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… diesel energy industries, and the unions that protect the workers in them, are having to reckon with an increasingly … Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, spokesperson for the National Union for Metalworkers South Africa (NUMSA) explained their … as far back as 2011, and that the depiction of unions and workers as being against an energy transition distorts their …

… as Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. They then flocked to the Union Buildings in a determined yet orderly manner. Estimates … Many women had babies on their backs and some domestic workers brought their white employers' children along with … the boundaries established by the Government, no African workers could be hired unless the Department of Labour …

… expected to wait on the men rather than participate in the union meetings. In 1983 at a Federation of South African … they ‘ won higher wages and better overtime rates for all workers, ten public holidays a year, and five months of … highlighted that the women shop stewards made sure that workers did not ‘ have choose between a baby and your job ’ ( …

… Coloured Peoples Organisation. The Bantu/Native Building Workers Act, Act No 27 of 1951 is passed. The President of … former secretary of the Indian High Commissioner in the Union, visit Basutoland. They have discussions there with … the banning of the Secretary-General of the Garment Workers` Union (GWU), E.S. ("Solly") Sachs. 21 January, A …

… better living conditions by way of mass participation of workers and peasants. Even though authorities opened fire and … such as nationalising industry across Russia and rejecting workers control of these factories and brining in experts to … changed industrial and agricultural face of the Soviet Union. This came to be known as the Great Turn as Russia …

… of struggles against the state, especially by workers, students, civic organisations, churches, the … African Students (COSAS) decided to suspend the boycott. Union activity was also sharply stepped up. In July 1980, 10000 municipal workers went on strike in Johannesburg. More than 1000 were …

… had been profit driven, neglecting basic human rights of workers. Exploitative working conditions existed with no work … were placed under the control of elected committees of workers. Lenin realised that the people who had helped him … with an economic crisis, the communist government in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) introduced War …

… (ACAC) Congress for South African Writers (COSAW) Cultural Workers Congress Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO) Federated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre (1978) Film and Allied Workers Organisation (FAWO) Ikapa Arts Trust Kagiso Trust …

… of Cape Town 1963 Becomes involved in NUSAS (National Union of South African Students) 1964 First marriage, to … programme on working conditions in industrial plants 1971 Workers’ Education Project 1971 Started South African Labour … leaving Durban, and also from entering factories, trade union premises, or the University of Natal, and from …

… was used to the benefit of mining magnates and white workers to oppress African workers. African migrant labourers did not only work as cheap … between the end of the Anglo-Boer war and the Act of Union, white miners in the Witwatersrand were able to …

… turn of the century, there were about 30,000 indentured workers in Natal, and before the Anglo-Boer War a few … in English, and denying them the vote. After 1895, the workers who had completed their terms of indenture had to pay … had spread to the four colonies that would become the Union of South Africa in 1910, and whites in all of these …

… an emerging political organization called the German Workers’ Party. Founded earlier that same year by a small … by then had been renamed the Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party. Throughout the 1920’s, Hitler gave … and was partitioned between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. German forces invaded Norway and Denmark on 9 April …

… for the rest of the 20th century. The communist Soviet Union we now remember was the product of Stalin, although it … to establish a worldwide ‘uninterrupted revolution’ of workers. [2] The logic here was that socialism could never … Russia became powerful enough, it would then ferment for workers’ revolutions the world over. The costs and benefits …

… unable to compete with British skilled and semi-skilled workers in the cities and remained unemployed. [4] Poor … also viewed themselves as racially superior to black workers and demanded higher wages for their labour on farms. … farmers were not willing to fulfil these demands. The Union of South Africa , pressured by 1916 with over 121 000 …

… education and a demand to end outsourcing for University workers. As well as addressing more unique issues, namely the … registration, students primarily from the EFFSC and UP workers protested outsourscing of workers together in the … with university leaders as well as student leaders at the Union Buildings in Pretoria ‘to discuss the stalemate with …

