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… Street, became an autonomous institution by Act No 1 of 1910, largely through efforts by General J.C. Smuts . This …

… and historic as it was their first in South Africa since 1910. References: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en …

… the name of Mary Fitzgerald set the tone for women’s trade union activism in the years that would follow. Known as the … 15) Ma Baard, another woman that would eventually become a union leader, was also highly motivated by the desire for … took place in what was known as the Garment Workers Union. In the 1920s and 1930s, many poor Whites were flocking …

… continuously until it became a part of the Independent Union of South Africa in 1910 . Shortly after the English took over, the two Dutch …

… White voters were asked "Do you support a republic for the Union?" ”” 52 percent voted 'Yes'. The government under …

… one of us when we decided to challenge the might of the Union Government with that Grey Steel, General Smuts, at its …

… people’s concerns, joining the Natal Native Teachers Union, and in 1928 was elected its secretary. He accrued …

… the indictment of the leaders of the African Mineworkers Union and members of the CPSA, and continued into the fifties … committed itself entirely to the strike, assisting the union in the writing and photocopying of leaflets; the transporting of union officials to the meetings on the various mines prior to …

… Acronyms BAWU, Black and Allied Workers Union COSAS , Congress of South African Students COSATU , … African Trade Unions CWIU, Chemical Workers Industrial Union CWLP, Culture and Working Life Project DHAC, Durban … Workers Cultural Local FAWU, food and Allied Workers Union FOSATU , Federation of South African Trade Unions …

… Every worker has the right to form and join a trade union; to participate in the activities and programmes of a trade union; and to strike. Every employer has the right to form … and programmes of an employers' organisation. Every trade union and every employers' organisation has the right to …

… thus made Britons of all civilised black men under the Union Jack on a uniform equality of citizenship with all … become manifest from the spirit that obtained in 1854 and 1910. The Northern provinces have undergone no change of … two years ago. A study the figures reveals that in 1910 there were 6,633 Native voters to 121,346 European …

… and non-racial industrial unions merged to form one trade union called South African Trades and Labour Council (SATLC), … and ideological affiliations. Conservative members of the union were against the amendment of its discriminatory … the exclusive White, Coloured, and Indian workers’ Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) . Black workers were …

… who attended the Natal Militia General Training Camp in 1910. The photographer was William Watson-Robertson who had a …

… at the beginning of 1973 which marked a renewal of trade union activity after a decade-long lull. Background of the trade union movement Although trade unions had a presence … in the later 1970s and 1980s. The Industrial Commercial Union (ICU), formed by Cements Kadalie in 1919, was the first …

… - either TUCSA supported the protest meeting, or the union would withdraw from TUCSA. The GWIU was TUCSA’s … GWIU would disaffiliate. She also said that the Furniture union and the Engineering union may follow suit. She TUCSA had become a ‘spineless …

… Victorian building used to be the Town Hall from 1885 to 1910 and today serves as the Main Post Office. The City Hall … Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was completed in 1910 as a near faithful reproduction of its Northern …

… a Gnome rotary engine (50hp) and flew it successfully in 1910. On 18 June 1911 Weston flew the first flight in …

… 1907, the college had 29 students and ten lecturers and in 1910 the college was declared an official educational …

… Sir Ross authored a book, The prevention of Malaria, in 1910. While Sir Ross is known for his work on malaria, he is …

… pertaining to astronomy from this period. On 20 May 1910, the comet passed its closest point to earth, when it …

… Rustenburg the Segregated city Towards Union The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other Whites to the …

… illegal for black workers to belong to a registered trade union, as a consequence black workers joined the benefit fund as it functioned as a cover for trade union activities. After the Durban strike thousands of … first year of operation the fund used the Garment Workers Union for operation free of charge. It experienced police …

… used for this purpose, because the house was completed in 1910, the year of the Union of South Africa . In 1944, on Henry Nours’s death, …

… by workers who demanded the recognition of their union, and a wage of 10 shillings a day, a wage that the … Even before the formation of the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU), miners engaged in a series of spontaneous … state. The Formation of the African Mine Workers Union William Thibedi and Sidney Bunting recruited a core of …

… – such as governments, political parties, trade unions and union federations or the United Nations, but also masses of … South African War), Britain granted dominion status to the Union of South Africa in 1910. By the late 1950s, Britain was one of South Africa’s …

… Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the … by Eddie Cottle  The British Government, The Trade Union Congress, and Black South African Trade Unionism, 1973 … the Collapse of a Cultural Movement by Ari Sitas  NEDLAC, Union Investment Companies, the Tripartite Alliance and the …

… 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909 The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape The 1912 …

… 1930, having been a university college since 17 May 1910. Afrikaans became the official language of instruction …

… engine (50hp) and flew it successfully (in France) in 1910. On 16 June 1911 John Weston made the first flight in …

… organisations which began during the strike, when trade union and political offices and homes of officials were … forms of struggle. Birth of the African Mine Workers' Union Black workers were introduced to trade unionism by the … were occupied in a turbulent struggle for decent wages, union recognition and survival. Writing about this period …