i . V . * ' r.- - * . f

. T L pagw 43

made whllw I n p o l i c e custody. A l l 3 eccueed

t e s t i f i e d i n soae d e t a i l , a l l e g i n g t h e t they

had been s y s t e m a t i c a l l y tbxturwd by M c u r l t y

p o l i c e . I n a d d i t i o n t o t h i e , they c a l l e d a

number of e x - d e t e i n e s a who geve ev idence of e

genera l course of conduct i n v o l v i n g t h e s e c u r i t y

p o l i c e . The defence erguwd that t h e statements

of t h e accused had been mqde under extreme

duress , and should not be accepted es evidence

by t h e c o u r t . For S O M d e t a i l s o f t h e

a l l e g a t i o n s made a g a i n s t t h e s e c u r i t y p o l i c e ,

and t h e i r d e n i a l s , see M P . 1 9 * 4 7 - 8 .

The s t a t s ' * major w l tneee erne en MM!

g u e r i l l a captured by t h e SADF i n i t s r a i d on

t h e suburban house i n Ma t o l a , Mocanblque. The

w i tness , eho may not be i d e n t i f i e d i n t a m e of

e r u l i n g g i v e n by Judge Theron, t o l d t h e c o u r t

t h a t he had undergone AJC M i l i t a r y t r a i n i n g

i n Angola and t h e S o v i e t Un ion . I n A p r i l I960

he r e t u r n e d t o South A f r i c a as p a r t o f a group

eh ich p l a n t e d e x p l o s i v e s a t t h e Saaol p l a n t i n

Saao lburg . He r e t u r n e d t o Mocaabique t o

r e p o r t on t h i s a l e e i o n , and subsequent ly entered

South A f r i c a a second t i e * t o ga ther in format ion

on a f u e l depot a t M a f i k e n g .

A f t e r r e t u r n i n g t o Motaafcique, ha ess kldnappad

by t h e 8A0F from the house I n M a t o l a , end brought

beck t o South A f r i c a after* ha ess handed over

t o s e c u r i t y p o l i c e .

A t t h e conc lus ion o f t h e s t a t e c a s e , t h e

t h r e e accused decided not t o g i v e e v i d e n c e , and

c a l l e d no wi tnesses i n t h e i r de fence .

V e r d i c t i G u i l t y o f h igh t r e a s o n , i n t e r s e o f

the various acta they were charged with

u n d e r t a k i n g .

Sentence: On 19 August, i n t h e Ouprase Court

o f P r e t o r i a , the judge who 3 years e a r l i e r sent

Solomon Mahlangu t o h i s d e a t h , sentenced a l l

3 accused t o a sentence of d e a t h .

MINING

GN t h e 16th J u l y s ix a l n e r s mere k i l l e d end

20 i n j u r e d I n ' f a c t i o n f i g h t i n g 1 between

Shangaan and Xhosa m r k e r e a t J C I * e E laburg Mine

a t W e s t o n e r l a . A few rooms were burn t out and

windows ware broken, according t o the s i n g l e

r e p o r t on t h l a i n c i d e n t t h e t

appeared i n Johannesburg newspapers (PCM,..

2 1 . 0 7 . 6 1 ) .

The next weekend, on 2& J u l y , one a f r l c e n

a i r n r was k i l l e d , a n d t h r e e badly I n j u r e d i n

f i g h t i n g between a r e p o r t e d 3 000 Xhoaa and

3 000 Besuto a l n e r e ( t h e s e f i g u r e e ware l e t e r

denied by t h e edne a u t h o r i t i e s ) . Mine p o l i c e

a t t h e K loof go ld n ine compound where t h e i n c i d e n t

took p i e c e , used taargae ana doge. Th is w i n e , s

owned by Gold F i e l d s of South A f r i c a , i s e l s o •

c l o s e t o wea tonar la . About R10 000 worth of

damage wee done, and 500 a l n e r e asked t o be

r e l e a s e d f r o a c o n t r e c t .

On 29 J u l y , e t t h e Ventorspost mine

coapound i n t h e seme r e g i o n , f u r t h e r f i g h t i n g

occurred between Xhoee encj Besuto m i n e r s . Cars

were r e p o r t e d t o heve been stoned and e t l e e s t

e i g h t a l n e r s I n j u r e d . Teer&as ess ueed by

• i n e p o l i c e aad t h e SAP was c e l l e d i n . The

f i g h t i n g was s a i d t o have i n v o l v e d about 600

a l n e r e . ;

* • •

TRAHBVAAL

Ansol M e t a l Co ( A l b e r t o n ) ; Approximately 200

workers a t t h i s f i r m downeaV t o o l s oh 14 August

I n demand o f a 60c an hour Across t h e board

l n c r e a e a .

. The f i iw j t o l d t h e M e t a l e n d ' ' A l l i e d Workers

Union (MAJTU) t h a t t h e f i n n was t o i n t r o d u c e t h e

' P a t t e r s o n grading s y s t e m ' , which would a l l o w

productive workera to earn nor* then the •

i n d u s t r i a l c o u n c i l determined wages f o r t h e

i n d u s t r y .

No further

CoPra Brasaeare ( L u i p a e r d s v l e i , West Rand);

A s e r i e s o f s h o r t stoppages h i t t h i s f i r * . The

f i r e t r e p o r t r e f e r r e d t o the eacond e t r i k e i n

a week. Th la second e t r i k e occurred on 31

August (s Monday). R i t e Ndxange, organ is ing

s e c r e t a r y of t h e General A l l i e d workers Union

(QAWU) sa id t h e t a l a o s t t h e e n t i r e workforce

- about GOO workera - had gone on s t r i k e over

union r e c o g n i t i o n , r e j a c t l d n of t h a l i a i s o n

c q a n l t t e e , re ins ta tement of i dleedeeed worker,

end t h e r e f u s a l by management t o l e t workers

l e a v e t h e p rea lees a t lunch t i m e *

Th is stoppage was s a i d t o have l a s t e d f o u r >

hours . Management met w i t h t h e GAW and a

r e c o g n i t i o n b a l l o t was s a i d t o hsve been discussed

( S t a r , 0 1 . 0 9 . 8 1 ) .

On Thursday, 3 September, workers downed

t o o l s a g a i n , demanding a wage rev iew (R3 ,00 an

hour minimum) and r e c o g n i t i o n of GAWU. Wore then

200 workers werw i n v o l v e d and b o l i c a atood by

on t h i s and t h a next dey .

Managing d i r e c t o r , T e r r y Davidson, s a i d

t h a t workers who had not r e t u r n e d by Mondsy •

(7 September) would be f i r e d . He a l s o s a i d tha t

t h e f i r n would not givw GA1IU stole r e c o g n i t i o n

as t h e r e g i s t e r e d S t e e l , Engineer ing and A l l i e d

S o r t e r s Union had a l s o contacted h i a f o r r e c c e -. * ¥ijrjMmjuQ*r. . ™

n i t l o n (RDU, 0 5 . 0 9 . 8 1 ) .

A l l but '20% o f Cobra 's S4Q workers were

f i r e d on Monday a f t e r returning t o r e t u r n t o work.

New r e c r u i t s and former workers would be signed

on Wednesday, said Davidson.

Summon Ndou, GAWU p r e s i d e n t , s a i d t h e t

workers had been locked out on t h e Mondey

(Sowwtan, 0 8 . 0 9 . 8 1 ) .

rour hundred workers co l lec ted the ir pay an eaawaemtey* A G N U organised aea t tng *

o f workers avc lded t h a t rather than £

eaployaent they aould ' cont inue t h e s t r u g g l e ' .

r

C a l Q . t ^ - P . 1 — 1 1 * . (Bdcaburf l ) : F o r background

a n H P 1 8 : 4 4 - 9 ; W P 1 9 : 5 4 - 6 .

