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Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers of South Africa

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In 1926, the union gained independence from its British parent, and by 1945 it had grown to 5,837 members. Almost all its members were white; it admitted coloured and Indian workers in the
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WHITE LABOUR AND THE 'SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC' MOVEMENT IN THE TRANSVAAL; THE SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR PARTY, THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL AND THEIR TRADE UNION AFFILIATES, 1930 - 1954
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By 1978, the union had 4,474 members, with around two-thirds being white. In 1980, the majority of the union's membership left, to join the rival
178: 173: 43: 47: 68:. The union was left with just the 600 members in its former engineering section. It appears to have dissolved in the 1990s. 152: 61:, where they formed a majority of the membership. By this point, its leadership had become increasingly conservative. 116: 88: 46:, and the South African section maintained its affiliation. In 1913, it was a founding affiliate of the 51: 148: 167: 58: 28: 24: 42:. This was the first union to form in South Africa. The ASC&J became the 39: 147:. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit. 145:
Trade Unions in South Africa 1970-1980: a directory and statistics
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representing carpenters, joiners and those in related trades in
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Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers of South Africa
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A first account of labour organisation in South Africa
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The union originated in 1881, when the British-based
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Index

trade union
South Africa
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners
Cape Town
Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers
Cape Federation of Labour Unions
Transvaal
Western Cape
Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers of South Africa


A first account of labour organisation in South Africa
WHITE LABOUR AND THE 'SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC' MOVEMENT IN THE TRANSVAAL; THE SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR PARTY, THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL AND THEIR TRADE UNION AFFILIATES, 1930 - 1954
ISBN
0799204692
Categories
Carpenters' trade unions
Trade unions in South Africa
Trade unions established in 1881
Trade unions disestablished in the 1990s
1881 establishments in South Africa
1990s disestablishments in South Africa

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