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Metal that Will Not Bend: The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa, 1980-1995
Kally Forrest
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Paperback. In the 1980s there was a surge of trade union power on a scale not previously experienced in South Africa. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 174 x 33. Weight in Grams: 958.
In the 1980s there was a surge of trade union power on a scale not previously experienced in South Africa. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) was a highly prominent and innovative union in this assertion of muscle and one of Cosatu's most radical affiliates, and its story is one of astonishing achievements as its activities built workers' rights and deeply eroded the apartheid state. Metal that will not bend - a translation of the union's motto Insimbi ayigobi - tells that story by revisiting the formation of the powerful modern day union movement. The trade union ... Read more
In the 1980s there was a surge of trade union power on a scale not previously experienced in South Africa. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) was a highly prominent and innovative union in this assertion of muscle and one of Cosatu's most radical affiliates, and its story is one of astonishing achievements as its activities built workers' rights and deeply eroded the apartheid state. Metal that will not bend - a translation of the union's motto Insimbi ayigobi - tells that story by revisiting the formation of the powerful modern day union movement. The trade union ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868145348
SKU
V9781868145348
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99-15
About Kally Forrest
Kally Forrest is the editor of the South African Labour Bulletin. She has edited and published a number of popular books on South African trade union histories.
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