Chapter 6. A Daughter of the Free State - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… I put the material in the machine, pressed the treadle right down and the machine started off at a speed which made … centre of the room and who bawled: "Viljoen, you --, look what you have done to my frock". Trembling with fear, I went … was 6d. a week, I decided not to join. I did not know what the word "union" meant, but I knew that if I paid 6d. to …