paga 3

i n t roduc t ion of a serv ice allowance scheme*

(Thess increases a r t over and obova a 7 1/2%

acrooe-the-board increase oranted by tha

company during March 1980) * Tha agreement

includee a provia lon that r u r t h a t waga

incraaaaa tia nagot ia ted in ona yaara t ime .

Tha agraanant fu r the r providea f o r i

1 ) , a non-v ic t im iea t ion claueo|

1 1 ) * tha Unlon'a r i g h t to hold meotinge on

eompeny pramiaaa e f t e r working hourai

l i l ) . a Union not ica board a t aach dapot|

i v ) « tha replecement of l i a i a o n committees by

a OhBp steward System)

v ) , raaaonabla time o f f wi th pay to ba grantad

to ahop stewards for t rada union aducationi

v l ) * a commitment by tha Union not to " c a l l

upon or compel" A l l i e d workers to

p a r t i c i p a t a i n worker aot ioh which would

d ie rupt normal oparationa except whara i t

r a l a t a a to tha publ lahing t rade*

Tha, r o l e of tha I n s t i t u t e f o r I n d u s t r i a l

Ralat lona ( I f l f t ) *

Tha f i r a t tha Union haard of IRfl

involvement i n tha diaputa waa a f t a r tha praaa

con*a*nnca i * t a in January when A l l i a d

management waa reported to hevo aaid t h a t i t

had aotad " s t r i c t l y w i t h i n tha tarsia of tha

guldal inaa aat down by the IRA", When CCAtfUSA

mode enquir iee from tha IRR aa t o whathar t h i a

waa tha caaa t an I n a t i t u t a epokeomen proceeded

to o r i t i c i a a what i t parcaivad aa CCAtfUSA'a

uncooperative boheviour in i t a daal inga wi th

A l l i a d up to that po in t *

Aa mentioned obovep tha ac t ing d i r e c t o r

of tha lrfR waa put forward aa a n e u t r a l c h a i r ­

man at tha f i r s t mooting batwaan tha Union

and A l l i a d . and t h a t t h i s suggestion waa

r e j e c t e d by tha workrt r c p r o i o n * - t i v e s .

A l l i a d had fu r the r asked, and t h l a was

agreed to by CCAdUSA, t h a t tha 1AR ba

roquoeted to do an audi t of A l l i a d worker

membership of tha Union* Howevsrt whan the Job

had been ha l f -comple ted , CCAUU5A racaivad e

l e t t e r from the I n e t i t u t e aaylnQ that

" i t i a c l e a r . • • • t h a t the r a l a t i o n a h i p batwaan

CCAtfUSA and tha I n a t i t u t a i a such that there

s i g h t be aosia doubt ebout the v a l i d i t y of

the membership f igures produced by tha IRf l ,

Aa t h l a would defeat the purpoee of the

exercise we f a e l i t naceaaary to advlaa you

thst we ere unable to proceed wi th the

e x o r c i s e / ' (6y tha time the agreement waa

e igned, the mesibarehip audit had not yet

baan completed)*

Some daye l a t e r . Pie r ieen in in i * tha Canaral

Secretary of CCAUUSA, received a phone c a l l

frosi flr van C o l l a r aaying that he wee

withdrawing from involvement in the d iaputa .

However, the IRR wrote a l a t t e r to the Union

during mid-flsrch informing CCAWUSA that the

I n a t i t u t a wis angened in pravlf*lr*3 e n u r e s

f o r A l l i e d management* Theee oouraea ware to

taach aenlor management "negot ia t ing s k i l l s "

end middle Aanagamant " ' indust r ia l R e l a t i o n e * *

At i t e PUrch mat t ing , CCAJbSA'e executive

commlttaa decided t h a t in view of the 1RR*B

r o l a i n tha diaputa the Union ohould d i s ­

a f f i l i a t e from the o rgen iee t ion . I n a d d i t i o n ,

Ms r taohinini* e member of the I n e t i t u t e v e

board of Truataaa, hea raaigned from her

pos i t ion there*

A * F i n s j

THE KAROO MEAT EXCHANGE STRIKE THC a o l l d a r l t y and determination of workara

in the Cape Town meat induatry waa ahown

during tha a t r l k e by 59 Keroo Root Exchange

workers in March t h i s yeer .

Uorkere from 15 Cepa Town eaat f a c t o r l e e

gatharad savarel timas during tha a t r l k e to

enow t h e i r support for tha Karoo workers.

