In this essay, Sikho Luthango demonstrates how the labour movement is characterized by a culture of patriarchy and toxic masculinity which includes both the upper and lower echelons of its organizational structures. The emphasis on ideology tends to exclude the struggles of women and LGBTQI people within trade unions, the workplace and society (Seidman, 1993). Consequently, there is risk of creating an “imagined community” where the voices of marginalized groups are silenced in the pursuit of fighting capitalism (Seidman, 1993).

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