Article about how the government and the bosses tried to prevent the workers from organising and how they tried to weaken any organisation the workers establish. Also about the democratic control of the Union by the workers and only by the workers.
Archive record
Workers resist controls on our union

- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Workers resist controls on our union. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111257
South African History Online (2016) 'Workers resist controls on our union', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111257 (Accessed: 2 August 2026).
South African History Online, Workers resist controls on our union [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111257, (accessed 2 August 2026).
"Workers resist controls on our union." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111257. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Workers resist controls on our union." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111257.
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