And i t i a l i k e l y t h a t i f tha workara*

demands had not bean met when thBy ware,

workere throughout the industry would hava

gone on s t r i k e - Just before the t e e t e r

wsBkandp when the demand for meet i a p a r t i c u ­

l a r l y h igh .

Tha Karoo atr lkB began on nonday t narch

2a, when management a l l eged ly dlamlaaed an

unregiBtarad workar without conault ing tha

workers' committee f i r a t *

Two pointa need to be mede heret

1 * The workere* committee i a a lac ted by the

workara but i t a cona t i tu t ion hae bean accepted

by •enegemanti

2* henegamant had agreed to conault tha

committee over the h i r i n g and f i r i n g of

workara. I t waa tha f a c t that th ia p r i n c i p l e

hed been broken that cauaed tha workara to

a t r l k e . Thla i s p a r t i c u l a r l y edvenced in

the context of South Afr lcen lebour r e l a t i o n s .

pa ye ft

There ore a l together SO workere at

Karoo heat . The 20 eo~cel led coloured workere

d id not eupport the e t r i k o of t h e i r fe l low

e f r l c a n workere.

On the Friday a f t e r the e t r i k e had

e tar tod* the workera agreed to re turn to work

I f e l l of them were uncondl t ionel ly r e -

i n e t a t e d i n t h e i r former p o e i t i o n e . On the

yedneedey night before t h i e * over 100

reproeontet ives from 11 other neat firmo

had gathered at the o f f i c a a of the union

repreeenting the workere* the tteatern

Province General Vorfcero* Union (tfPGWU), to

exproeo t h e i r e o l i d e r i t y wi th the Karoo

workere*

They drof ted • l e t t e r to the general

manager of *aro<* heat* Jon en Louw* demanding

the uncondi t ional re—inetotomont of a l l the

workere. They aald the e t r i k e had come et a

time when workere in the meet induetry ware

p a r t i c u l a r l y angry about t h e i r wagee and

working conditioner A copy of the l a t t e r waa

eent to boeooe of a l l 11 neat f i n e repreeent -

ad et the meeting.

On f r i d e y * March 28, the workere gather ­

ed at Karoo heete* h a i t l e n d o f f l c e e e t 7 mm.

At ebout 8*30 em, mombere of the workere'

committee were ca l led i n t o the o f f i c e . Louw

t o l d them that e l l the workera would have to

f i l l i n appl ice t ion forme end the f i rm would

decide during the weekend which workere

they would re-employ.

Thie wee f i rmly re jec ted by the workere

who eald they would not re turn to work u n t i l

a l l of them were uncondi t ional ly r e - i n e t e t e d *

•not through app l ice t ion forme end not one

by one*, they ae id .

The next Gey* a maae meeting of about

2SD neat workers waa held in Lnnra to l lecues

the Keroo e t r i k e . Support fbr the Keroo

workere wee re -a f f i rmed and Karoo management

wee ce l l ed on to ecced* to the workere' 'non-

negot iable dmmande*. One of the repreeenta-

t ivee wee e lec ted by workera of each of the

15 f lrme repreeented at the meeting* I t waa

decided that eech repreeentet ive ehould go to

aee hie boae at 7 am on ffonday morning and

aek for permiaaion to be preeent at a meeting

between Karoo workera and management, which

wee to be held et 8 en on flonday.

At 7 am on nonday* flerch 30. e l l Keroo

workere* WPCWU o f f l c i m l o * end the preee

gethered at the f a c t o r y . U i t h i n the next

h e l f hour workere from 11 other meat f a c t o r i e s

a r r i ved* At about 7.30 am. the workera were

c e l l e d i n t o the o f f i c e * Union o f f i c i a l * * the

preee end workere from the other f a c t o r i e e

remained outside*

Two houra l a t e r the wotkore emerged*

They hed won an o u t r i g h t v i c t o r y . They hod

re jeoted menagement'e request t h a t eech f i l l

out an a p p l i c a t i o n form and ina ie ted on

uncondit ional re—inetetement* Thie wee

eventual ly agreed to by men%gement who fu r the r

egreed to pey the workere a week'e wegee end

to conault the workere* committee on a l l

ieeuea e f f e c t i n g the workera in the f u t u r e .

The e t r i k e * which l e e U d exact ly a week*

confirmed the workere' r igh t to be coneulted

on every iaeue a f f e c t i n g tha« . I t e lao

damonetreted to a l l workere in the meet

induetry tf tet they cen rely on indua t ry -

wlde worker eupport for any t t r u g g l e in the

f u t u r e .

