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This 18 your wor~ers' ~~~~a~~r _ the first but not the last ot 1314.It will a!,~ar once a I:!Ont:l. rc"ularly - ",.ten out for itl

nut r~rber it 15it to say. that itnews that you ~ant

l0tlr neWS'la...--eT - t:>a">e sure thataft articles that interest you,

to r.now ." .out.

it sayst'lal it

wbat you wantreport6 tue

You can do tills by writ1nl" articles for /llJa:«l'be:lzl your"el1. It Jr. notnecessary to be a ~ell ~uc.te~ 'lerson, not is it nceessury to write In!';nrl1Bh - your nom lan!,ua['e, ....,cl'ler ';'1081. or r;ot!.1o. Is thp best.

~very faclory ~URt .p~olnt one ~or~er to ~rltc articles tor ~basebenzl.

i!ls jot) ;,/111 he to tell t~f1 ,,'or\>:ers of ('lIno TOWll :I'Jeut your probloll.l8,your ntt~pts to Qrcanize, your stlcces~~s ~nrl your failuros. Only Int:118 way can all the wor!:ers tHaTn al'Qut the :,ro!lle;~R they face, anu 1l0'ilto beat those prohler.~,

Sllare your ex~rieuces 31h.l t~H' tbiu("s you have learned ",itll your lorotber"orker81 It is no use beinc -.ise if no one can be'lefit frOlll your ..i8doc.,:rite Short articles for .lLasc:..cnz1 - rer:"Ul:ulyl

Aleo, if you ~ave a particular ~rObI~~. ~tite to us and tell us about it."c ..111 do our best to piv~ you tl;le anS1rflr - and .ill :lut it 1n AbasclJellziso thr.t other worl:ers C;in he enl1ehteneu toe.

'Cf'e-"ber - a Iar-jl disolays no 11{;lJt when it is bidden unuer 3 bucket.

~end your reports to: Th~ ~akes ~lS8ion,

Stude-nt Union,;n1versity of C~pe Town"on<let'osch.

"0 rlill not pr1nt your nlU'C to l"'rotect yOll.

The r'G'!!:!'AL rIJX'TIO'!1'; - ":'hDt ,,"0 t"ey hold in store for !.lac" wor!.ers1

~lte ~oDle vote in tnn ~ner~l elcctio~ on ~rrl1 24th.to elect the !,overnr:.ent th3t ,,111 rule tile lovf"s of white!'>COnle. '''hat can worllers eX'loCct frer t'lls 1'loet10n1

Thcy are voUn:.:peo~le iUld !-luck

Lct us lao!': at who is contestill, U.e electioo. :'irstly, the IfationalistI'arty .. abs to protect tho ,,:-ito ~rlter. It ~as :'or-t roOSt sk,illelJ JobSreserwed for .hites, 80 that blac.:s cannot adv....ce. It tlll8 Lept wat-es(or I;IlllCl:9 lCM - V!'hile "aces for whites are sl;y-hu~. ::i(;h wa::.-es for.:'Iite ¥lOrkers ~IlllS a hit'ber cost-of-livlll(; for everyono - 80 blackwor"er'S are sufferinr: because white ..orl:crs t:t:;e SUCCi ,:1(,.'P r.a(;es. The'I\tionalist I":uty also 1:0("0)8 the coctract systc::. - t:11s i8 to have as few

',lac'(s 1n tll .. citios as are '1re<.!cd for t.le factorien. In otiler ·.loras, a;:'i['" "1St ore" ot biaclt \fOrl ers ~HtS ,,.,en bu1lt u, ill t~e "IIOC\elands" ""b1c,1is drl\lVr. 011 only WhCD n~c,·('t.: by ;"llitu cn'fl1oyer... ,.~ccnuse tllere are soI'any wor"ers :lnd so few Joi,I';, the c,,,;'loyrr'; can kCC11 wac-a,; lovi.

'['Ie lationnlist Party is alt>ost certain to .... in as [:Ilny if not ~'lOre !>catl! ill:':Irlia."rlf"nt .. it already hnl! a r,ajurity of 71.

The United Party's policy is sh:ilar to the .;aUOll311stS. ';'here I'/ill borelaxations on Job roservations, but not on tile F)a58 Itll~ or influxcontrol. It is 3.ctu311y v"rv hart:! to say exactlY' what the i..:nitcJ i-'artywaulll do for lid. t.lac'· f,nr';ers, tut tbo t"ain leader!> (lnd SU!l~rlers ofthe I.oited rarty are _,,It:'l, hu"inessmen or lam:ownors. The le.acr, ~ir

~e Villters Craaf, hi~elt, is ~ htg fa~cr Dear C~n~ TowII.

