A history of the South African Mine Workers' Union, 1902-2014 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Visser, Wessel (Wessel Pretorius), 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press, 2016.
Temas:
Mine Workers' Union (South Africa) > History.
Solidarity (Labor organization : Centurion, South Africa) > History.
Mine Workers' Union (South Africa)
Solidarity (Labor organization : Centurion, South Africa)
1900-2099
Miners > Labor unions > South Africa > History.
Mineral industries > Government policy > South Africa > History.
Labor unions > South Africa > History.
Mineurs > Syndicats > Afrique du Sud > Histoire.
Mines > Industrie > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique du Sud > Histoire.
Syndicats > Afrique du Sud > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Labor unions
Mineral industries > Government policy
Miners > Labor unions
Race relations
South Africa > Race relations > History > 20th century.
South Africa > Race relations > History > 21st century.
Afrique du Sud > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Afrique du Sud > Relations raciales > Histoire > 21e siècle.
South Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1: Militant beginnings. The birth of a miners' union in the era of industrial strife, 1902-1929
  • Introduction
  • The founding of the Transvaal Miners' Association
  • The Afrikanerisation of the union
  • The miners' strike of 1907
  • The miners' strike of 1913
  • The general strike of 1914
  • The volcano erupts. The Rand revolt of 1922 and its aftermath
  • Chapter 2: Political forces at play. The struggle for executive control on the MWU, 1929-1948
  • Introduction
  • The Harris Administration and the Afrikanerbond van Mynwerkers
  • The Reformers' Organisation and commissions of enquiry into the affairs of the MWU
  • The politicisation of the struggle for executive control of the union
  • The elections of 1948 and the double NP victory
  • Chapter 3: From the Ellis Administration to the time of troubles. The MWU in symbiosis with the National Party government, 1948-1977
  • Introduction
  • Renewed irregularities. Albert Hertzog and the Hoekcommission of Enquiry
  • A bombshell is dropped. The 1951 Judicial Commission of Enquiry
  • The Visser-Ellis lawsuit and its aftermath
  • The time of troubles. The monthly wage experiment and its consequences for the MWU
  • Arrie Paulus and the re-stabilisation of the MWU
  • Chapter 4: The Wiehahn Commission of Inquiry and a shift to the hard-right, 1977-1987
  • Introduction
  • Prologue to confrontation. The ramifications of the Wiehahn Commission of Inquiry into labour legislation
  • The miners' strike of 1979 and its implications for the MWU
  • Right-wing reaction to the Wiehahn report. The MWU turns to industrial and political consolidation
  • Chapter 5: Adapt or die. Transforming the MWU to solidarity, 1987-2014
  • Introduction
  • Defending the laager. Failed efforts towards white right-wing labour and political realignment
  • Flip Buys and the transformation to solidarity
  • Solidarity in the new millennium
  • Conclusion.

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