Mr Simon Eppel is a trade unionist and Director of Research at the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU). He is involved in a range of policy-related and practical activities that aim to produce more secure, sustainable, meaningful and growing employment for the union’s members based on the principle and practice of decent work.
Simon also serves as a COSATU and SACTWU representative on several industrial, Masterplan and Nedlac task teams and bodies, as well as Proudly SA. He trained as a social anthropologist and received an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cape Town (UCT)
Mr Simon Eppel
Trade unionist and Director of Research at the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU)
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