~e Pror,ressive Party fro"lrt ~~v,., educated or pealtay hlac's the vota, andtho rir:ht to :,"0 to Parli., {''It. It ,,"auld also C3u~e bl:.e~ ~ll.,,:es to 1.'0 up, ituould allow trade unions tor hlac~s, it ~ould do away with job reservation,a.nd in ttr."C .-auld aboll/l; influx co:.trol aeli "'aS8 la_.

Rl00RIOORl00ROOR40R30R20R 20

2.

It Ie an enlightened party, but it would make no changes in hoY the wealthat South Africa 18 distributed. Itll Illa!n 6upportere arB often richbU81n.88~.n, lIke Mr. Harry Oppenheimer, who owns many of the minee.It ottere .ome black. people a ehare in the government, but it dOll8 not otterblack workerll a Ilhare in the ~I.alth that those workers produce.

,'ritten b1 G. Young, SRC, UCT

,-.FRICAl! 'IORKER5 TAKi:: HeLD III NATAL

Following the concerted efforte ot workers in Durban and Pietermaritzburgthe African trade unions which ....ere started there last year are eontinllingto expand and beoomB firmly estnblia!l.Ild. Three unione are now operatingin Durban _ in the Textile, Clothing and Net.l end Allied Induetri8e.Meanwhile, membereh1p of the General Factory 'Jorkere' Benefit Fund (whichoffers deatk benefits to its members) hss reached 15,000. The Benefit Fundand the three unione a180 have brancha. in Piatermaritzburg.

In the ehort time in which theee unions have been operating in Natal, theirme~bership has increased dramatically. The memberehip of the Met" and AlliedUnion stands at over }COO, that of the Textile Workers Union at 2000 and thatof the Clothing I'Jorl,ere Union at 1000. The unions are at present embarkingon extenaive traininc programmes to train workers in union organi~ation ata factory level.

This progre15s haa been made in spite of attempta by Government and employersto halt the expaneion of the~e unions. E~ployers have in many cases refulledto negotiate with the unions _ but a. the power of the unioDs has lncreased,eo more employer" have been forced to recogniee that their workera want tobe repreaented by a union. .it the recent .trikee in the textilG industryin Durban, for exalllple, the anogelllent for the first tilll8 negotiated withunion officials.

The Government hae also attempted to halt the expaneion of union. amongstBlack workers by banning four of the white trade union organisers who hadbeen active in establi6hi~ these unions. Following the bannings, however,hundreds of workere streAmed to the trade union offices in Durban to offertheir assistance and it is clear that the unions are not going to be defeateuby arbitrar1 Government action of this sort.

I\!)VICE nUR~AU TO orviml::::,.,El'ITS TO H!;llBERS

In all. important move which will benefit thousande of workers in the I'esternCape, the Vestern Province '!orkers' Advice Bureau hss proposed offering deathand retireDlent benefits to all its members. This is to form the subjectof a special general meeting of Illembers of the BUI'all.u.

The ;:xecutive Committee of the Buraau hae proposed that for a subscriptionof 2Oc/week, all ite members be offered death benefits which cover the memmember'lI entire family, and retirement benefita which are paid to the memberwhen he retires or leavee the Bureau. Under the proposed echellle. thefollowing death benefits are offered:

On death of iii memberOn death of his wife/her husbandOn death of child be\ween 14 and 21 years oldOn death of child between 10 and 14 years oldOn death of child bst'Veen 6 and 10 years oldOn death of child betlveen 3 and 6 years oldOn dent:' of child under 3 years oldOn death of parent over 65 years old

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'MI,-s.' benC'!'it", <11'1",011 Oil h .." 1'",,: thf' person hnll hl'cn a m"ll,hcr"I' til<" Fund. Jr a .......1>('1" "I.ply lcavclI th.. Fund beforer,·ftchi,,{: rct1rc,""lIl uf,''' (",ixty years for .."le,"_ t'lrty rl,vI' 1'(11"f.-mal'-"I he viII reel,tve the r,,1111llin,: amount accordine to hl!<IH""I.>I'r tlf cO'''I",·l..d ycltr'" or m.>ft,hcr",hlp or th.- "·und.

