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… The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) was founded in 1973. It organised in the … assisted white workers. It affiliated itself to the Trade Union Advisory and Coordinating Council (TUACC) in 1974. By … TGWU. Lydis Kompe became an organiser after joining the union mobilising workers in Johannesburg rising to become …

… by the more dynamic Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), founded in Cape Town in 1919. Established by … Nyasaland (now Malawi), the ICU started out as a trade union for the Black and Coloured dockworkers of Cape Town. … within the existing socio-economic system. The trade union movement spread to other urban areas, such as Natal, …

… 1919 The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) is formed in Cape Town after World War I, with a membership of 24. The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) absorbs a number of other nascent worker … workers organisation. The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) calls for a strike of dockworkers at Cape Town. 3 …

… Born 1910. Businessman. Joined the Industrial and Commercial Union in 1925. In 1943 became a member of the African …

… mine workers' strike was led by the African Mine Workers Union, whose president was J.B.Marks, he was also a leader in … were occupied in a turbulent struggle for decent wages, union recognition and survival. Alex Hepple states: "It was a … - and the most essential - tasks facing the trade union and national movement in South Africa. Recruited from …

… The Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU) was established in 1974 with the help of the … Unions  (FOSATU). In 1986 the Food and Canning Workers’ Union (FCWU) joined forces with the SFAWU to form the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU). … Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU) …

… The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was founded in October … unions and non-racial industrial unions. TUCSA's founding union broke away from the SATLC because they were opposed to … from TUCSA membership. As a result, TUCSA became a union for skilled workers only. The deliberate policy to …

… Heroes of our revolution: P J Hodgson (1910 - 1977) …

… before it was dissolved and succeeded by the African Union in 2002.  However, the OAU did make a significant … (RECs).  The Abuja Treaty was again adopted by the African Union (AU) , which considered regional economic integration … 3: establishing a free-trade area (FTA) and a customs union for each REC (by 2017) Stage 4: coordinating tariff and …

… The Paper Wood and Allied Workers Union (PWAWU) was formed on 31 May 1974 in Springs, … Paper Wood and Allied Workers Union (PWAWU) …

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… Chemical Workers Industrial Union (CWIU) …

… Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU) …

… helped to form the Food and Canning Workers’ Union (FCWU) in 1941 to combat many of these issues that … white, and Coloured men and women to participate fully in union affairs. Alexander was elected as the first general … in. The success of the strike inspired her to join the union. Over the next few years, she became increasingly …

… In 1924 the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded aimed at … internationally inspired the formation of a national union of students of that magnitude in Britain in 1920. This … was organised. In 1953 NUSAS was a member of International Union of Students (I.U.S.) but withdraw its membership due to …

… and formed the Women's Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU) to work for their cause: to gain the vote. Even … Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU) …

… TUCSA. Under pressure from the Garment Workers Industrial Union (GWIU) executive committee because of her involvement … percent increase in wages. Two days after the strike, the union sent informed members that a settlement had been … By the early 1970s, Harriet’s decision to take on National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) student volunteers …

… Max  Gordon was born in 1910,he was adopted by a family named Gordon after his … he worked to revive the faltering African Laundry Worker's Union.In May 1940,before the Soviet Union entered World War Two against Germany,Gordon was …

… Stephen Tefu was born about 1910, he was recruited to the  Communist Party of South … later he became chairman of the African General Workers' Union in Pretoria. Banned in the 1950s, he was sentenced to …

… as CCAWUSA (The Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa) in 1975, with Emma Mashinini   as the … Cape Liquor and Catering, Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union (HARWU) and Retail and Allied Workers Union (RAWU) in 1989. This was in response to a clarion call …

… Sketch map of Pondoland after 1910: Colonial admisnistrative bounderies and place names … Sketch map of Pondoland after 1910: Colonial administrative boundaries and place names …

… From the book:  Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape 1 The present … citizens with somewhat curtailed political rights ­ of the Union of South Africa. Such a thought suggests a feature of … the Oddfellows Hall, Port Elizabeth, on Monday, 4th April 1910. …

… Constitutive Act of the African Union …

… Trade Union Advisory Coordinating Council (TUACC) …

… National Union of Textile Workers (NUTW) …

… South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) …

… Jameson Gilbert Coka was born in 1910 on a white farm near Vryheid, Natal, the son of a … Attracted by the  Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU), he left school to join it in 1927, becoming a … by the Fabian Society that favoured solialism and trade union development. In the  Communist Party  he found a more …

… Issy Heymann was born on the 24 December 1910 in Lithuania. At the age of nineteen, in 1931, Heymann … became an executive member of the Native Trade Assistance Union and in 1936, he joined the Communist Party of South …

… The African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) was launched in Duncan … to forge a separate Coloured identity and included the Union Council of Coloured Affairs (UCCA), the Kleurling … African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) …