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… started a strike by walking across the “us and them” union demarcation line in the darkroom, having no knowledge of the strength of union control in the British press at that time. Within a few …

… organiser for the Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers' Union and a year later, he was elected provincial secretary. … 1989: Organiser, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union, 1990: Provincial Secretary, PPWAWU, 1991: Deputy …

… refugee who fled from Latvia, then a part of the Soviet Union, where Anti-Semitism led to discrimination and … political activism started in 1930 at the Garment Worker Union, where she worked as a trade unionist. [2] It was at the Garment Worker’s Union where she met her future husband, Eli Weinberg , who …

… Constitutive Act of the African Union adopted by the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of …

… National Party had gained enough strength to defeat the Union Party in the 1948 elections. As Prime Minister Malan …

… the at the age 18 Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU),the International Socialist League,which later …

… mid-1940s he was an organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union and also served on the National Anti-Pass Council in …

… on 89 occasions. In 1992 the South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) was inaugurated after personal intervention … players on a strike against the Transvaal Rugby Football Union. Their demands for improved benefits and compensation, … was voted Rugby Personality of the Year by Britain's Rugby Union Writers' Club as well as Newsmaker of the Year in South …

… involvement in radical politics extended to joining the union movement. She became a volunteer organiser for the Brick, Cement and Quarry Workers’ Union, which was affiliated to the trade union federation, the South African Congress of Trade Unions …

… Languages at Grey University College in Bloemfontein in 1910. Here he advised the Afrikaanse …

… for South African farmers. Smuts was determined that the Union should also leave the gold standard, and Roos strongly … policies in this regard. He suggested that the Union form a national government, with him at the helm, to …

… the historic 9 August anti-pass laws women’s march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. In addition, she also did … she started working for the Food and Canning Workers’ Union part-time. In 1981, she became a founding member of the …

… industries and established the Rubber and Cable Workers” Union in Howick. However, as many of the workers were migrant … As a result he could not pursue his teaching or trade union activities. He then ran a laundry collection business …

… ) since July 1975. He received military training in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1976 and was …

… helped to organise the African Food and Canning Workers' Union and in 1951 became its general secretary. He joined …

… local branch of the  Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) . He then moved to Evaton, where he taught at …

… into Armscor. At UCT, he was involved in the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), which contributed to …

… the SACP, the African National Congress and the trade union movement. He was one of the leading pioneers in the …

… exile.He trained  as a security specialist in the Soviet Union ,and at one time was a member of the South African …

… an active role in the Transvaal Teacher Training College Union. Although this organisation concerned itself with …

… United Nations Commission on the Racial Situation in the Union of South Africa, 1955 …

… participated in the historic  Women’s March  to the  Union Buildings  on August 9th. She and her twin sister, …

… many hits. She has been a member of the prestigious Union of South African Artists, where she became exposed to …

… apartheid policies. In 1983 he joined Queensland Cricket Union as Chief Executive Officer. Under his leadership club …

… charged with 1. Undergoing military training in the Soviet Union;2. Being in possession of arms and explosives between …

… factory, Nkadimeng joined the African Tobacco Workers' Union, becoming a shop steward in 1949. Following a strike in … full-time for the Transvaal Iron, Steel and Metal Workers' Union, which SACTU regarded as covering a strategic industry. …

… . In 1956, she was among the 20,000 marchers to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the proposal … institute pass laws for women. In 1963, she marched to the Union Buildings again to protest against the appointment of …

… truck drivers and they joined the Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU). Through their ceaseless fight at Dunlop they … MAWU. In February 1983, Dunlop management agreed that the Union could get entry to the factory and in March an official … Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief. South Africa: National Union of Mineworkers| 3rdearmusic.com, 2002. “ Obituaries: …

… period he also helped found and run the Natal Teachers’ Union.  He was a close friend of Nelson Mandela , then, also, … Clements Kadalie of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union .He interacted with political luminaries of the time …

… he felt that the College's affiliation to the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was wrong. His … time. In 1970, he became a regional organiser of the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA). He held the position …