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Monograph tracing historical to present, the development of the Black labour movement in the textile industry of South Africa R - discusses the early struggles which led to the formation of the trade union known as the African textile workers industrial union, and concludes with an examination of the impact of the durban strikes in 1973 and 1974. Map and references.
A study of the period in South African history between the wars, when the modern system of labour control was developed. It includes chapters on the regulation of working conditions, health and welfare, wage regulation and the state's efforts to control African trade unions.
First Published in 1981. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Winner of the 2012 CLR James Award presented by the Working Class Studies Association Millions of black South African workers struggled against apartheid to redeem employment and production from a history of abuse, insecurity, and racial despotism. Almost two decades later, however, the prospects of a dignified life of wage-earning work remain unattainable for most South Africans. Through extensive archival and ethnographic research, Franco Barchiesi documents and interrogates this important dilemma in the country's democratic transition: economic participation has gained centrality in the government's definition of virtuous citizenship, and yet for most workers, employment remains an elusive and insecure experience. In a context of market liberalization and persistent social and racial inequalities, as jobs in South Africa become increasingly flexible, fragmented, and unprotected, they depart from the promise of work with dignity and citizenship rights that once inspired opposition to apartheid. Barchiesi traces how the employment crisis and the responses of workers to it challenge the state's normative imagination of work, and raise decisive questions for the social foundations and prospects of South Africa's democratic experiment.
Report on labour relations in South Africa R, with particular reference to Black trade union recognition - considers problems relating to collective bargaining and labour disputes, comments on pertinent labour legislation, discusses relations between registered and unregistered trade unions of African workers, and includes a case study of a worker-management conflict. One-page bibliography, graph and statistical tables.
This book provides a fuller understanding of the complex political reality underlying the struggle for democracy in South Africa. It is essential reading for all those concerned with the fight against apartheid, offering a breadth and depth of analysis that makes a singular contribution to our knowledge of the struggle.
Yours for the Union stands as a landmark history of the making of the black working class in South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it covers the crucial period of 1930–47, when South Africa's rapid industrialisation led to the dramatic growth of the working class, and uncontrolled urbanisation resulted in vast shanty towns which became a focal point for resistance and protest. Importantly, Hirson was one of the first historians to go beyond the traditional focus on the mines and factory workplaces, broadening his account to include the lesser known community struggles of the urban ghettoes and rural reserves. Written by an author with first-hand involvement in South African labour struggles, Yours for the Union broke new ground with its account of the effort to mobilise urban squatters, domestic workers and rural peasants, and remains an indispensable resource for the study of the South African labour movement.