A n c c g n l t l o n a g n M M n t has been signed

beteuan Colgete- -PelaDHve aanagamont and t h a

rGuATU-af f i l i a t e d Chemical a b r k a r a I n d u s t r i a l

Union dar ing August. The sgraoesnt aakaa

p r o v i s i o n f o r 'g r ievance and d l a c i p l i n a r y

procedures . . . as a a l l as shop steward e l e c t i o n s '

[ S t a r , 25" .0B.Bl ) .

Deluxe ConaoUdatad t a u h d r l o a ( I

P r e t o r i a ) : Saaa 2 000 l e a f l e t s , s a i d t o hava

baan issued by t h a General e u r k e r e .Union of

South A f r i c a (GPJBA), c a l l e d f o r a boycot t o f t h i s

laundry over denta l o f union r i g h t s t o t h a

workers, l o a aagaa and no c a n t e e n . f a c l l i t i e e .

A GtUGA spokesperson, Oonaia Khumalo,

sa id t h a t n i n a laundry spployaaa had baan f i r a d

f o r union a c t i v i t i e s . Laundry aanager, B K a p l a n ,

s a i d t h a t ana worker had baan f i r a d f o r t h e f t

•and t h a o t h a r e i g h t a f t e r they had ra fuaad t o

con t inue working* (Soee tan , O B . 0 9 . 6 1 ) . Kaplan

sa id t h a t t h a f i n d i d not stand I n tha way

"of any worker who awn t a d t o J o i n a u n i o n " .

On Thursday. 10 September, about ISO workers

stoppad aorfc, demanding h ighar wages ( t o be

incraasad t o R2.5D an hour) and union r e c o g n i t i o n ,

bat t a r Burk ing c o n d i t i o n s (workers wars s a i d t o

ba warning R21,00 a aaak t even a f t e r long

s a r v i c a w i t h t h a f i r a ) S t a r , 1 1 . 0 B . B l ) .

GVJUBA r e g i o n a l s e c r e t a r y , Oonaia Khuaalo,

s a i d t h a t ha aaa p ickad up by s a c u r i t y p o l l c a

s h o r t l y a f t a r t h a s t r i k e s t a r t a d and token t o

s a c u r i t y p o l l c a o f f l c a a i n Coapol B u i l d i n g i n

P r e t o r i a f o r t h r a a hours o f quest ion ing (Boeetan ,

1 1 . 0 9 . 0 1 ) .

No f u r t h a r l n f o r a a t i o n .

*#£? • „ T l l s a ( 0 1 i f a n t s f o n t a i n t P r e t o r i a ) :

s a i d t o hava gone on a t r l k o on

11 September, daaanding t h a r e c o g n i t i o n o f

t h a B u i l d i n g , Const ruc t ion and A l l i e d workers

u n & s r ^ t h e BCNHJ aas s a i d t o raprasant 365 df

t h a 880 e o r k e r e a t t h a f i r a (Bee I d . 1 2 . 0 9 . 8 1 ) .

No f u r t h a r l n f o r a a t i o n .

Greyhound Bus L lnaa (Krugersdorp ) : For b a c k -

i ground i n f o r a a t l o n aaa T I P 1 7 : 4 0 .

corkers a t t h l a f i r a , who want on s t r i k e i n

February , wars brought t o c o u r t on t h a day o f

t h a s t r i k e , and 176 (unrapraaantad workers)

ware aantancad t o IB a o n t h a , suspended f o r f i v e

years and on c o n d i t i o n t h a t they re turned t o

aorfc immedia te ly .

Th is santanca and t h a c o n v i c t i o n was sat

a s i d a by t h a Transvaal Gupraas Court i n September

(avan though t h a r a had baan no appsal aga ins t

C o n v i c t i o n ) . Tha judges c r i t i c i s e d t h a

m a g i s t r a t e ' s sentences as " d r a c o n i a n ' .

Tha Judgaa s a i d ' i t aaa h i g h l y u n d e s i r a b l e

f o r people accused of "complex charges'* t o ba

t r i a d w i t h o u t accaas t o l a g a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

and w i t h o u t having t h a charges f u l l y expla ined

t o thewj* (ROM, O B . 0 9 . 0 1 ) .

Gundle P l a s t i c s (Bedfordview, Johannesburg):

See « P 19:53 f o r covaraga o f a prev ious s t r i k a .

On t h a a o m i n g of 3 August (Wednesday) 'about -

100" workers stoppad aorfc, and aara d i a a l s a a d

• f t a r " ignor ing a aanagaaant u l t i a a t u a t o r e t u r n

t o work- (HVJV 0 o . 0 B . 8 l ) . aansgaaant r a l a a a a d

a a t a t a a a n t i n ahich thay s a i d t h a t not a l l eorkers

had gona on s t r i k e and t h a t thay d i d not know

- h o t t h a s t r u c k aas a b o u t .

Gn Thursday. 6 August, 'about 120' o f t h a

d i a a l s a a d aorfcars h a l d a a a a t i n g naar t h a f a c t o r y .

Some wanted t o conf ront t h a p o l l c a aho kapt a

aa tch on t h a n , f r o a doing s o .

Fac tory d i r e c t o r . B i l l Golden, a d m i t t e d t h a t

t h a f a c t o r y was s t r u g g l i n g t o keep g o i n g . I t •

aas now rumoured, i n t h a p r e s s t t h a t t h a s t r i k a

had s t a r t a d 'over a d ispute wi th a company

o f f i c i a l ' ( S t a r . 0 6 . 0 6 . 8 1 ) . Tha Uot.nl and

A l l i e d Porkers" Union (MAW] o f f i c i a l s ,

represent ing aany of t h a a o r k a r s , a w e t a l k i n g

t o t h a B t r i k a r a .

On 14 August i t aaa r e p o r t e d ( S t a r , M . O B . B l )

t h a t t h a e n t i r e day s h i f t t h a t had gona on

s t r l k s had baan p a i d o f f . Those • sat i n o f t h a

n igh t s h i f t aho had Joined thaa "aould ba r e h i r e d

s e l e c t i v e l y ' , sa id aanagaaant .

Auto I n d u s t r i a l ( i s a n d o ) : Baa M P 1 9 : 5 3 .

Tha HAVU aas a l s o involved i n t h a d i s p u t e a t t h i s

f i r a . A aaga s t r i k a s t a r t a d on t h a a f ta rnoon

o f Tuasday, 4 August . Or B a r n l a F a n a r o f f , a

HAVU o r g a n i s e r , sa id t h a t ha had baan assau l ted

by Auto I n d u s t r i a l s t a f f mna a l s o quest ioned by

t h a s e c u r i t y p o l i c e a t tha Kaapton Park p o l l c a

s t a t i o n on t h a c u r r a n t s t r i k e wave on t h a a a a t

Rand.

MAalJ s a i d t h a t aarfcara had asked f o r a 50c

an hour i n c r a a a a . Managing d i r e c t o r , Oaan

F rage l a , t o l d workers t h a t I f thay d i d not

l i k e t h a i r pay thay should laava - ah ioh thay

d i d . aanageawnt t o l d t h a S t a r newspaper t h a t

t h a s t r i k a aaa ' p o l i t i c a l * .

workars r e t u r n e d on 6 August , but i t aas

s a i d Auto I n d u s t r i a l had f i r e d most HAW ahop

stewards (POM. 0 7 . 0 6 . 8 1 ) . Porkers a a r a t o

w i t h union o f f i c i a l s over t h a weekend of B

August t o d iscuss t h e i r eage demands and t h a

d i s m i s s a l s ,

A l a t e r r e p o r t sa id t h a t about 90 workars

I

had been dismissed by the f i r m . I t was never

reported how many workers had bean involved

in the a t r l k e .

Handler and Handler (Boksburg): See VIP 19:52

for a report on the s t r ike by eore then 2 000

workers at th la f i rm. They had returned a f t e r

t h e i r union, HNTU, had entered In to wage conault-

atlone with management (who had e a r l i e r aeid

that there would be no pay increases).

However, two weeka l a t e r i t wee reported

that management had a a reed to a 13c an hour

ecroea the board increase, following meetings

with MAVU o f f i c i a l s . '

Theae increaaea, along with those at Vaal

Metal Pressings and Tanalle Rubber, are seen ea

v ictor ias f o r MAVU (and other F06ATU union)

deaanda for plant leve l negot iat ion* (S ta r ,

28 .07 .81 ) .

