Regional educators' workshop on trade union history in South Africa
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- Title
- Regional educators' workshop on trade union history in South Africa
- Description
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This document is an educational resource titled "Regional Educators' Workshop on Trade Union History in South Africa." It contains a first-hand account from a migrant worker at Rely Precision Castings in the East Rand, covering the period between the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The text documents the development of collective bargaining and industrial action within the Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU). It describes the working conditions in the foundry industry and the socio-economic pressures of the migrant labour system, specifically the relationship between employment and residency rights under the pass laws.
Key subjects include:
Union Organisation: The process of recruiting members and transitioning from informal grievances to formal representation.
Labour Relations: The role of factory management, indunas (foremen), and the South African Police during labour disputes.
The 1980 Rely Precision Strike: The events leading to the dismissal and subsequent prosecution of 55 workers for illegal striking.
Historical Context: The broader strike wave in the East Rand metal industry during 1980 and 1981.
Solidarity Models: The concluding arguments for inter-factory unity and community-based labour mobilisation. - Subject
- Shop stewards -- Training of
- Trade-unions -- South Africa -- Officials and employees
- Labor unions -- Study and teaching
- Collective bargaining -- Chemical industry
- Industrial relations -- South Africa
- Chemical workers -- Labor unions -- South Africa
- Labor education -- South Africa
- Shop stewards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Migrant labour -- South Africa -- Social conditions
- Strikes and lockouts -- Metal industry -- South Africa -- East Rand
- Industrial relations -- South Africa -- Case studies
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112014
- Creator
- Unattributed
- Rights
- Unattributed
- Rights Holder
- Unattributed
- Provenance
- The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service
- Genre
- text
- pamphlet
- Extent
- 57 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- useGuidelines
- The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Labour Research Service.
- Date
- 19uu
- Item sets
- Training Manuals and Workshops
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