The Metal and Allied Workers Union's B T R Sarmcol campaign is by far the largest campaign over a single factory ever undertaken by an independent union in this country.
Archive record
Sarmcol: the biggest campaign ever
- Origin date
- April 1982
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Sarmcol: the biggest campaign ever. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0106965
South African History Online (2016) 'Sarmcol: the biggest campaign ever', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0106965 (Accessed: 23 July 2026).
South African History Online, Sarmcol: the biggest campaign ever [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0106965, (accessed 23 July 2026).
"Sarmcol: the biggest campaign ever." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0106965. Accessed 23 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Sarmcol: the biggest campaign ever." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0106965.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
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