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… January 2014, almost 70 000 platinum mine workers went on strike. The majority of workers were from major platinum … about 40 percent of platinum production as a result of the strike and subsequent shutdown that started in January 2014. The strike took around 440 000 ounces of platinum out of …

… Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was … beginning to realise their collective power, and went on strike at Dutoitspan, Voorspoed and Village Deep mines in … predicted that the failure would lead to a miner’s strike. When the Chamber of Mines began to consider using …

… 1946 African mine workers of the Witwatersrand went on strike in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings a day. They continued the strike for a week in the face of the most savage police … were killed. Lawless police and army violence smashed the strike. The resources of the racist State were mobilised, …

… Introduction The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the … compounds with concrete ‘beds’, the miners embarked on a strike that lasted barely five days, and were crushed by a brutal police force. The strike was undertaken by workers who demanded the recognition …

… part of unions are not able to participate in a protected strike, meaning workers who took part in strike place their already precarious jobs on farms at risk. … According to The South African Labour Guide, a protected strike is, “refers to a lawful strike which is in compliance …

… clap of thunder: Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike A Salute by the South African Communist Party to South … there is no chapter more inspiring than the 1946 Mine Strike which Toussaint has so graphically and excitingly … of our proletariat, to the heroes of the 1946 Mine Strike . Their courage must serve as an inspiration to all …

… Rhodes a limited mining concession. 1907 White miners strike against Chinese labor 1922 Army quells miners' strike, killing 214 1941 African workers formed the African … a Commission of Enquiry 1946 They called a general strike. Nine men were killed, and seventy men were dismissed. …

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… time to time. In particular does this apply to the Great Strike of 1922 on the Rand, commonly known as the Rand … to commemorate the 15th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT RAND STRIKE OF 1922. Every miner, every worker, every lover of … 15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937 …

… ”Why did the V.F.P. Strike Fail?”, Workers Voice, 1 February 1944 …

… 1979-1985 by Noor Nieftagodien  Exhibition: Durban, 1973: Strike against cheap labour by David Hemson  Excavations: …

… Brick and Tile factory, outside Durban, came out on strike. Immediately thereafter, workers from small packaging, … transport and ship repairs companies also came out on strike. By the end of March 1973, close on 100,000 mainly … entire African workers employed in Durban, had come out on strike. South Africa’s Apartheid Government and its White …

… the PDL. 1973 Early January – 1,200 night watchmen go on strike, demanding a wage increase of R10 per month. 8 January - Rumours of an upcoming strike at Coronation Brick and Tile in Durban prompts … workers at Coronation Brick and Tile launch a spontaneous strike. They demand that their weekly wage of R8, 97 be …

… distributed thousands of pamphlets in support of the strike and the workers’ demandsfor higher wages and their …

… its share of manufacturing output standing at 12%. The Strike Unfolds On the morning of 9 January 1973, all 2000 workers at Coronation Brick and Tile went on strike, demanding that their wages be increased form R8,97 to … were woken at 3am and asked by fellow workers to join the strike. Some rumblings about a strike had been circulating a …

… of the Western Cape. For instance, the Fattis and Monis strike and boycott, Saldanha Bay fish factory strike and the red meat boycott amongst others. Perhaps one … disintegrated in the 1960's. Strikes Fattis and Monis Strike 1979 In the Western Cape the Fattis Monis strike …

… 1973, 2 000 Coronation Brick & Tile workers also went on strike; they were demanding a minimum wage of R30 a week. A day later 10 January 1973 another strike broke out at A.J. Keeler Transport Company, the workers demanded a wage increase of R2 a week. Another strike broke out at a tea company, T.W. Beckett & Company, …

… with the state. A case in point is the 1922 mineworkers strike, in which a number of people died. Another strike which provoked the anger of the government was the 1946 strike. In response to a call made by the African Mine …

… In Port Elizabeth 200 Black laundry workers staged a strike after their appeal for a 2/6d weekly pay increase was declined. The strike dragged on for a month. Six dry-cleaning and laundry … confrontation with demonstrators. Thirteen leaders of the strike were arrested under the Riotous Assemblies Act . …

… searched as they leave work leads to the first mineworkers strike in the diamonds mines in Kimberley. Black workers also go on strike in sympathy. The strike lasts a week and is violently put down by force …

… activities remains. September, 2000 stevedores threaten to strike if their wages are not raised. David Hemson, a student … November, 2000 Ovambo contract labourers in Windhoek strike for higher wages. There is increased interest by the … effect, stevedores in Cape Town and Durban embark on a strike. It ends when workers are given an ultimatum to return …

… far in guaranteeing workers' rights, such as the right to strike. Section 23 - Labour relations The rights afforded to … in the activities and programmes of a trade union; and to strike. Every employer has the right to form and join an … and engage in collective bargaining. The right to strike is written into the Constitution, but the right of …

… of intimidation and assault. The Lonmin mineworkers strike was viewed by many as the biggest strike that threatened to destabilize the mining sector in … for the rest of the mining industry. The mineworkers strike was led by Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the …

… response, and the ANC, which initially supported the 1958 strike, called for an end to strike action after the first day, causing tensions between … including disinvestment. To demand for the right to strike and picket. To determine a national minimum wage. To …