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Committee. In 1955, this merged with the
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already restricted to white workers, opposed these ideas. In 1954, they walked out of the federation's congress, and founded the new
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Organization in South Africa, 1924-1955
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Witwatersrand Tea Room, Restaurant and
Catering Trade Employees' Union
1562:. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit.
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Trade Unions in South Africa 1970-1980: a directory and statistics
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Wholesale Meat
Factory and Cold Storage Workers' Industrial Union
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One
Hundred Years of Job Reservation on the South African Mines
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Shoe and
Leather Repairer Workers' Union (Port Elizabeth)
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National Union of
Laundering, Cleaning and Dyeing Workers
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Witwatersrand Liquor and
Catering Trade Employees' Union
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Tea, Coffee and
Chicory Industry Employees' Union (Cape)
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South African Hairdressers' Employees' Industrial Union
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South African Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association
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Concession Stores and Allied Trades Assistants' Union
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Transvaal Leather and Allied Trades Industrial Union
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Public Service and Provincial Council Workers' Union
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Port Elizabeth Non-European Municipal Workers' Union
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Amalgamated Bricklayers' Trade Union of South Africa
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South African Canvas and Rope Workers' Union (Cape)
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Pretoria Liquor and Catering Trade Employees' Union
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Co-ordinating Council of South African Trade Unions
140:African Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union
1173:Tea, Coffee and Chicory Industry Employees' Union
798:Operative Plasterers' Trade Union of South Africa
1515:"South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)"
1264:Transvaal Explosives and Chemical Workers' Union
947:South African Association of Municipal Employees
702:Natal Liquor and Catering Trade Employees' Union
47:. The federation was broadly split between the
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922:Shoe and Leather Repairer Workers' Union (Cape)
633:Johannesburg Municipal Transport Workers' Union
426:East London and Border Furniture Workers' Union
872:Pretoria Municipal Tram and Bus Workers' Union
590:Hotel, Bar and Catering Trade Employees' Union
108:The following unions were affiliated in 1947:
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89:(TUCSA), which did not accept black workers.
39:The federation was founded in 1930, when the
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1291:Transvaal Retail Meat Trade Employees' Union
1083:South African Reduction Workers' Association
978:South African Canvas and Rope Workers' Union
347:Cape Western District Bespoke Tailors' Union
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413:Durban Municipal Transport Employees' Union
846:Port Elizabeth Tram and Bus Workers' Union
398:Durban Indian Municipal Employees' Society
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1488:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
822:Picture Framing Workers' Industrial Union
1460:. Randburg: Ravan Press. p. xxxii.
1456:Kiloh, Margaret; Sibeko, Archie (2000).
250:Cape Explosive Industrial Workers' Union
68:South African Federation of Trade Unions
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21:South African Trades and Labour Council
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909:Rope and Mat Workers' Industrial Union
771:National Union of Distributive Workers
604:Iron Moulders' Society of South Africa
299:Cape Plywood Workers' Industrial Union
98:South African Congress of Trade Unions
717:Natal Sugar Industry Employees' Union
7:
1583:Simons, Harold; Simons, Ray (1987).
438:East London Transport Workers' Union
94:Council of Non-European Trade Unions
16:South African trade union federation
1649:Trade unions disestablished in 1954
1541:Journal of Southern African Studies
1160:Tailoring Workers' Industrial Union
963:South African Boilermakers' Society
504:Furniture Workers' Industrial Union
87:Trade Union Council of South Africa
1304:Trawler and Line Fishermen's Union
1251:Tramway and Omnibus Workers' Union
619:Jewellers' and Goldsmiths' Society
578:Glass Manufacturing Workers' Union
359:Chemical and Allied Workers' Union
235:Building Workers' Industrial Union
206:Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers
41:South African Trades Union Council
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1199:Textile Workers' Industrial Union
1129:South African Typographical Union
1067:South African Mine Workers' Union
521:Garment Workers' Industrial Union
287:Cape Mineral Water Workers' Union
1644:Trade unions established in 1930
1114:South African Tin Workers' Union
730:National Baking Industrial Union
275:Cape Meat Trade Employees' Union
165:Agricultural Workers' Federation
45:Cape Federation of Labour Unions
1587:. International Labour Office.
