Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase By 1957 … 11/6 a day to 25/-; the railway workers an increase from £4/10/0 a month to £7. This strike was the fruit of SACTU … them under guard in tents at the docks. On Monday March 4, the Port Elizabeth dockworkers and railway workers were …