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International Labour Research and Information Group
What is ILRIG?
 ILRIG is an NGO providing education, publications and research for the labour and social movements in South and Southern Africa. The main focus of our work is globalisation. Our work on globalisation is informed by the view that globalisation is not a heightened form of international integration but an attempt to restructure class relations so as to restore capitalist profitability. Globalisation is neither neutral nor inevitable. There is an alternative!
ILRIG was founded in 1983. For many years we were linked to the sociology department of the University of Cape Town but since 2003 ILRIG is an independent Trust. Over the years we have built up a reputation for high-quality publications and education programmes which are accessible and useful to social movement activists and trade unionists. All our work stresses democratic participation and interaction and is geared towards building strong, active formations of the working class able to develop alternatives to the neo-liberal agenda.
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ILRIG's Research & Education Work |
Through ILRIG’s education programmes and research we aim to bring the experiences of working and poor people in other countries to Southern African organisations, and to draw on this information to inform the search for alternative policies.
ILRIG’s objective is also to assist in the development of strong bonds of international solidarity between social movements and trade unions. ILRIG conducts its research in collaboration with organisations and networks internationally. We take this information to organisations by running education courses and training programmes, and producing popular publications.
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The Context of ILRIG's Work |
The 21st century world economy has a number of characteristics which have impacted on developments in South Africa and the greater African region:The global spread of neo-liberal economics, characterised by deregulation, privatisation, industrial restructuring and cuts in social spending;
The growth and increased mobility of global corporate power, including South African transnational corporations, with about forty percent of all world trade taking place within individual transnational corporations.
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