9CCAUSC of dcmancs from uur reaoarahlp# aome »

of whom found the eervice woeful* we are

r e i n e t e t i n g the H a t i n g of e t r i k e and other .

labour ac t ion . There might be e few

e t r i k e e reported et the end of 1979 thet we

have mleaad t but any Traneveal reported

e t r i k e e during 1980 w i l l have bean covered*

and w i l l be l i e t e d during the reet of t h i e

year*

We do, however* aek our readere in other

centree to eend ue informet lon on any auch

e t r i k e e we might have mlaeed* end eepecia l ly

on e t r i k e e by form lebourore*

U1P would e t l l l p r e f e r to cerry e r t i c l e a

lnd ice t lng trenda end mnelyeing lebour ection

then to provide only a record of auch ac t ion .

To make t h i e poaelble we eek for cont r lbu-

t lona from our readere.

79*12*24t An unnamed Voroeniging photographic

proceaaing laboretory did not pey workere m

Chrletmee bonue m n ichael KeJlen, meneger*

eald that p r o f i t e hed not been whet wee

expected. Seven a t e f f membere welked out

— one* Joey ftuolelo* eald that ha hed worked

for the company for 9 yeere and had never

received a bonue.

Kel len eaid that he would rather teech

new e t e f f during 1980 then pay bonueee*

Outcome unknown.

fanny fermore Bakery end Confectlonere

( l o r o n t z v l l l e * Johannesburg)! 11 workere

reeigned becauee of non-payment for overtime

worked (ROTf 7 9 . 1 1 * 2 9 ) . henagement eald

thet there were no problema ee fe r ee they

were concerned*

A epokeaperaon for the workere eeid

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t h t t he hod earned PJ1?,ftO a week. Two other

workere aarnad R19,00 » week ( a f t a r 1? months

and 2 yaara i n employe-ant r e e p e c t i v o l y ) .

Bucon S w i i t t { H e r r i o t d o l o , Johsnnseburgji

Claven man aald that they had had fll,00

deducted from t h a i r pay and 2 weeks l a t a r

anothar R5 t 75, a l lagadly f o r 'swaate aatan

by workara* (Poe t , 7 9 . 1 2 . 2 2 ) . On Tuesday

(20 th November) thay want to tha Deportment

of flenpower U t i l i a a t i o n and to tha I n d u a t r i a i

Council for tha Sweotmaking Induetry to

complain about tha treatment thay had received*

Tha next day thay returned to work but

refused to work u n t i l thay had baan refunded.

Henagement egreed to kaap on 3 workere,

but a l l rafuaad to r e t u r n . A d i rac tor aald

that tha Oapartmant had found that tha deduct-

lona wara J u e t i f i e d . Workere wara aarnlng

R2B|00 a waak in eomo ceeea.

Tha naxt day i t waa raportad that tha

workara would not ba ra inata tad and that tha

vacanciaa had baan f i l l a d .

Bus Qrivara (llohlekeng Township)i Thara waa

i n d i r e c t aontion pf a a t r i k a by bus dr ivers

on tha route batwaan nohlakeng and Rsnd-

fonta in (Pos t , 7 9 . 1 1 . i d ) i n an a r t i c l a on

a l lagad overcharging py members of ,the

nohlakang Taxi Associat ion during tha a t r i k a .

'Tha but d r i v e r s ' s t r i k e want without

any incidanta l a s t week end buaaa ran noreially

short ly a f t a r morning peek ho irs l a e t Thurs—

day* - waa tha extent of the coverega of tha

a t r i k a .

r i o r i a ^ Shop (Senlam iull<Hng« 3ohenneeburg)t

Two survivors or ti*e j jwe to hiyiiwt»y -**» ci^aU

in which IB oaonle had d i e d , were f i r e d

from t h e i r Jobe at a f l o r l a t shop a f t e r they

had apant two week a i n h o e p i t a l .

Tha Diapkloof Raaidante* Aaaociat ion,

where tha woman l i v e , aald that * l t eoems

that soma people are only in te res ted in our

labour end not our secur i ty * (Post , 7 9 . 1 1 . 0 9 ) .

Unlcfr Chemical Coopsnv ( S p r i n g f i e l d , Johennee-

burg) i On 26th November, 1979, 37 Af r ican

workere at th ia company went on a t r i k a

baoauaa of complalnta t h e t they wara Qroaaly

underpaid. Tha workere, who etayed outeida

tha factory^ had eerv*d wi th tha company f o r

up to 36 yaera in some cases* They eeld thet

thay had been promissd an increase but that

nothing had m a t e r i a l i s e d . Thay alao

complained about no and of year bonua, end

that thara waa no workere' committee In the

f a c t o r y .

