Working notes from the National Union of South African Students Labour Directive, July workshop, University of the Witwatersrand, 2-4 July 1982. Discusses the formation of the wages commissions as a student activity researching working conditions and wage levels of campus workers and their subsequent wider focus on wage levels in industry. There is a report on the activities on various campuses.
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History of Wages Commissions: formation, aims and structure

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DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
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