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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | The 1987 mineworkers strike |
Authors: | Markham, Coletane Mothibeli, Monyaola |
Year: | 1987 |
Periodical: | South African Labour Bulletin |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 58-75 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | miners strikes 1987 |
Abstract: | The massive 1987 mineworkers strike, the biggest and costliest wage dispute in the history of South Africa, no doubt marks one of the highpoints in the development of militant progressive worker struggles here. This article describes this strike, paying attention to the wage demands of the National Union of Mineworkers, the contradictory role of the hostels in both containing and enforcing the strike, the low participation of some mines, the lock-out strategy of management and the aftermath of the strike. The conclusion points out a number of weaknesses that have emerged during the strike. Ref. |