The 3 week long Volkswagen strike and the wage settlement reached earlier this month mark a great break through for workers.
Archive record
Uitenhage strikes - victory for a living wage

- Origin date
- September 1984
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Uitenhage strikes - victory for a living wage. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106882
South African History Online (2016) 'Uitenhage strikes - victory for a living wage', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106882 (Accessed: 1 August 2026).
South African History Online, Uitenhage strikes - victory for a living wage [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106882, (accessed 1 August 2026).
"Uitenhage strikes - victory for a living wage." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106882. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Uitenhage strikes - victory for a living wage." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106882.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
Uitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
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