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Title:The march stay-aways in Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage
Authors:Adler, GlennISNI
Gelb, StephenISNI
Golding, Marcel
Year:1985
Periodical:South African Labour Bulletin
Volume:11
Issue:1
Pages:86-120
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:strikes
1985
Abstract:Over the period 18-22 March 1985 more than 120,000 black workers stayed away from work in the Port Elizabeth/Uitenhage area for at least one day. The Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation issued the call for a stay-away as a response to the political and economic crisis in the region, initially identifying the following issues: mass retrenchments, the Amcar-Ford merger and increased petrol prices - with the last becoming the final focus of the stay-away. This report analyses the terrain of struggle on which the stay-away tactic was deployed. It records the events leading up to the stay-away and monitors and measures its impact. The analysis of the dynamics of the stay-away, exactly why and how people were mobilised, remains tentative. - Map, ref., tab.
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