786:Oil and Petrol Employees' Union
686:Motor Industry Employees' Union
660:Match Workers' Industrial Union
552:General Building Workers' Union
463:Food and Canning Workers' Union
335:Cape Town Lift Operators' Union
25:national trade union federation
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1421:1932: Alexander Gordon Forsyth
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263:Cape Furniture Workers' Union
190:Amalgamated Engineering Union
128:African Cement Workers' Union
1519:South African History Online
1316:Twine and Bag Workers' Union
672:Mineral Water Workers' Union
323:Cape Town Gas Workers' Union
311:Cape Saw Mill Workers' Union
152:African Sweet Workers' Union
79:Suppression of Communism Act
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75:Government of South Africa
1608:Alexander, Peter (2000).
1558:Miller, Shirley (1982).
221:Brewery Employees' Union
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371:Chemical Workers' Union
1238:Tobacco Workers' Union
810:Optical Workers' Union
537:Garment Workers' Union
1424:1937: Willie de Vries
1214:Timber Workers' Union
1145:Sweet Workers' Union
647:Match Workers' Union
564:Glass Workers' Union
1484:Lewis, Jon (1984).
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23:(SAT&LC) was a
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1226:Tin Workers' Union
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117:Abbreviation
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29:South Africa
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1280:TL&ATIU
1025:SAED&FA
981:SAC&RWU
706:NL&CTEU
593:HB&CTEA
506:(Transvaal)
1633:Categories
1569:0799204692
1495:0521263123
1467:0869755277
1444:References
1371:Wit Liquor
104:Affiliates
61:apartheid
1524:3 April
1077:17,500
622:J&G
547:11,870
120:Founded
35:History
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1139:7,088
1123:1,843
1109:5,300
1093:2,500
1061:1,788
1045:1,788
1039:SAHEIU
1031:2,616
1015:3,784
973:2,501
957:7,519
781:7,420
765:1,274
746:NULCDW
696:4,753
642:1,750
614:1,182
598:1,050
531:2,180
515:1,610
473:2,025
408:1,801
270:1,250
245:7,334
216:3,793
200:7,608
184:1,225
172:1,057
1117:SATWU
1103:SASBO
1087:SARWA
1009:SAEWA
951:SAAME
636:JMTWU
541:GWUSA
402:DIMES
114:Union
1614:ISBN
1589:ISBN
1564:ISBN
1547:(1).
1526:2021
1490:ISBN
1462:ISBN
1403:994
1400:1930
1387:1941
1377:370
1374:1926
1361:420
1358:1934
1324:113
1321:1942
1311:175
1299:410
1296:1938
1283:1928
1272:480
1269:1925
1259:933
1254:TOWU
1243:1928
1233:263
1206:1935
1203:TWIU
1178:1943
1168:725
1165:1934
1152:1926
1136:1898
1133:SATU
1120:1939
1106:1916
1090:1924
1074:1902
1058:1936
1055:ISTA
1042:1944
1028:1894
1012:1939
987:180
984:1926
970:1916
967:SABS
954:1919
917:177
914:1937
904:796
880:329
877:1942
867:160
864:1925
854:329
851:1930
841:193
805:248
793:944
778:1936
775:NUDW
762:1937
752:575
749:1940
738:354
735:1927
725:887
722:1938
712:875
709:1928
693:1939
690:MIEU
677:1944
667:150
652:1944
639:1935
628:180
625:1939
611:1896
573:359
570:1943
559:135
544:1909
528:1934
525:GWIU
512:1925
509:FWIU
498:807
495:1930
485:540
470:1941
467:FCWU
457:750
433:145
421:500
418:1926
405:1936
392:668
389:1926
379:180
376:1943
366:259
354:300
318:150
306:135
294:138
282:199
258:225
255:1927
242:1916
239:BWIU
229:225
226:1929
213:1881
197:1893
160:325
157:1937
147:375
135:147
59:pro-
19:The
1390:97
1348:58
1336:72
1221:75
1193:67
1181:94
1149:SWU
1071:MWU
999:35
941:27
929:97
892:92
817:59
680:75
655:93
608:IMS
585:56
567:GWU
445:84
342:11
330:60
210:ASW
194:AEU
27:in
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