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South African trade unionism in an era of racial exclusion

This thesis is an examination of the main tendencies in the trade
union movement in South Africa during the currency of the
Industrial Cenci 1 iation Act from 1924 to 1979, and of state
labour policy of direct relevance to worker organisation. It
considers in particular the reasons for the predominance of
protectionist strategies, frequently amounting to racial
monopolies and exclusion, among the unions catering for white
artisan and production workers. Attention is given to the
deployment of legislative and other policy instruments by the
South African state intent on providing support for the
prevailing protectionist demands and the exclusionary stance of
large sections of the trade union movement. In analysing these
developments, reference is made to the history of the trade union
federations reflecting the divergent interests of different
sections of the South African labour movement during this period.
The evolution of trade unions for the workers occupying a
subordinate role in the South African "racial order" is also
traced. Consideration is given to the barriers to the full
development of such trade unions, and to the incipient decline
of the era of racial exclusion which the 1970s witnessed. / Sociology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Sociology)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/17205
Date11 1900
CreatorsLever, Jeffrey Thomas
ContributorsGrobbelaar, J.I., Cilliers, S.P.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Format1 online resource (v, 286 leaves)

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