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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:The South African State and African trade unionism 1947-1953
Author:Lewis, Dave
Year:1981
Periodical:Africa Perspective
Issue:18
Pages:35-64
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subject:labour history
Abstract:This paper focuses on the relationship between the state and African trade unions in the period between 1947 and 1953. More specifically, it examines the struggle for trade union recognition and aims at understanding the state's ultimate refusal to extend legal recognition to African trade unions. The struggle was conducted under conditions of rapid industrialisation and urbanisation, in a period beset by significant conflicts in the urban areas. The position of the state with respect to the legal status of African trade unions shifted significantly during the period from the UP Bill (1947) and the Botha Commission (1951), both of which recommended a limited form of recognition, to the Native Labour Act (1953), in terms of which the state refused legal recognition. - Notes, tab.