Metal That Will not Bend: The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, 1980-1995

Author:   Kally Forrest
Publisher:   Wits University Press
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9781868145348


Pages:   576
Publication Date:   01 October 2011
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Metal That Will not Bend: The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, 1980-1995


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Author:   Kally Forrest
Publisher:   Wits University Press
Imprint:   Wits University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   975.000kg
ISBN:  

9781868145348


ISBN 10:   1868145344
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   01 October 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Building local power: 1970s; power through numbers: 1980-1985; power in unity: 1980-1987; breaking the apartheid mould: 1980-1982; worker action fans out: 1980-1984; melding institutional, campaign and bureaucratic power: 1983-1990; conquest of Metal Industrial Council: 1987-1988; auto workers take power: 1982-1989; auto takes on the industry: 1990-1992; new directions: 1988-1991l defeat of Mawu strategy: 1990-1992; towards a new industry: 1993; the Cinderella sector: 1983-1990; applying vision in auto and motor: 1990-1995; applying vision in engineering: 1994-1995; independent worker movement: 1980-1986; beginnings of alliance politics: 1984-1986; weakening the socialist impulse: Civil war in Natal 1987-1994; Civil war in Transvaal: 1989-1994; new politics: 1987-1990; disinvestment: Pragmatic politics 1985-1989; compromising on socialism: Legacy of the Alliance 1989-1995.

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Kally Forrest is Senior Researcher in the Society, Work & Development Institute (SWOP) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and was previously Editor of the South African Labour Bulletin

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