Henred Fruehouf ( t fadavi l le, near Gerwilston);

On Wednesdey, 29 July, yet another eeat Rand •

f i rm wee h i t by a a t r lke when the approximately

400 workers at th la t r a i l e r menu fee turing f i rm

downed tools i n protest at the suspension e f a

worker who had al legedly h i t a white employee.

MAUD, having been pushing for formal recog­

n i t i o n e t the f l ra i for some time, entered in to

discussion over the s t r ike (RDM, 31 ,07 .81 ) .

workers returned on 31 July, while ta lks

continued (S ta r , 31 .07 .81 ) .

Mo fur ther information, •

McPhall Kezwma Depot, Johannesburg)! On •

Monday, 24 August, about 200 workers at th la

coal merchandising f i r m , went on -strike over

wages. The s t r i k e was aett led two hours l a t e r .

McPhell (<ww won't f a i l you*) had recently

been taken over by the Tri ton Group. New

managing d i rec tor , AJ Laughland, said that the

. r •

..

workers had been 'grossly underpaid for years*

and brought forward by a month a 20)1 wage increase.

This i s s t i l l starvat ion leve l as the workers

had been paid a t the wage determination minimum

for the Industry (between fl16 and R26 per week

- aee a r t i c l e on nighteatcheien in th la WIP)

(R0Mt 25 ,06 .81) .

The Sowetan (26.06.81) quoted Laughland as

saying that the f i rm wanted t h e i r workers to earn

not less than R60 a week. •

06 Utshawulena, a Boweto coal dealer, while

accusing white-owned firms of exploit ing coal

workers, said that he thought the townahip

dealers paid a minimum of between R24 and R25

a weak, employing mainly contract workers.

He said that 'black employers in the townships

were faced with a number of hendlcapa, so they"

could not pay competitive wages l i k e t h e i r

white counterparts1 (slo)(Sowetan, 2 6 . 0 6 . 8 1 ) . .

Mine Steel Products (Boksburg): A four hour .

s t r i k e et th is f i n s by a l l 130 workers brought *

about the reinstatement of four men. These men

had been dismissed for refusing to carry, I n

p a i r s , 80kg boxes of send t o the moulding l i n e

Prevlouely they hed been expected to carry , ' t

42kg boxea.

UAVU shop stewards a t the firm negotiated

t h e i r reinstatement and the return of the workers.

•

National Co-operative Pat r iae (Boksburg): See

H P 19:52. About 300 a f r lcan worker* .

went on a t r lke In demand of recognition of the

Sweet, Food and A l l i e d workers' Union. / .

Management said that 'about 60 ' wurkera had been

involved in the assault of two ecabs.

NCO-tfielrperson, Or M Hermann, aald that a

' large percentage' of the workforce were prevented

from doing ao by 'some int imidetore ' (ROM, 26 .08 .61 ) .

Recognition negotiationa were said t o be

V

•"- vf ffi planned for Monday, 31 August, and workers

returned to work et 14h00 on 28 August, according

to union secretary, Maggie Magubane.

However, 17 porkers were not,rm-*mflloyed,

despite an agreement with the S W that nc .

dismissals would take piece without consult- .,, ;

a t lon (ROM, 29.08.B1i 'Start 3 1 . 0 8 . 8 1 ) . ' ^ - v

Paper Packaging Industry (Rpaalyn, Pre tor ia ) t> ' * * ' V

About 500 workers at th la Barlow Rand company

went on s t r i k e over pay demands on Monday, "

17 August , at 12h00, The next morning general

manager, T Mocke t 7 ) , addressed workers and . .

reportedly told them to find jobs at the motor

assembly f irme in the erma i f they wanted higher '

lorkers were aald to be making f o r a R1 a n

hour across the board increase (some were earning

only R1,09 an hour) (Sowetan, 19.08.81; S tar ,

M» ,0B .8 l ) . \ \ ' ; . ' . • ' ; • ; '

Training manager, A Bannister, aald that

workers had 'ignored grievance procedure* end

no talks would take place before they returned

t o work * which workers did on the morning.of

20 August, on the apparent understanding that

the i r demands would be discussed with the

workers* counci l .

However, on Tuesday, 25 August, nearly a l l

workers went on a t r lke age in . Management said

that the SAP had been cel led in ' to protect

workers who wished to continue with t h e i r work'.

This s t r i k e followed a breakdown between bosses

and workers' council * the former wished to

delay a un i la te ra l deciaion about wages

(Sowetan, 26 .08 .81) .

On Wednesday, 26 August, workers started

f i l t e r i n g back with the outcome a t i l l not clear..

45V

s. I t is not clear who even suggested audi *

t M r g t but the South African Typographical Union

f e l t ca l led upon to deny any involveaant In the

- #the union dill not bel ieve In etr lkea

of solving disputes » , . he (ttMt SATII

) believed the str ikes were

by p o l i t i n e l ac t iv is ts" ( M M , 2 7 . 0 B . 8 l ) .

Poolqulp (-Vnberg): On Tuncby and ladneaday,

15 and I G 8apteatar, 'about SO eotfcare at t h i s r i m

i t q ^ a J work, daaandtng a h a l t to tha retrench-

aant of eotfcera and proper worker representation.

They eere f i n d , aald FOBATU'a Aaron Thlobajane.

and told that the f i r a aaa closing; doan (F

18.09.01) .

Another report aald that workers

to Brealey pol ice station by tha SAP and

t o stay aaay f r o - tha V l r a (Booeten, 10 .Q9.8 l ) .

I t appaara that tha f i r a aaa to take on nee

Mo furthar i n fo r sBt lon .

Plant P r o t a c t U i (Brakpen):

to daal a i t * tha FOSAJU-afriliatad Chaaical

workers Indust r ia l Uhlan (CWIU) during a b r i a f

nti-ik« by about 70 aoifcara a t th la ,

. Tha str ikers aara

and tha ralnatataaantor two

f i . H o - H X t a n . whm- W-ry n t f U M O Ig -ork an

I fend.,. 2 7 - A d y . «• ^ " * taJ — j»^t j j

to return to work on t i n naxt day

t a l k s with tha union, esjiagaaant aald

that thay would ta Ik to workers In group* of

f i v a . Coapany eanealng d i rec tor , Ph i l w>t>urgh,

aald that a v t e B ( a f t e r an increase I n March)

aara aarning eoteeen R1 t00 and R1.09 mn hour

(S ta r , 2 0 . 0 7 . 8 1 ) . * V - * ^ >*: j *

About 70 aoifcara aara f i r a d a eonth l a t e r

a f t e r tha t h i r d stoppage a t Plant Protection

in a aonth (S ta r , 25 .08 .81 ) . Thay had stoppad

work t h i s third t i a a on Monday, 2A Adjust,

a f t e r tha dlaalaaal of tao workers on tha Friday

before. Thay onca again deaanded aage increases

and CWIU recognition*

Tha second a t r lka appaara to hava taken

placa a faa daya a f t e r tha f i r a t and involved

30 f a l l o a workers froa tha rubbar r o l l i n g plant

(aoesten, 26 .00 .01) .

A l a a t raport aald that tha ton day dispute

andad on 3 Bepteefoer, ahan about 30 aoifcara s t i l l

on s t r ike choaa t o *aign o f f ' rathar than

accapt salact ive vm aaplojiaant.

Pytcq (Wynbarg Oapot): On th la firms labour

r a U t i o n a aaa I I P 13:34-5; VIP 14:53-4; WIP

16:45; WP 19:S3.

Praaa confusion exists aa to tha recognition

ngraasant (not?) signed bataoan tha Transport and

Al l ied Markers' Union (TWU) and aanagaaant (an

agraaaant with tha Tranaport and General workers1

Union had alraady baan signed (Star , 2 8 . 0 7 . 0 1 ) ) .