No. " t· """'1" ,-I.,'" TntlOt No. n j" ,",Uhll'lC'tl'd Tut.. 1)'(·"r" m,'ml,,-,''''!' II' l'L1ym,m t )... ·11 .... m~·",b.·r!l II 11' ~".ymolll

, I~, 70 , .~j, Bu

'" ,;(, ,::0 " 'Jl,]O~lJ 1:11,10 " 17';,50)0 22/1 170 35 :'7R ,,>O110 Tl7 ,00 I,. JR7,2U

l'rnpnrl.iunal 1'1I)''''('ot" w; II I,,· IIl:ItI" for .he ycarl" ""'lw,',,-" tho""..... "" .." 1-1". I "t. I ",

11' Ill" lI...mbel' lellv..,,,, lilt· ~'llnd lOt r.-tire.cut alte the .. in ad<lit.j .."I... 1I1l' "ton... ", 1.. ,,,,'I'it. II<' .. i II ,."c",ly,· .. lJnnn!'l which .. ill b"It" t. •.• 1111 ,,,,,<I r.·.,... 1.1 Ill" 1.0 t. j II,,· hy t.1I.· f:o_1 t. t.ee n r Mi,"al.:~ ..en t. 01'th., ~'un" (no!,,,,,,,,,,,, "" how milch "'''''''y i!\ in t.he ~'ulld at til .... ttm... ).'1,,, l"",u~ .. ill al ..... /.>" "asP<.! 0" IH'" lunp, the pl!rllon ha .. b""11 'l

",,·mh,',. •• 1' I II,' 1"11I,<1.

'I I", .. ,· lnUV"" "'" obv I 0"".1 Y j Inp,)I" "" t. lo lhc lhousond" "I' wurk",'>!",110 Ht, 1"-"""111 I", .... ' ,H' f'ln''''''i,,1 pl'ot,cetinll a~alllst """t.IT or",'ll,"·,n,'''Io. 'I'lln 1"~""lltl"'" Comtnll.t.',~ "I" thcnlJllt',,(.u I,. ,.""fin"nl111l,l: 1.h,' h.'n,'fll, will h,' "~l""IIl("ly pupula.- wIlh work"rs and,'xpe,:l " iarF.'- ull"nlllllln" at t.t"·i,' ~t...(\tlllp,.

WI,ll,' II,,, mC,·tl"/: is "Illy r",' m"n.l",,·!\ or th" Burcau. all ..orker,."V,," II,.. at:" .... 1" I(,yr.. c;.,,, hecolll<' 'n....'b.·rll 01" t.ho Uur":"u. and call.Ivlu at. ttl<" H""f illl: .. II"' ... · It",y .. ill alA" he abl,' 1.0 ,,!,ply t.o Joluttl+' lo"n"Ci t ~dt""".

~·mlKF:S AT LEY~

('11 l'L"clr "lh a",1 ,'.10 wurk",·s at th.· "".b,·ni 'n"rloan) I,I"n\. "f'l..')I;,ml W,'lIt 011 .. trik... Ii; Ollt ",. thO" :!20 ork,'n', alla",.. .."'ltly I ill" w",·k."·", .... ·"1 "lit ,'" "t.I·ik.·. "1'1 '1 w,"'C' "IInu'n,b.',·". of' Hr-. I1th.,tltw" .. AI'rica" M,,",,) ",I<I ;\11 i,·t1 W",·k.·r!S U"io".

'fll" ellll"" 01" ttlt, ,.',rlk,~ w"" marHlg."n.,,,t.·,, rcol"v ...aJwi 1.11 tt", 11ni"l1 wi", ,·.'pt"'!:'l'tli " VII"t ,,,,,jori ty "I'1.1", 1'1,,"1.. Th .. CI",i"m:"n or til<" 1"\"""1. "omp"tlyIII S"ul.l' Al" .. i' OJ .I,,"ln;: Ih,' 11m" "I'll", .'!ll,·jk.,.I... ,'d Sf.ok.'", lh.· ,lilt I,·,.. ", I" ,,,,,~,, I' llo"'ba,, I"

U" ..,·l'u....'<1 tu .10 1.101".

