The longest recognition struggle in South African labour history has come to an end. Nearly 2 000 National Union of Textile Worker members at the giant Frametex mill, the heart of the Frame complex at New Germany near Pinetown, now have the right to be represented by their union.
Archive record
Long bitter struggle at Frame has ended

- Origin date
- April 1983
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Long bitter struggle at Frame has ended. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106973
South African History Online (2016) 'Long bitter struggle at Frame has ended', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106973 (Accessed: 28 July 2026).
South African History Online, Long bitter struggle at Frame has ended [website], https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106973, (accessed 28 July 2026).
"Long bitter struggle at Frame has ended." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106973. Accessed 28 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Long bitter struggle at Frame has ended." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106973.
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