Star of 24 July said that tha TAeU agraaaant

aaa t o ba signad 'naxt eeefc*. Four days l a t e r

i t aaa raported aa signad by tha aaaa newspaper,

ah i la tha naxt day i t aaa raported that reporters

stood round in wain* ee i t ing to altnaas tha

signing t ahan tha union aaabara d id not turn

up (TMU aaa aald to ba s t i l l consulting with

On Friday, 11 8aptaabar, a l l Putoo eorfcera,

including 290 dr ivers , a t tha Vynbarg Oapot,

•ant on a thraa hour s t r ike in protest against

tha transfer of a supervisor f roa tha Alberton

branch of tha coapany to the i r depot. A wanting

arrangad to diacuaa the a a t t a r with

Ho furthar in fc rea t ion .

Pick 'n Pay (Boksburg): Ona hundred

struck for tao hours on Wk fciiiiriav 2

ling tha ralnstataaant of a dlaalsaad f a l l i

% Thay ears successful, said tha

r i a l , Catering and A l l i e d aoifcara* Union

(S ta r , 04 .09 .01 ) .

Sleaana E l e c t r i c a l ( P r e t o r i a ) : See- tha Labour

Action sections In WIPs W , 16, 17, 19 for

previous infuiWMitlon on th la f i r e .

About 70 aoifcara sent on a l ightning 15

a'ili'i ainute s t r ika in protest at tha appolnteant

of a foraasn, aho al legedly uaaa abusive

language e t the aorfcara and t reats thaa badly.

Top aanagaaant aat with tha aoifcara to sort

tha a a t t a r out .

Sigaa and Ley lend: Both of these f ines hava

featured In previous WPa i n connection with s t r ike

action (see, for exaaple, M P 19:54 and SO).

I n August i t aaa announced thet the Sigaa

Motor Corporation l a to buy Leyland'a Blaokheath

aasaably plant ah i la Leylaod aould expend i t s

Elsies River p lant . Sigaa I s to take occupation

on 31 Dec paper, 198? (aaa reports i n , f o r exaaple.

Star* 07 .00 .01 ) .

M l good rat ional is ing sense, ona eight aey,

but class struggle on the assaably plant f loor

also played a proadnant pert i n t h i s deal

involving aoae R75-edll lon in purchase and

aodarnisatlon costs.

Rapport, a f t e r en interview a l t o Sigaa

aanaging d l rac tor Fred But ler , reported

(09.00.01) thet he had confirmed t h e t the ' r isk

of s t r ikes ees a eajor consideration" I n the

taking of the decision. I f enother aeeeably

plant aaa to have bean erected e t Sigaa Park

in the Transvaal a t o t a l s t r i k e in t h i s region

would have affected tha production of pr ivate end

commercial vehic le* .

No doubt a t tempts w i l l be made t o c m t i and

p l a y on r e g i o n a l end r a c i a l d i v i s i o n s w i t h i n

t h e working c l a s s .

Todalex L td (Johannesburg): Two young w ,

Godfray * o s i and Mlaml i 8oge, were a c q u l t t a d

I n the Johannesburg Regional Cour t a f t a r be ing

charged w i t h a t tempted arson and ma l ic ious daw age

t o p r o p e r t y .

Th la fo l lowed t h e d iscovery o f a burning

candle amongst boxes a t t h e Tedelex f a c t o r y I n

J u l y . C h i e f s e c u r i t y o f f i c e r a t the. f i r a ,

R ichard H a l e y , s a i d t h a t t h e two men had been

p o i n t e d out t o hie) ae having been seen l e a v i n g

t h e b u i l d i n g share t h e candles- were f o u n d .

T h i s , p lus t h s f a c t t h a t he had bean earned

' ' o f two cases o f p o s s i b l e u n r a e t a t t h e f a c t o r y 1

and had been g iven * t a o docueienta eh lch were o f

a "subvers ive" n a t u r e ' , convinced Haley t h a t ha

should do h i e duty and a r r e s t t h a two men

( S t a r , 2 8 - 0 7 . 8 1 ) .

Mora l n f o n a a t l o n ?

MATAL

B l i n d morkere ( U e l a z i ) : About 100 a f r l c a n b l i n d

morkere (mmmbera o f the A f r i c a n B l i n d workers '

Union) son an I n c r e a s e of R 1 , 8 0 a weak a f t e r

s t r i k i n g . These workers earned between R l 6 , 8 0

end R34 ,00 a weak I n s h e l t e r e d employment,

making baskets and echooldesks. The echesie l a

sa id t o be h e a v i l y s u b s i d i s e d . i

Tha workers* a c t i o n eae sa id t o have bean

brought about by t h e d e t e r i o r a t i n g c o n d i t i o n

I n over -populated and d r o u g h t - s t r i c k e n KemZulu.

Commented d i r e c t o r o f t h e N a t a l A f r i c a n B l i n d

S o c i e t y , John Randies , 'Most o f t h * workers

hare have f a m i l i e s i n KeaZulu eho a r e begging

them t o send more money home* (Sunday T r i b u n e ,

o9.oe.ei).

Coates Broe fSA) l e l p * i n g b ) l f o r b r i e f fcnd

inadequate coverage o f t h a e t r l k e a t t h i s f i r m

saa I I P 16:46 . A r e p o r t I n t h a C*pe H e r * l d

( 0 6 . 0 8 . 8 1 ) s a i d t h a t S8 workers a t t h i s f l r a

had been found not g u i l t y o f ' u n l a w f u l l y

s t r i k i n g ' i n January over t h e d l e m l e s s l o f a

c o l l e a g u e .

There was doubt ae t o t h a i d e n t i t y o f thoss

who stopped work, and t h a m a g i s t r a t e a l s o found

• t h a t t h e conduct o f t h a iRanegeaent had a l a o e t

amounted to a l o c k - o u t 1 . •

• mar " i m • • * i .

Dunlog (Ladysmith) : A stoppage bcowrrad d u r i n g

t h e second meek of September, i n v o l v i n g h a l f

t h a workforce.

Pres ident o f t h e Black A l l i e d Workers Union

( B A K U ) , Mekhoslnl Khumelo, Sa id t h a t 2t)0 eprtcare

had bean p a i d o f f and 150. new workers h i r e d a t

h igher wagea than t h a go ing r a t a a t tbpj p j s n t .

Works d i r e c t o r , John Lome, denied t h i e and s a i d

t h a t on ly X workers 'had e l s c t e d t o be p a i d o f f *

(ROM. 1 6 . 0 9 . 6 1 ) . 1 No f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n .

Gr lnaker Construct ion and Murray end Roberte

C o n e t r u c t l o n . and Alueaf (R ichards B a y ) : On

Monday, 10 August, mora t h a n 800 workers

amploymd by t h a c o n s t r u c t i o n consort ium stopped

mark i n demand o f h igher aagae . Negot ia t ions

vara sa id t o ba i n prograee through a 'works

c o u n c i l 1 , according to managing d i r e c t o r o f

G r l n a k e r , RG Bennet t . Ha aas c o n f i d a n t t h a t t h a

e o r k e r e would be back t h a naxt day ( M e t a l

Mercury , 1 1 . 0 8 . 8 l ) .

The s e c r e t a r y of tha N a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n of

Labour , Matthews O l i p h e n t , c la imed t h a t t h a

^ • ^ ^ i , ^ ^ ' H ^ ^ l ^ ? l .'•.'•• i Ntv hso' isembsre at the s i t e . *

Gr t r iaker 'e B e n n e t t ' s conf idence ass g iven a

knock ehan , on t h a morning of 13 August, p o l i c e

had t o ' u s e * 'mobi le t e a r g a * machine' t o d i s p e r s e

morp than 1 OQO Gr lnaker and Hurray G Robsrto

workers mast ing a t t h e R l c M g a t a s i t s . About

200 workers from t h e Arboretum (a euburb of

Richards Bay) s i t e marched t o Join t h a l r f a l l o w .

workers t but mere h a l t e d by p o l i c e and f i n a l l y

they d ispersed * t noon on t h a t day'.