I. ",'(~otiatc

t.1I w"rk,., .. " at.III B,'lln;" wnsThe Vu i "It usk(,(j

""I (I.· 11<,· "."".,,,1,,

AI I the itt.rlk",.", w<'rO" tak"11 hack aftnr two days havlnr. furr"t t ..,jtt",'lr pny j'or thp .h,y" on which thl'ly "t.ruck, amJ til .. .\! th,., st.l·ik""nd,'C1. On W"tt,,"'s'h.y th" 16th and Thursday 17th of Har·ch. 65.... rkcr'" wcor,· rctrcHlcheol. All t.hese work,.,r>! were al'litembl y 1 incwurk("rs, all I,ml struck and 1/1 of t.hl'l lot w,.,rc IIlclllbers of theWorks I'onaitt"c which urIglnally had six members.

Til ..• a,:-rc",,,cnt I.hat. lola'" r<,,,ctoed that. ,mtlcd the strike was that"erlan,I r,'col~nl"c'l tlmt. its mclltloe,'" bf'lu"r.: to t.radf' union~.

Althou«" mam.C"cmcnt rerused to necotiut.c WIth thl! unlollll dircctJyit wi IJ n,'g"tiat.e wi th the union vilt lilly union offiCial who is('lIIpl")''''' hy ...... ylalTn. '1'1", rea,.oll r;lven for rnfulIln!: to lHlr,ntlllt."wJll< 0", Ull;O" ill 111;,l'I.I ... union Is unt't'F.Il'lt"",(.,,<! It hn,. "othlngto de> wi tit lh", coJuur nt' lllt~ cmpl"y(HH'I'.

- II _

Do,·", ttH' dlrect.'br or planning and 1"1l1ance, Dr. Jacobz, (wl,o gaveth~'>l" r"af'on.o;) not know that the eligibility I"or a ullion torel!.t",tt',' rCl.'lidcs in the colour 1""ctor "nu only the colour I·RCi.or?

Hr HI,h,'thwn s"ld tllnt the Uiliotl has r:ainf'<"l a small victory byl~,'t t.in,: Leyl"fHl t.o "t:,'e" t.o talk I." rI'l'rnsentative", of t.hCl Uniollwho arc entployed by Leyland.

Ll'ylam.l j)l!'isbs on usinr.- til!! existi"C" "lcrraL "'Achinery" to soJvelaho"r di"I'I1("'" Ih,l, il. is not ",;allls!. th.) law to for", "" 1\.1'1'';'"[\'1tr"d~' uni"n, or for I,hi'" lilliun to Ilc(':otio.te wit.h Manap,ement. Wh ... "all tI", w"r'kef'!' w"re ref.rellC-hod, Dr. Jacob?, emphasize<"l that· ther"trelld'm,'''t. l,,,d noUdlle to "0 with ,.tr.ikes. 1'hcI"e mi{~hl. be':ol"t'"l"tioll" h..,tw"ell the t.w" Olvent", _ who knows for "'ure b'Hl1rlesLev' "nd'!

Til Briti"h I'a"li"","nt.'", Committ"t' that inve",tirrated tI-.., activities,,1' Uri!,I!;" fino" in tioutt, Africa r"co",mend('d that.I) 04-1.1 wur'k,"·s /~,)t paid al,,)v,' ttl/' Poverty Datum Li tl<"l ,

z) rhe Virms co-operatu wit.h Black t'"ado unions.Leyland wa>; 1 (stud a", a particularly 'had' employer I..ty thi:'>co"""i tt ..P..

I.,': land clnim" to hav!' comforta1.>.Iy sati."riod the fir;;t recomoll'",lallonalthollf,"h ,,,,t ev,'n that js lO~ sure. C~'rtainly. by tl,e veryactioll'! a",t .,ttit.udcs toward" t11uck unions they do not int.p.ndSa ti Hfy j ne 11,<, s~'con" rec-ommcnda tinll.

"'" hop" that Leyland ...il1 permit. their employee.':! to d'H:jde forttwmselvc" what sort of ""I;otiati,,/; machill,-,ry they desire, andth"ll I." CO_OfHH'at" wit.h their workers and their chosen representaUvf'."

'IRAlNINC, PRor.rtAMM~;

TIl<' Wo,·k..,r I,duc",tion Pr0l!rammt~ of the Advi co Bureau will star IOIlC(> mo,'", in tto" fi.r"t week "r May. Worker" will bo notifiedill erc .. tcr <.I"t"il tnlfu'ds t.ho end of ll,is month.

