; South Africa; Western Cape Province; Wine Industry; Women on Farms Project.;

    Abstract : The thesis deals with the difficulties concerning alcohol use and misuse among Coloured farm workers within the heart of the wine industry in South Africa. The current extent of alcohol use and misuse in the rural areas of the Western Cape Province is commonly referred to as the legacy of the dop system. READ MORE

  5. 5. The National School Nutrition Programme and its affects on schooling for farm workers in South Africa : -An investigation of two generations living and working on wine farms in the rural areas of Western Cape

    University essay from Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV; Institutionen för pedagogik, psykologi och idrottsvetenskap, PPI

    Author : Sven Berg; [2011]
    Keywords : Nutrition; mal-nutrition; poverty; child-poverty; school; Primary School Nutrition Programme PSNP ; National School Nutrition Programme NSNP ; African National Congress ANC ; Apartheid; inequality;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I study the effects of the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) on the rural areas of Western Cape, South Africa. More precisely I try to find out how the NSNP has affected the families in this rural area and what attitudes that can be found among the two generations of people living and working on wine farms. READ MORE