Tha wcckere had requested Ri ,00 an hour d u r i n g

n e g o t i a t i o n s , e h i l a managamant o f f e r e d en lnc raase

o f 13c a n h 0 y r ( o n t h a minimum saga o f 8 8 c an •

h o u r . m>negement a lso sa id t h a t t h a t workers,

a t e had 'd ischarged themselves \ could c o l l e c t

ttieir wages on F r i d a y , 15 September.

Oh t h e d*y o f t h a p o l i c e c o n f r o n t a t i o n

(Vednewdsy) morkere a t t h a g i a n t A luea f p l a n t

went on a b r i e f s o l i d a r i t y e t r l k e w i t h t h a

t p n B t r u c t i o n e o r k e r e . Th le l e one s i t e w h e n

o o n a t r u o t l o h mms h a l t e d .

A worker aa f ea id t o have been a r r e s t e d ,

By nov, 14 August, about 3 000 workers \

employed by t h e two f i m e i n t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n

consort ium, m s a i d t o bs on s t r i k e . - The

n w u aae making s t a t e n a n t e on t h a e t r l k e t and

the KemZulu government had bean asked t o i n t e r -

vane (by whom i e not e t e t e d ) ( S t a r , 1 4 . 0 6 . 8 1 ;

D a l l y Name, 1 4 . 0 8 . 8 1 ) .

On F r l d * y , 14 August , 21 workers appeared

i n t h a Empangenl M a g i s t r a t e ' s C o u r t , charged w i t *

'possession o f dangerous wwepons', Major

J G l j s b s r s , r a g l o n a l head o f t h e SAP's R i o t

Task Force , e a l d t h a t these workers -had bean ,

p a r t o f a *Bob' t r y i n g t o atop buaaa ca r ry ing

s tokers t o A l u e a f . They mere a l l found g u i l t y

and sentenced t o R60 o r X daya , w i t h a earn ing

t h a t they would ba sent t o J a i l i f they eppeered

aga in on s i m i l a r charges ( N a t a l Mercury. >

1 8 . 0 8 . 8 1 ) .

47 V ' i - -

I t •about h a l f

t o

Polioa danlad thin ( f U , i a . o e . a i ; S tar , 19.08.81) .

Tha ooapardaa had agraad to aaat a i t h

but t h i s aaatlng • " •ubaaquantl:

by MMU aa unaatiafactory.

ByBadnaaday, 19 Auouat. 9 0 * of

t o ba baok (Dai ly Naaa. 2 0 . 0 B . B l ) .

tvUrparaon, 0 Bomhoiaar, aald that

• I t had baan dacldad t o drop tha thraat of

•aoking ' , and that aaga tlaaiiiili aould not bo

aa i t ' > a t a a not aeonoajoBlly poaa ib le ' .

Tha M o t Taafc Fore* aaa o t l l l wary

i n avldanco a t t h i s ataoa of tha w a n t s .

GRN4<B?

01a V Gr tn - * - r . I n the Hrifwkrr h i d i n g s

p. M i d that 'Va W&mmm the new

f inanc ia l year a i th a group vary d i f fe ren t

and atrongar than l a a t year, a l t h our propjreaslvo

i n t a c t * . Pioafrocta eere aald to ba acra

before, whi l e earnings

had r leen by 6 0 * and divldanda by G7* t thanfca

t o tha "bowing construction p r o f i t s ' . Pre-tax

p ro f i ts eere RM^adl l ion ( S t a r , 16 .09 .61) .

eurrey & f U a i t a Increased t u m o u r to earn

than R1 QOD-adllion and 'group operating p r o f i t

before taxat ion* froa R31 »2-edll ion t o R5D,8-

-11 l ion (a f te r tax p ro f i ts to H33,1-edl l lon)

( 8 t a r t 16 .09 .01) . Thaaa ere the f i n e aho f ind

i t aconoalcally iapoaalbla t o lncraaaa aaaae.

Their confidence staaa f roa a knowledge that

aind lock a t tha

f inancia l of tfta

( N a t a l ) : On 27 August tha f i r s t

a t Hulat ta sugar a d l l a atartad

a t l i t Eaaparoaba atoppad

ling ra f unding of panalon fund

contr ibutiune • Tney returned t o eork about

»ix daya l a t e r . 'Pol ioa i n r i o t gear* t e e r -

aaofcad tha s t r i k e r s on tha f i r s t day, a f t e r tha

pol lca had baan atonad and a aaitchboard a t tha

•orkers a t tha Aant ikulu a l 11 than aant on

a ona day s t r i k e on Tuccoey, 1 Bapteaber,

tha aaaa panalon laeue. About 600 eorfcere

lnvolvad in tha act ion a t t M a - i l l .

Hulatta public re la t ions aanagar, Aon

P h i l l i p s , aald that tha f i n aaa not w i l l ing to

pay out tha - w a y , 'but had offarad t o place

thaa in a t rue t fund t o ba adalnlatarad by tha

trada union and amiiagwiiit' (RDM, 03 .09 .81 ) .

Tha union, tha National Union of Sugar

avnufacturlng and Refining abrkara ( N U G W ) .

aald that aorkara returned on condition that

tha union takaa tha a v t t a r up a l t h tha induatr ia l

court. Ganaral secretary. Selby Nalbanda, aald

that aorkara rejected tha Hulatta o f fe r .

On aartnaonay n ight . 2 Baptaabar, about

600 s h i f t aorkara a t tha Darnel l a l l l atoppad

aorfc, but raturnad tha naxt aftarnoon. Ghee aora

aorkara vara aald to ba a f r a i d of the i r pension

contrlbutlona being frozen by plannad govarnaant

leg is la t ion (Star , 0 4 . 0 9 . 6 1 ) .

I l e a (Metal): K P 19:49 for a raport

on tha str ikes a t t h i a f i n , Induat r ia l Loa Coat

Nonas ( l l c o ) ahoaa construction aathods got a

a r i ta -up In tha Star (2B.0B.Bl ) .

Durban C i ty Council i a not ao happy a l t h

tha f l r a , l l c o having f a l l e n behind on four

Ftioenix houalng pro ject * ( t o t a l l i n g 3 146

houalng unite) and having asked f o r axtanalons

(Dal ly Naaa. 2 1 . b B . 8 l ) .

Iscar (Newcastle); About 190 aorkara in tha

Xaoor rod a i l i rafuaad t o aorfc a naa sh i f t

ayataaj and aara than lookad out on 15 Sept

There aara t o ba tao inataad of thraa s h i f t s ,

enta i l ing longer aorfclng hours aa wall aa

aakaard houra, aald tha Slack Al l ied aorkara* union'a;

BE Khuaado. BAVU*a coeplalnts had baan rejected

because f the naa ayataa had baan cleared by tha

* * t a l Induat r ia l council and aaa acceptable

to aorkara* ( i a , unions party t o tha Induat r ia l

counci l ) * aald annogeaent Star , 16 .09 .81) .

Tha aorkara had Ignored tha aanagaaant

laposad ayataa f o r a day and fol loaad tha old

ah i f t ayataa>, and had than baan locked out .

On 16 Septeaoar. 62 aorkara aara paid o f f i

( h m , 17 .09 .61) . aanagaaant aald that tha

four-cay 12-hour s h i f t ayataa had baan forced

on thaa by raducad production naada, and aaa

inst i tuted t o avoid ratranchaant (S ta r , 17.09.81) .

Tha BAfJU aald that 150 aorkara had l a f t

(aara paid o f f ) , aanagaaant than revised the i r

e a r l i e r f igure of 62 and said- that *no ona had

baan paid o f f but 96 had raalgmd and taken t h e i r

discharge".

Raducad output aaa a t t r ibuted to a eorld

staal recession and a coaplate drying-up of

export orders a l t h no expectations of a rev iva l •

(Star , 18 .09 .81) .

No fur ther in fo neat Ion.

tfool fllvtr Text i les (Mooi R iver ) ; About 1 COO

•or tere went on e t r i k e over the dltmiesal of a

N s t l o m l Union of Text i le Workers shop' steward

at tht f i l m , on 11 August, NUT* secretary.

