The National Union of Namibian Workers: Background and Formation

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Title:	The National Union of Namibian Workers: Background and Formation
Author:	Melber, Henning
Year:	1983
Periodical:	Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:	21
Issue:	1
Period:	March
Pages:	151-158
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Namibia
Subjects:	trade unions Labor and Employment
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/160621
Abstract:	Namibia is presently facing the final phase of formal decolonisation. The perspectives of future national development said its orientation are part of the political and military battle between the national liberation movement, the South-West Africa Peoples Organisation, and the South African occupation-regime with its local agencies. In this present process of transformation to either genuine independence or a more sophisticated perpetuation of foreign domination, the legal superstructure is being continually modified. These juridical changes also affect the legally tolerated, or - as has continuously been the case in the past - the suppressed means of organisation of the black labour-force. Given the present phase of transition, this short article concentrates on a summary description and characterisation of the most important features of the organisation of black labour interests in historical perspective. Accordingly, trade-union-like forms of organisation within the white-settler community are neglected here. App., notes.