Cape Town Stevedores & Dockworkers Union (CTSDWU) Collection

Title: Cape Town Stevedores & Dockworkers Union (CTSDWU) Collection
Alternative Title: CTSDWU Collection
Creator: The Cape Town Trade Union Library
Description: This collection documents the history, organizational structure, and labor struggles of the Cape Town Stevedores & Dockworkers Union (CTSDWU). It includes records detailing the union's formation from earlier ICU organizing efforts, its growth during the mid-20th century, and its eventual challenges under apartheid-era labor legislation (such as the Industrial Conciliation Act). Key themes include the fight for better wages, the transition to containerization, and the solidarity between permanent and casual dockworkers.
Language: English; Xhosa
Type: Collection
Subject: Stevedores -- South Africa -- Cape Town; Dockworkers -- Labour unions; Collective bargaining -- South Africa; Table Bay Harbour; Trade unions -- South Africa -- History

Abasebenzi basedokisini eKapa

Kule ncwadana sibalisa imbali ende yezitifido zaseKapa. Sibalisa ngezidube-dube zestifido noququzelo lwazo kwi ICU. Okulandelayo, sijonga ekukhuleni kwamandla ezitifido xa zaziququzelwa kumbutho we Cape Town Stevedoring ne Dock Workers Union. Emva Kwemfazwe Yesibini Yehlabathi sibona ubuthathaka bomanyano lwabasebenzi basedokisini kwiminyaka emininzi. Okokugqibela, sibalisa ibali labasebenzi bestifido, ukuzimanya kwabo nemibutho yabasebenzi nokukhula kwabo kwakhona ngowe 1970.