WAC;E !lOAllII TO INV~ST1GAT~ I"}SII I'IlOCESSINC; INDUSTRY

Thp M-i"j"t"r 01" [.aho"r hn" unnm,ne",1 thnt thE'! Wnl',"" nn"rn is toi,'v,'-"I il~nt" 1.1", wal("" "lid w""kln,: ,'"",II I.i""'" 01 t.lIl" ~'lsh

1'l"lll"","'i"l'. Ind',stJ'y. Th" Ii""'" i" 4:"[,,, 1'0"'11 wl'i.-l' "n' 111\·,'11'''.1"r,' :] rv i tl Will John"'''n "'j ... lu"'1,',,, (Wood ",t.,.-:k "lid ~la i I r ""d)Sea llurvc-",t Co-op,'raUon.AJ"a.l ,~"mn t",1 10

' i "he r i () "TI,e firm~ .in Ilout Bay whid, a.'" jl1volve.j al'e:Snooki"!' Sm"kcri~s

De Gamu Vi sbcdryfCh"pm"ns Peak ~'isheri.'s

Hm,t Uay Cn""ine Cnmp[)',vS. A. tien Pruduc t"Frif"lmatl [)n(\ llabJnowi t.".•

Tltt, WU~f' Hoard i .. It Gov,,)!"tl""'11 t upl'''i" ted body wh i ch invest i eat.",.all a>;pHets of an industry und thcn decideR what waee", arc tobe paid and what wnrki"F, ("mditionf< ure to he. It fir"t iOall'"for written flvidene" - jn thj.~ case the writl.en representatiollsI,,, to be sent to tlo<' Wage noard by ~Iarch 22nd. Later it com""lo Cape Tuwn to hear v"rbal flvidence - this date hIls lIot y"tbeen announced.

At the Wae"'s Buurd sittiflKs,the employer!! nrc rcprcflentuted,u!! nre the trade union", (ror whites and coloureds)" Africanwork,'rll are n~pr"'f'lented by the Bantu Lahour Officer (a White,appointed by th" Gnv''l",nment).

1 Ii" "t· """"S", "~ t """"'J Y iml'",.tallt II", t ;.11 wn'·"'·I' .... 10,,1'1' """'r i" u,t: \lat: .. Ih''''.... 1 ,,,,,:•• 1.; .. 1 j,",,,. Ii'''''kcr" sJ,nuJd 1'1"1'1""'"th .. lr OWII .'vldPllcc Itlld Co to till: li'a",· Board thl'u."olve~ 10 m"k,'it... ir <1<:III....<lS know... lIut. to .1 .. I.hi~, the workers ,n",,! 111',.,1""/Jan! 5<' tl'flIl1~,,1 v.'" m.d C'" I... till' li'al:C noanl vJ U. """lin"",01.'11 mul 1 v"t.ocJ, d"I<l,uhl".

'II", 11"1:"" ,'''RttNI,.,,,Iull I"" ,..."I,mltt.,.1 w,·itl.'" "1'1.1.,,,.,,, t" II"~;'I:C 11........ 1 .. 1"t.,1" ..""d",·11",~ a ,",ur\'.')' or til<' i"dll"'try, ;n,,1 01111al ..." ,",ti' y """,'k.",s "I' tl,,· d;.I., ;.".t tim.· "I U,,' Ii'",:,~ 1I""rd,.,1 I tllll: ,.. .. Un.! II,.·}· will I,,· aloi.' In {lll"n.l. '1'1,.· W(;""", ... m",,1a,.,K r"" tl",.' ,.1"1 """,'I, to "11.,,,,1 Iltl" "jlllnr;. 0" "I,..., .• ,,,, .. ",k,·,' ..",to,. "n' IItl tn '·cl""''''''''1. tl"·III. /1 I,., I",pn,-tUlIl '" l"'N"'''~'''' tto .. 1''', 01"1'1 .. ,' ,·'tI' I,,' v;,·Ij,tti,.,,·d '<I" 1:'1'1"1: ,·\'jd"·ll'·" I." II" lia/:,' 11,,,,,.1,"' .. rk,', "Ll,.,1 tl"'1'ul ",'" I", "",,(id"I)' I" "l'f'ak vul ""I "."he 'b,·II',1"1""",1 ,I,';,"ly k", ....lI.

1.-l"U, ...1 hy th., IIlll:"l> 1:01""1' ... "1 •• ,,fl.CI.II"". I , ,I '" .. f' II .