Armed white security guards confronted CWIU members at Triomf's Richards Bay plant when they attempted to discuss with the factory manager his 'first and final' wage offer of a 5 percent wage increase.
archiveREF R-0107004Revised
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Workers face guns
- Origin date
- August 1981
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019
South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Workers face guns. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0107004
South African History Online (2016) 'Workers face guns', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0107004 (Accessed: 27 August 2026).
South African History Online, Workers face guns [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0107004, (accessed 27 August 2026).
"Workers face guns." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0107004. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Workers face guns." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0107004.
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