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Making remote ends meet: final report on an investigation of minimum and supplemented living levels among migrant workers in the civil engineering industry, Richards Bay

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posted on 2024-09-05, 23:44 authored by Roger Allen, Lawrence Schlemmer
Detailed investigation of factors relating to a minimum wage needs among a sample of 243 unskilled labourers employed in five civil engineering or construction companies in Richards Bay and Empangeni. The research was based on in-depth interviews , and on costing of commodities and services in the Richards Bay and Empangeni area, in 1983.

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South African Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors

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Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Natal

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Allen, R. (1984) Making remote ends meet: final report on an investigation of minimum and supplemented living levels among migrant workers in the civil engineering industry, Richards Bay. Durban: Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Natal.

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University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa

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en

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