Metal that Will not Bend : The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, 1980-1995

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In the 1980s there was a surge of trade union power on a scale not previously experienced in South Africa. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) was a highly prominent and innovative union in this assertion of muscle and one of Cosatu's most radical affiliates, and its stor...

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Autor principal: Forrest, Kally
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Wits University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa.
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa > History.
Strikes and lockouts > Metal-workers.
Metal-workers > Labor unions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Greves et lock-out > Travailleurs des metaux > Afrique du Sud.
Travailleurs des metaux > Syndicats > Afrique du Sud.
Strikes and lockouts > Metal-workers > South Africa.
Metal-workers > Labor unions > South Africa.
South Africa.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter One: Building local power: 1970s; Chapter Two: Power through numbers: 1980-1985; Chapter Three: Power in unity: 1980-1987; Chapter Four: Breaking the apartheid mould: 1980-1982; Chapter Five: Worker action fans out: 1980-1984; Chapter Six: Melding institutional, campaign and bureaucratic power: 1983-1990; Chapter Seven: Conquest of Metal Industrial Council: 1987-1988; Chapter Eight: Auto workers take power: 1982-1989.
  • Chapter Nine: Auto takes on the industry: 1990-1992Chapter Ten: New directions: 1988-1991; Chapter Eleven: Defeat of Mawu strategy: 1990-1992; Chapter Twelve: Towards a new industry: 1993; Chapter Thirteen: The Cinderella sector: 1983-1990; Chapter Fourteen: Applying vision in auto and motor: 1990-1995; Chapter Fifteen: Applying vision in engineering: 1994-1995; Chapter Sixteen: Independent worker movement: 1980-1986; Chapter Seventeen: Beginnings of alliance politics: 1984-1986; Chapter Eighteen: Weakening the socialist impulse: Civil war in Natal 1987-1994.
  • Chapter Nineteen: Civil war in Transvaal: 1989-1994Chapter Twenty: New politics: 1987-1990; Chapter Twenty-One: Disinvestment: Pragmatic politics 1985-1989; Chapter Twenty-Two: Compromising on socialism: Legacy of the Alliance 1989-1995; Appendix; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index ; Back Cover.

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