Boycott the Can

Origin date: 8 December 1984
Updated: 27 Aug 2019

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A2 red, yellow, black litho on white; graphic people demonstrating; crossed out soft drinks tin; text: Boycott the Can; The management of Metal Box retrenched 22 black workers and after a week hired 3 white workers; On the 22 October 1985 workers went on strike demanding the dismissal of the three workers, and that workers hould be hired from the retrenched ones.; On the 11 November 1985 Metal Box dismissed the whole workforce of 500 people.; Workers of Metal Box are calling upon fellow working people in townships and rural areas to boycott all products of Metal Box
We demand our jobs back! Metalbox workers
An injury to one is an injury to all

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Boycott the Can. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117074

South African History Online (2016) 'Boycott the Can', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117074 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

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"Boycott the Can." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117074. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Boycott the Can." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117074.