The situation of agricultural workers in Kenya

Leitner, Kerstin

doi:10.1080/03056247608703288

Abstract

The most numerous and most degraded workers in Kenya are the agricultural workers. Their wages are below subsistence. The position of women workers is especially bad. An examination of the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers’ Union reveals its failure to improve its members’ conditions in any way. In the absence of support for workers in the higher echelons of government, the only hope is for strengthened organisation among the workers themselves.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): crea20

Journal ID (archive): CREA

Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

ISSN (Print): 0305-6244

ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720

Publication date (Print): May-August 1976

Volume: 3

Issue: 6

Pages: 34-50

Article

Publisher ID: 8703288 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 3, No. 6, May-August 1976, pp. 34-50

DOI: 10.1080/03056247608703288

SO-VID: 95b09959-e4d9-4033-bc65-d3ea65414199

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[6] Singh M.. 1969. . History of Kenya's Trade Union Movement to 1952 . Nairobi :

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[8] Amsden Alice. . 1971. . Foreign Firms and African Labour in Kenya, 1945–1970 . London :

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