Obed Zusa, said that t h t union had 90% support

at Wool River Tex t i l e * .

, Tha union had mat with management tha naxt

day, but no egremment aaa raachad as tha f l r m ' e

rapraaanUt iva rafused to discuss tha dismissal

(Natal Mercury, 1 5 . 0 8 . 6 l ) .

Tha sorters raturnad on Tuesday, 16 August,

with negotiation^ with tha NUT* said to ba

continuing. Management said that the ehop

steaard had discharged himself • end would not

be r*-employed (Star., 18.06.B1i Dai ly News,

18.06-61) .

No further information.

Repine Carpets (Pinetoen). A one day e t r i k e

took place at th ia Rometsx-owned f lnn i n

August (6 August) , i n demand of a wage inc

Ltd

of tha workers vex* said to be iamb are of

the F08ATU a f f i l i a t e d Jistional Union of Text i le

Workers, but •enao—ent doae not recognise t h e '

union and elected to negotiate with tha l i a i e o n

committee.

Obed Zimvi of the NUT* eaid that t h i e move

wee ' l i k e putting the water on to b o i l egeln '

(Natal Mercury, 07 .08 .61 ) .

I t waa l a t e * reported (Daily Ness, 07.08.61)

that sorters returned end that emnagement would

negotiate with the union once managing d i rec tor ,

J Whitney, had returned from the USA on 17

September.

No further information.

TONGAAT

Tongaat Group (longest. N a t a l ) : On Tuesday,

18 August, between 2 300 and 3 000 Tongeet

workers (both Indian and a f r ican) went on e t r i k e .

Police used teargae and doge when workers threw

stones s t them in t h e i r march to the David

Whitehead factory to get those workers to Join

thee*.

The workers were d lese t l s f i ed with the

implementation of t h e i r demand to receive t h e i r

contributions t o the superannuation (penaion)

fund. They had had to resign and reregister w i th •

the company, which meant t h a t they loa t c e r t a i n

lorvj-eervice bonuses (see Natal Mercury, 19.08.81)

Oaily Newe, 1 9 . 0 8 . 8 1 ) /

By the next day the s t r i k e Hod spread to the

group'e mushroom and egg d iv is ions. Group

managing director, Aloo Henkinson, eaid that

tha e t r i k e was the ' f lex ing of i t * muscle*' by

the National Union of Sugar Im^.ufacturjng" and

Refining Employees (see Hu la t ts , ebove), described

ae a 'company union* by other unlene.

Qn the f i r s t day of the str ike 8elby Nelbende

of the NUSefW hed bean allowed to addresp workers

while two South African A l l i e d Workers Union

(8AAWU) o f f i c i s l i mere to ld by the BAf> that they

had no r igh t to *>e there .

8y Thursday, 20 August* workers etarted

returning- Company managing d i rec tor , 0J

Voodroffe, said that nobody had bean f i r e d but

that a ' re turn to work' ultimetum had bean given •

(Dai ly News, 2 0 . 0 6 . 6 l ) . Hanklneon eaid that

the matter would be diecuesod through the

'proper channels', end paraded the 'agi tator '

page 46

thesis ( i s i t e fresh discovery each time i t i s

used?) . * , * m

Minister Owen Norwood had mnnounced in

August that the government was going ahead

with the controvereiel peneion l e g i s l a t i o n ,

but with greater worker choice in the freezing

of contr ibut ion* .

* * w

Union Co-operetlve Bark and Sugar Company

(Dal ton) i See WIP 18; WIP 19:49. The oaee

brought by the F08ATU-*ff i l iated Gmeet, Food and

A l l i e d Workers1 Union (8FAWU) in the Natal

Supreme Court hes been poetponed t o 2 October.

The union is 'asking the court to order the v

reinstatement of ( the s t r i k e r s ' ) compound

housing ehlc*L£hey lost a f t e r being dismissed',

end that the stoppage be declared a ' lock-out1

(RON, 25.06.81) ' .

- I f the decision goee in fevour of the union

(as en e a r l i e r interim decision had) , i t would

have far-reaching implications for employer*

providing hostel eccoemodatlon, i n that ' they

would not be eble to 'remove migrants from t h e i r

compounds while the i r contracts were s t i l l i n

operation** . . ?

• . •

OFWCE Ffleg STATE

a i O f c e t f l ( • i l k p a ) : About 240 afr ican . d K v w i

• t ' t h U f i m brought Bi lk da l ivar iaa to a ha l t

during 'a b r l a f -or* atoppoga' i n Auguat. "•-. _

•orkara aara aald to h a v a ^ d i a a i u a d thaaaalvaa*

and nwm dr ivara and aoaa of tha s t r ikara vara

takan on again [star , 13.06.81) .

No fur ther information. ^

Qouymet Fish Products (stcmpneue 8ey) i terkera

went on e t r ike on 13 July i n protest at a new -

minisjum wage of R31.2B a week. Management had

tftrtetfrned to diemiea them (see WIP. 19) . The * - * * . * > , . ' i • ' * * i - * * * - » * * • - . .

1 — rafuead t o sign resignation papers.

• — j M M | rtlaaleesrl the 40 eorkers on 24 July.

They started t o en l i s t nee workers and said that

they mould ' s e l e c t i v e l y re-employ' tha striking

M v i s r s . Therm vara a l legat ions of workers being

threatened by the p o l i c e .

aWray and flobarta ( B e l l v i l l e ) ; Seventy workers

went on strike a t tha beginning of August for

a faa hours demanding higher eagon. They returned

ehen aaieejaeanl said they would reply to the ir

uaeuiela e l t h l n 14 days.

more information needed.

® Ley lend (Cape Toan): This s tr ike has been

reported in | IP 16:49 and WP 19;3D. I t has bean

reported that eanagoeont has gone back on i ta

undertaking t o rm-employ eorkers. 170 eorkara

were to have been taken back by tha end of July,

another 100 by the end of August, end the re s t

as vacanciee occurred. They euro to have been

taken back in order of seniori ty , then the f i r s t

170 eorfcere reported only 64 eare accepted,

aanegaeeiit did not re - ins tate those with the

longest aarvlce, end eany got lower pay than

thay had been ge t t ing . MaWaTOSA was t o have <

•act ings with wanageaent (Cape Herald, 01 .06 .81 ) .

Ley land, ammnehlle, aalntaine that there has

bean no deception, end that the unions euat have

a i s led the workers about management's undertakings.

(Star, 26 .07-81) .

Bestaracte ( m t c h e H s Pla in , western Cape): more

than 850 workers, aminly Trmnakelen and Olakelan

contract labourers, doenmd too l s on 14 August,

1961, in a demand for an increase nn the ir

R1,27 an hour wage r a t e . They cxtad the

higher price of bread and other e s s e n t i a l s in

the ir deaand. They e l s o asked to be exeapt from

contributions to the building industry's pension

fund.

Here information needed.

EASTERN CAPE

SA Cape Fellepngors (Port Elizabeth): The

ent ire workforce sent on s tr ike on 9 July, and

es s dlsedseed (aee WIP 19) . amnsg meant refused

to re ins tate the workers unconditionally. The

General workers' Union appealed to uneaployed

eorkers not to accept Jobs, end appealed t o

aanogaaent to adopt e reconci l iatory approach. . • .

KSM Milling ( t e s t London): eorkers returned to

eork on 25 August a f t e r e go-aloe s tr ike Tor

higher wages. The South African Allied Workers*

Union (SAAKJ) see to meet with eanagoaent to

negotiate a recognition agreement .

M Volkseagen (ultenrewje): About helf of the eork-

force ealked out of Volkaeagen's nee engine plant

before the o f f i c i a l opening ceraeony on 19 -

August In protest against the presence of" .

soae of the oumsts. The guests included

Oawie de V i i l l e r s , Allen Hendrlckse and

Bcnene Tlni , e aamfm of the Uitenhage

Coaaunlty Council. Thay claimed that the

inv i ta t ions of these people showed

• i n s e n s i t l . i t / t? the f ee l ings of the

majority of employees* (atataaent Issued through the hiaMRtTJSA).

aaanahlle, in hla ta lk , Dewie da ViHiwrs

praised VW for the ir interest in develcmjjffcr' **•' ..

sound labour re la t ione ( s i c ) . Me c i t ed the

Chair In Industrial Relations at UPE that W

has establ ished, as an example.