… density of 16 to an acre. The voting qualifications were: Union nationality; aged twenty-one and over (males); standard … manifesto was a call to action for South African Indians: "Workers, businessmen professionals and farmers, only your … of unity in opposition, since all three stratas, the workers, businessmen and professionals, were represented. A …

… 1989: 311) 11 June, Meshach Pelem president of the Bantu Union gives his testimony before the Select Committee on … here . July, A National Convention of African and Coloured workers is held in Bloemfontein under the chairmanship of … Apprenticeship Act is passed which gave unionized White workers a secure position by setting educational …

… instead carrying out an extensive campaign among workers ‘to put an end to the short-sighted and narrow-minded … Sir Benegal Rama Rau) declares its support for the Union Government's war effort, but demands that there should … regularly on the activities of other unions, while workers were urged to read The Guardian , described as ‘the …

… May Day celebrated on 1 May annually, is a celebration of workers and their work. It has a long history , being a day … to commemorate and highlight the contributions of workers, there were four banners – for the CPSA, the miners, … Communist League (YCL) and the Building Workers Industrial Union (BWIU). The International (a communist song) was played …

… employer of Indian labour, employing an average of 2 000 workers through the 1930s and 1940s.  Municipal workers and their dependants totalled almost  10 000. Most … completes its work. 16 February, The British Indian Union of East London dissolves and forms the Colonial Born …

… away from the White-led student federation, the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), and formed their own … 41 branches a year later. BPC launched the Black Allied Workers’ Union soon after it was launched, with Drake Koka … Meanwhile SASO and BCP were making efforts to form a Black Workers’ Council. Saths Cooper and Strini Moodley , who were …

… between Black student organizations and the national Union of South African Students (NUSAS) by developing a … analysis and compilation of information that enabled workers to get a better understanding of their situation. … by students prior to the 73 Strikes who brought to the workers? attention the issues of low wages and introduced …

… between the European and non-European races of the Union. The Act further vested the Minister of Justice with … Act, Act No 4 of 1984 - more Bantu/Native Building Workers Act, Act No 27 of 1951 The Act was two-fold. Firstly, … government signaled its determination to protect White workers' interests. Secondly, the Act granted permission to …

… men were forced to seek employment as railway construction workers in northern Natal and on the mines in the … and the simultaneous movement into the city of Indian workers who had completed their indenture on Natal sugar … Communities in Durban after 1910 The establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910 removed the colonies from …

… to an end the First World War. 1920 Parliament passes the Union Housing Act. 21 January, A delegation of Black workers meets with employers at the City Hall to decide on an increase in wages. 23 October, The Coloured and Native Workers Union under the leadership of Masabalala threaten to …

… vocal in their opposition to apartheid. The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was at the forefront … In the meantime, SASO and the newly-formed Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU) undertook numerous campaigns. In his … of SASM. The Durban strikes of 1973, involving 40 000 workers, were coordinated by a range of organisations. The …

… 1910 The establishment of the Union of South Africa consolidates white rule over the territories that came to be known as South Africa. The Union is founded on racial segregation and disenfranchisement … of demands and actions. Troops break through the workers` barricades, with bayonets fixed, killing 3 and …

… Between 1908 and 1909, constitutional discussions towards Union took place which prompted numerous meetings organized … ways of objecting to the draft South African Act, and the Union constitution. The SANNC meeting convened by John Dube … or driving them to seek work as farm labourers and mine workers, and later in the least skilled and most badly paid …

… movement as a way of uniting activists and cultural workers to form a coalition of cultural resistance to … a huge risk to those involved. The activists and cultural workers (who were activists) worked underground to make sure … Danie van Zyl, and Beyers Naudé in Johannesburg, Federated Union of Black Artists (FUBA), Johannesburg in 1978 by Benjy …

… Sir Benegal Rama Rau, declares its support for the Union Government war effort, but demands that there should be … National Congress ’ 3 August, A representative mine workers conference is called by the Transvaal Provincial … of the conference is the formation of the African Mine Workers' Union (AMU) which elects J.B. Marks as president. …