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Solidarity Road: The Story of a Trade Union in the Ending of Apartheid
Jan Theron
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Description for Solidarity Road: The Story of a Trade Union in the Ending of Apartheid
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; BM; KNXB2; TDCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 38. Weight in Grams: 644.
The events leading to the Marikana massacre not only shattered South Africa's image of itself as a democracy in which workers had a respected place, but also the image of Cosatu and its largest affiliate at the time. Subsequent events confirm that South Africa's pre-eminent trade union federation has lost its way. To understand why this has happened, Jan Theron argues, it is necessary to understand the choices made by the trade unions that formed it in the 1980s. The Food and Canning Workers' Union (FCWU) was perhaps the most famous of these, and had produced some of the country's ... Read more
The events leading to the Marikana massacre not only shattered South Africa's image of itself as a democracy in which workers had a respected place, but also the image of Cosatu and its largest affiliate at the time. Subsequent events confirm that South Africa's pre-eminent trade union federation has lost its way. To understand why this has happened, Jan Theron argues, it is necessary to understand the choices made by the trade unions that formed it in the 1980s. The Food and Canning Workers' Union (FCWU) was perhaps the most famous of these, and had produced some of the country's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Houghton, South Africa
ISBN
9781928232278
SKU
V9781928232278
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About Jan Theron
Jan Theron was born and educated in Cape Town. At the age of 26 he became general secretary of FCWU, a position he occupied until 1986, when he became general secretary of FAWU.
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