Da Gaaa Text i les (fonarrly Good Hope Text i l e s )

(King Williams Toan): On 25 August 44 looa

mechanics went on s t r i k e over wage Demands.

The s tr ike spread to the weaving deportment of

1 200 eorkera. The entire workforce (4 000)

was sent hoee, and watchmen were given instructions

not t o allow anyone to return t o eork.

er igedler Charles Sebe e s t with management.

Sebe bleaed SAAVJU for the s t r i k e . SAAKJ

claiws a aaebershlp of 1 000 e t the factory

but denied involvement (Daily Dispatch, 2 6 . 0 6 . 8 l ) .

Production was resumed on the Monday

evening, but only one third of the workers

reported for duty. On 26 August, about 1 000

eorkers went to the factory gates and

deaanded higher wages. Sebe arrived end

addressed the workers, t e l l i n g them to submit a

report of the ir grievences to the Clskeian

Legis lat ive Assembly, and denying that he had

blamed SAAaU for the s t r i k e . He was Jeered by

some workers. Managsmiint addressed the workers

and told them there would be no further increases

t h i s year. The eorkers were to ld that the * —

company had no money end could not increase

wages (RDM, 29 .07 .81 ) . I t was reported that by

Thursday, 30 July, 99)1 of tha eorkers were

reporting for eork and management claimed that

production was back t o normal. 10 workers had

been detained, according to Brigadier Charlea

Sebe.

Firestone (Port E l i zabeth) : 100 eorkers in

the tyre building department went on s t r i k e on

15 July over incentive pay. I t a s s reported

JQW T S mmasSTO a pPWes?

i n t h e Evening Post on 17 J u l y t h a t thsy were

s t i l l on s t r i k e .

No f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n e v e l l a b l e .

Oorfayl (U i tenhs* je ) i For p rev ious coverage see

WtP 1 9 . I t « u r e p o r t e d I n t h e Evening Post

( 1 3 . 0 7 . 8 1 ) tha t t h e Motor Aeasab l l ee and

Ccasjtenente • o r t t e r e * Union of South A f r i c a

(WACttuSA) supported t h e b l a c k i n g of D o r t y l

p r o d u c t s , and t h a t t h a issus ass b e i n g

conaldarad by NUMfltOBA.

Ho f u r t h e r in format ion a v a i l a b l e .

Mun ic ipa l Quarry [Graheastown): On Wednesday,

S August, workers want on a t r l k a and demanded

«ege incraaaas o f W15,30 (on t h e i r bas ic pay of

8 3 9 , 7 0 a f o r t n i g h t ) . 3 5 aara sacked a f t e r

having ' ignored 3 dead l ines t o r e t u r n t o w o x * ' ,

t h e l a s t be ing on Monday, 10 August.

Deputy toen c l e r k , Derek Costzee , s a i d

t h e t t h e men a l s o earned i n c e n t i v e bonuses

Averag ing R1?,38 a f o r t n i g h t . Coetxee s a i d

t h e t t h a men could reapply f o r t h e i r Jobs on

t e r n s s e t by t h e m u n i c i p e l i t y ( S t a r , 1 2 , 0 8 . 8 1 ) .

Model D a i r y (Eas t London): 100 s t r i k i n g

a i l k e e n (no I n f o r m a t i o n sbout t h e cause of

t h e s t r i k e ) eere g i v e n u n t i l F r i d a y , 4 September*

t o reapply f o r t h e i r * j o b s . They e e r e g iven

busfares 'home' t o t h e Transke i shen they f a i l e d

t o do s o .

Workers who then r e f u s e d t o l e a v e eere

e v i c t e d from t h e i r h o s t e l b y t h e East Cape

A d m i n i s t r a t i o n Buard. They eere g iven 72

hours i n which t o l e a v e East London i n t a r a e of

t h a Urban Areas A c t .

By 10 September sbout 70 poets hed been

filled with outside sorters.

SAP (East London): On B July the General

workers1 Union (GsXJSA) branch secretary,

David Thendane, cal led f o r the recognition by

the SAR of 0*J6A and a eorkere' cosaiittae.

S members of the committee eere then questioned

by rai lway pol ice , according to GMJBA. They

eere thraetensd with dismissal or detention i f

they continued to support the union. This eas

denied by the railways.

"maqn-Rowntroe (East London): For previous

coverage ssf ffff 17» H P 16 end I V ^ * ™ *

scale of the protest against 111 eon-flown t ree

continues to grov. A report i n the Cape Herald

(06 ,08 .81) aelntalne thet the B r i t i s h Ant i -

Apartheid Movsaent i s t o put stronger pressure

on Rosntroo tfacklntooh to ralnetata tha asckad

eoiicere at t h e i r South African subsidiary1, and

to give recognition to BAAVU. Meanwhile,

Thoza-ila Qqeeta, president of BAAVU, has

been released a f t e r 6 weeks detention under the

Terrorise Act. He resumed h is work with the

union immediately upon being released.

Slsa Nj ikolana, v ice president, waa released

on'10 August, a f t e r 2 aonths In detention. He

alao returned to Eest London to continue with

hie union work.

Ford (Port Elizabeth)x For previous coverage,

eee MP 19. Ford executives era holding

ayetarious meetings, according to Post. They

•jet with ANC leader Oliver Tembo In June; and

ware event to meet with the Natal Indian

Congress in July (the Meeting was ca l led o f f

when Broderlck f roa Ford realised thet there

eere Journalists from Post present) .

page 90 ^ *

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Trouble a t Ford, continues, with the latest

incident being e oanteen boycott by 1 600 sorters

in protest egeinst the demotion of UACWUSA

organising secretary, Government Z l n l , end

another union executive member. They were *

denoted froa salaried positions ss lecturer and

supsrvieor, to ordinary hourly-paid labourera *N

on the factory f l o o r .

Meanwhile, 4 sMCVUBA leaders ere s t i l l i n

detention under section 6 of the Terrorism Act.

Olssatlsfsct lon with pension funds contlnuee,

and indust r ia l re la t ions o f f i c e r , Ford'o Fred

Fer re i ra , maintains the coapsny might heve t o

pay out A1-ai i f workers chooaa to wlthdrae

the i r funds and not to reapply for membership.

•

Eastern Cape detent lone i 'The biggest swoop so -

fa r on South African t rad* un ion is t * ' , • • • ho*

tha datantlon of 306 unionists undar tha Ciakal

aaeurlty legis la t ion aaa daacribad (ROD, 06 .09 .81) .

Thoaa datainad ara aaahara of 5AAWU, 0BU6A, and

tha African Food and Canning Btarkera* Union -t

(tfCWJ). Thay aara datainad undar Proolaaation

R2S3, ahloh provldaa for 3 month, datantlon

without t r i a l .

BrLoadlar Charlaa Saba, haad of tha Ciakal

Central In te l l igence Service stated that pol ice

were lnveetlgat lng cherges under the Riotous

Assemblies Act end 'perhsps public violence**

The unionists were t rave l l ing beck t o W t n t w n t

from East London in 3 busee when they ware stopped

by the pol ice . Brigadier 8ebe steted that the

unionists had basn elnglng freedom songs and

songs against the independence of the Ciskei .,

(Btar,.0B.<».ei).. Thoxamlle Oqwete, SAAiU president, described

the arrests es 'outrageous)', and aa further

harassment of trade unioni&ta by the Cltfceian •i

author i t ies ( e a r l i e r t h i e year the Clskel

detained 57 unlonleta) . G*U8A stated that

. s i " V " ' ; . - • • • _ , - , • ' - ' - •

Ujm d e t e n t i o n s were * t h e a c t i o n s of f r i g h t e n e d

people mho, r e a l i s i n g t h e deepening o p p o s i t i o n

t o t h e i r r u l e , r e s o r t t o constant and h y s t e r i c a l

p o l i o s a c t i o n * .

