Item sets

• Subject is exactly Labour unions--South Africa 🗙

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  Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU) Collection

  Archival collection documenting the history, campaigns, and organisational activities of the CWIU. Formed in 1974 following the Durban strikes, it was a founding affiliate of FOSATU (1979) and later COSATU (1985). The collection covers its specialised organisation in the chemical, petroleum, and rubber sectors, including its merger into CEPPWAWU in 1999.
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  Food and Allied Workers' Union Collection

  Records documenting the history, campaigns, and administrative activities of FAWU. Formed in 1986 via the merger of the Food and Canning Workers' Union (FCWU), the Sweet, Food and Allied Workers' Union (SFAWU), and the Retail and Allied Workers' Union (RAWU). Includes minutes, strike posters, and correspondence.
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  National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) Collection

  A comprehensive archival collection documenting the history, policy-making, and industrial actions of NUMSA. Formed in 1987 through the merger of several unions (including MAWU and NAAWU), NUMSA represents workers in the auto, motor, metal, and engineering sectors. This collection features National Congress resolutions, industry-level collective bargaining agreements, shop steward training manuals, and gender committee reports, reflecting the union's commitment to a "socialist orientation" and worker control.
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  National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) Collection

  This item set comprises archival, published, and ephemeral materials produced by or relating to the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW), a South African trade union representing workers in the public service and allied sectors. The materials document the union’s organisational activities, campaigns, policy positions, and engagement within the broader South African labour movement. The collection provides insight into labour relations, workers’ rights advocacy, and public sector trade unionism in South Africa.
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  Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (PPWAWU) Collection

  Archival collection documenting the history of PPWAWU from its formation in 1974 until its merger in 1999. The union was a key affiliate of FOSATU and later COSATU, organizing workers in the forestry, paper milling, and commercial printing industries. The collection includes records of the "Living Wage" campaigns in the paper sector and anti-apartheid mobilization in rural forestry areas.
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  Transport and General Workers Union (T & GWU) Collection

  This item set comprises archival materials documenting the activities of the Transport and General Workers Union (T & GWU). The collection includes meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and strategy documents relating to collective bargaining, sectoral organisation, and union campaigns, particularly during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The records reflect the union’s engagement with centralised bargaining initiatives and its collaboration with other labour organisations within the broader South African trade union movement.
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  Work in Progress (WIP) Collection

  A series of the independent political and social journal Work in Progress, established in 1977 by the Southern African Research Service (SARS). WIP provided a platform for radical analysis of South African political economy, labor struggles, and state repression. It was notable for its rigorous "Labor Bulletins," its coverage of the treason trials, and its role in debating the transition to a post-apartheid democracy. The collection documents the intellectual history of the "Internal Front" of the anti-apartheid struggle.