Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise

Trouble in Natal - 20 00 Women rioted in Cato Manor over living conditions and government beerhalls and passes for women. Photo by Drum photographer © Baileys African History Archive

Labour Issues

• Working Life Factories, Townships and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940, Brewing
• A place in the city, The struggle for a place in the city, Child labour
• Working Life Factories, Townships and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940, Township
• Working Life Factories, Townships and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940, Labour Laws

Readings

• Callinicos, L. (1981). Gold and Workers 1886-1924. (online) Johannesburg: Ravan Press.
• Callinicos, L. (1987). Working Life 1886-1940. (online) Johannesburg: Ravan Press.
• Callinicos, L. (1993). A place in the city. (online) Johannesburg: Ravan Press/Maskew Miller Longman.
• Economic and Political program for 1928
• ORGANISE OR STARVE: South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)

Links

• SA Labour History Project site
• The Wiehahn commission in a brief political and economic context
• The Economic History Society of SA site, with many articles on SA Labour History:
• For a collection of SA May Day and other posters