SAWU o f f i c i a l s s a i d t h a t they sould bs

c o n t a c t i n g lawyers i n Johannesburg t o discuss

t h a p o a s l b l l i t l a a o f l e g a l a c t i o n . I n t h a

* * s n t l « n , b o t h l o c a l and I n t e r n a t i o n a l pressure

aountad a g a i n s t t h e C i a k a l govexraajnt.

A u s t r a l i a ' s Counci l o f Trade Unions decided s t

t h e i r congress i n Sydney t o c a l l a boycot t on

t h e handl ing o f South A f r i c a n goods f o r one

week. FOBATU a t t a c h e d thm d e t e n t i o n s by t h e

• t i n p o t s t a t e * end P Camay, genera l s e c r e t a r y

of CUBA, s t a t e d t h a t t h a t o r g a n i s a t i o n 'abhorred

d e t e n t i o n s * ( S t a r , 1 0 . 0 9 . 6 1 ) .

meanwhile i n East London mayne Munro o f

t h a f I r a Johnson and Johnson s a i d t h a t t h e

d e t e n t i o n s had d i s r u p t e d a c t i v i t i e s a t t h e

coapeny.

On 10 September i t ens r e p o r t e d t h a t

C h i e f M i n i s t e r Lennox Sebe conf l r a e d t h a t t h e

u n i o n i s t s sould be charged ' v e r y , v e r y s o o n * .

Hs added t h a t ' t h e unlone o u s t s top t h e i r b l u f f s .

You cannot t e l l a e they a r e a c r e i n t e r a c t e d i n

t h a a e l f a r a o f ay people than I em. The unions

Just seat* p u b l i c i t y * . , He a l l e g e d t h a t t h a

unions ve rs be ing misused by t h e seme peop le

r e s p o n s i b l e f o r a bomb b l a s t a t a bus t s r a l n a l

a t Udsntsans the p rev ious M * (

I t eas r e p o r t e d (ROM, 1 1 . 0 9 . 6 1 ) t h a t SAAeu

w i l l ask t h a Cast Cspe O i v i s i o n o f t h e Ouprome

Court t o o i d s r t h e re lease o f t h e 2Q5 d e t a i n e d

t r a d e u n i o n i s t s . An s p p l l c a t l o n f i l e d by SAMU

asked t h e cour t t o d e c l a r e t h e d e t e n t i o n s n u l l

and v o i d . I t c i t e d t h e Ciafcelen M i n i s t e r s o f

P o l i c e and o f J u s t i c e as respondents and asked

t h e c o u r t t o o r d e r thee t o pay t h e costs o f

t h a a c t l g n . The a p p l i c a t i o n f u r t h e r s t a t e d

that t h e d e t e n t i o n s sere I n v a l i d because t h e

C lske lan s e c u r i t y a u t h o r i t i e s hed fo l lowed

t h e I n c o r r e c t procedure i n d e t a i n i n g t h e

u n i o n i s t s . SAAmiPs l a e y e r s a l l e g e d t h a t as

t h e C i a k a l i s n o t y e t ' I n d e p e n d e n t ' , i t f a l l a

w i t h i n t h e Cspe and , t h e r e f o r e , w i t h i n t h e

Eas te rn Cape D i v i s i o n o f t h e Supreme Cour t .

I n a d d i t i o n , t h e a p p l i c a t i o n quest ioned

Sebe 's d e t e n t i o n o f t h e workers under

P r o c l a a a t l o n R2S2 s i n e s I t eas u n l i k e l y t h a t

t h e passengers i n t h e 3 buses sera a l l d i r e c t l y

I n v o l v e d i n a c t i o n s a g a i n s t t h e s e c u r i t y o f t h e

C l s k e l .

Ueanwhils F a n l e Botha . M i n i s t e r o f Manpowerp

s s i d t h a t he would not I n v o l v e h i a s e l f I n the

b a t t e r . Hs s t a t e d t h a t ha had no power t o

i n t e r v e n e . See K l k l n e o f SAAmU had appealed

t o Botha t o in te rvene an b e h a l f o f t h e u n i o n i s t s .

Botha s t a t e d t h a t an appea l should be d i r e c t e d

t o t h e M i n i s t e r o f P o l i c e -

On 11 Gepteaber i t a n * r e p o r t e d t h a t sows of

t h e u n i o n i s t s hod been r e l e a s e d . B r i g a d i e r Sebe,

hoeever , re fused t o conf i rm t h i s and s t a t e d

t h a t t h e de ta inees would be appearing, i n c o u r t

t h e next eeek .

I n t h e e e a n t i a e , about 400 t r a d e union

members boarded buses a f t e r a eass s e a t i n g i n

East London on S a t u r d a y , 12 September, and

t r a v e l l e d t o IfcJant&ane a s e d i r e c t cha l lenge

t o t h e Cisfcei a u t h o r i t i e s . They were s ing ing

songs and d e f y i n g a r r e s t .

A s t a t e a e n t Issued by Transvaal labour

o r g a n i s a t i o n s i n c l u d i n g tne Transvaal

d i v i s i o n s o f SAAVU, Food and Canning workers*

Un ion , FOGATU, General A l l i e d workers ' Union,

t h e C o a a e r c l a l , C e t e r i n g and A l l i e d Workers'

Un ion , and the H o t e l , L iquor and C a t e r i n g

A s s o c i a t i o n , added t h e i r vo ices t o t h e p r o t e s t .

Th is s t e t e a e n t s a i d t h a t t h e r e a l reason f o r

t h e d e t e n t i o n s ess t h e r e f u s a l o f t h e C i s k e i

a u t h o r i t i e s t o recognise t h e growth o f a

democrat ic union w i t h i n a b e n t u a t a n .

The c o u r t a p p l i c a t i o n eas postponed

t o F r l d s y , 18 September, t o a l l o w t h e

respondents t o f i l o opposing a f f i d a v i t s .

A f t e r appear ing i n c o u r t on 16 September,

t h e t r a d e u n i o n i s t s mere e l l r e l e s s e d on RS0

b a i l .

E r i c mYi t o n g a , f o r a e r che i rperson o f t h e

Wilson-Rowntree workers* committee and

p r e s e n t l y e SAABU o f f i c i a l , and Sibawu

S i k w i g s h l , a former V i lson-Rowntrae worker ,

have a l s o appeared i n c o u r t , end were both

a c q u i t t e d of arson end damage t o p u b l i c p r o p e r t y .

Branch chai rperson of t h e AFC*U, Ernest

Qwesha, was g iven a 3 eonth suspended sentence

a f t e r be ing c o n v i c t e d o f possessing banned

l i t e r a t u r e .

Char les Nqaku la , a c t i n g p r e s i d e n t o f t h e

media workers Assoc ia t ion o f South A f r i c a , was

served a s\ year banning order on 31 J u l y .

C h i e f M i n i s t e r Lennox Sebe agreed t h e t , as

Nqokula eas a C i a k a l ' c i t i z e n * , t h e banning

could no longer cont inue e f t e r "independence*

( s t a r , 0 4 . 0 6 . 8 1 ) .

Union Comment CONFERENCE OF TftADE UNICHB HELD IN LANGA, CAPE

TOWN, 8 AUGUST, 1961 .

STATEMENT AND RESOLUTIONS AGREED ON BY UNION

DELEGATES.

WE accept tha t t r a d e unions a r e p u b l i c bodies

and a c c o r d i n g l y ee do not o b j e c t t o p r o v i d i n g

i n f o r m a t i o n wi th respect t o our c o n s t i t u t i o n ,

f inances and r e p r e s e n t a t l v l t y . However, ee r e f u s e

t o sub jec t o u r s e l v e s t o c o n t r o l by anybody

o t h e r than our own members. we t h e r e f o r e

r e s i s t end r e j e c t t h e present system of