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43:, to represent white and "coloured" workers in the industry. In 1937, Max Gordon and Daniel Koza launched the African Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union to represent black workers in the industry, and from 1942 the two unions had a collaborative relationship. They held a major joint strike in 1943, which established recognition of the union with most major chains of shops. 46:
The NUDW campaigned successfully for the option of part-time work in the industry, achieved in 1953, and later for the improvement of the conditions of employment of part-time workers, mostly white women. From the late 1960s, the union campaigned against discrimination against "coloured" and Indian
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workers, forming the National Union of Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers (NUCCAW) as a parallel union to represent them. It was also opposed to the reservation of certain categories of work for white people, and more black workers gradually entered the sector.
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In November 1982, the union merged with NUCCAW, to form the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers.
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Yours for the Union - Class and Community Struggles in South Africa. 1930-1947
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Trade Unions in South Africa, 1970-1980: a directory and statistics
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By 1970, the union had 12,593 members and was affiliated to the
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representing workers involved in retail and goods transport in
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Commercial Catering and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa
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trade union
South Africa
South African Communist Party
Trade Union Council of South Africa
Commercial Catering and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa
Dulcie Hartwell
Dulcie Hartwell
Zed Books
ISBN
9780862323691



"The Regime of Contract in South African Retailing: A History of Race, Gender, and Skill in Precarious Labor"
Cambridge University Press
doi
10.1017/S0147547915000320
S2CID
156954610
ISBN
978-0-7992-0469-8
Categories
Retail trade unions
Trade unions in South Africa
Trade unions established in 1936
Trade unions disestablished in 1982

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