Boycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott

Origin date: April 1982
Updated: 27 Aug 2019

Boycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott

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FOSATU together with the Food and Canning Workers Union, the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union, the General Workers Union, the Cape Town Municipal Workers Association and the National Union of Mineworkers have decided to put their weight behind a national consumer boycott in protest at the declaration of a State of Emergency.

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Boycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106964

South African History Online (2016) 'Boycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106964 (Accessed: 5 August 2026).

South African History Online, Boycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106964, (accessed 5 August 2026).

"Boycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106964. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Boycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106964.