Tour men wi th between 29 end 36 years

amrvice wara earning ft30,00 e week. Ranegar

RJ Pr ineloo refused to comment on tha day of

tha e t r i k e . The next dey the workere

returned to work, heving been granted wege

increasaa rtn^iny Tro* 20 to 2 , percent .

l/ersenlqlno ftefractorleei Three membere of

the Bui lding Construction and A l l i e d

Workers' Union were f i r e d in November, 1979.

The man bel ieved that i t waa r e l a t e d to

t h e i r trade union work. The raaaone given

by the f i r m on t h e i r Unemployment Insurance

Fund i 'JIF) Torme for f i r i n g the» were

• re fus ing to qo and srnrk in en**th*r sect ion '

and * l o a f i n g and being vary cheeky wi th the

hnas-boy and the f o r e r u n * . Tha men had

roepectlvtAy 1 * t 14 ono 2 years aorvice

Frenk Hohle le , a union organiser , sold

that ha had had no explanation from the f i r m

on the dismissals, and that tha union was

s t i l l s t ruggl ing for recognit ion in tha f i r m

(Poe t , 7 9 . 1 1 . 0 6 ) .

No fu r the r information a v a i l a b l e .

Southern Afr ican Society of Journa l ls to . The

5ASJ, rapraeentlng meinly white Journal iete

employed by the Cnglish^lenguage commercial

p raee , demanded lncreaeee of 22,5% i n Decem­

ber* Cmployere o f fe red n;C and the metter

hoe been re fe r red to e r b i t r e t i o n under

Arthur Chaskalaon SC, a Johannesburg lawyer.

The Wr i te rs ' Association of South Af r lce

(WASA), representing black Journel iete# wee

reported to have reTueed to j o i n the SAS3

(recognieed union) in negot ia t ione . WASA

n o t i f i e d aaployara that i t would eaak m

aeperete egreement. The h is tory of tha

r e l e t i o n s h l p between white and black Journal-

l e t s goee beck eoae yaare , when tha 5ASJ

deregietered ( i n torme of the I n d u a t r i a i

Conc i l i a t ion Act) i n order to open l t e »e«—

berehip* VASA wee formed in oppoeit ion to the

SASJ and now includea moat of tne uleck

j o u r n e l i a t e i n i t s aemborehip,

Wi t ter SA ( P t y ) Ltd ( I s i p l n g o ) i A wage

diapute waa thought to be behind e 'a i t -down

proteat* outeida th ia f loor -cover ing factory-

f i f t y workere wara involved ( D e l l y Newot

7 9 . 1 1 . 2 2 ) .

tlora informat ion needed.

Trede Unlonietoi Johonn floreo, a eenior

l e c t u r e r at UCT, waa refused a paasport to

v i a i t the USA on an i n t e r n a t i o n a l v l e to re *

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programme* fieree i s doinq h is PhD on trade

unionism and wee involved I n a workere*

advisory pro ject i n the Jeetern Cepe.

Ha ba l iavee t h a t the re fusa l of a pass­

port and of those f o r two FOSATU o f f i c e ­

bearers waa r e l a t e d to t h e i r contact wi th

the labour movement.

Rslnbow Chicken Processing Plant (Hsamersdsle

N e t a l ) i 55 workere er reeted et % s t r i k e at

t h i s f i r * i n Auguat-September, 1979, ware

chergad w i t h ' p u b l i c v io lence* ( t e e UIP. 1 0 ) .

At the end of October 54 workere (ebout

h a l f of thesi man) reappeared i n the Camper-

down magist re te 'a court snd were each f ined

RIO (or 160 days) , t h l e t i n s , r epor ted ly , f o r

•at tending en i l l e g a l gather ing* and ' f a i l i n g

to heed e pol ice warning to disperse'

( D a i l y Newe, 7 9 . 1 0 . 3 0 ) *

I t wee said t h a t a * r i o t squad' f r o *

fleritzburg had been ca l l ed to the e t r i k e

undar Captain h rtelKett, who had warned the

crowd to diepereo ( i n terme of the Riotoue

Assemblies A c t ) , yhen the crowd f a i l e d to

do so teargaa waa f i r e d . Some diapersed

but 200 did not do so. 'ningleauera and

a g i t a t o r s 1 were than a r res ted .

1990

Aqqsnsls Hjna (north—west Caps): The mine,

owned by Black ftountein Mineral Development

Company, a subsidiary of Gold F ie lda of SA*

e aubeldiory of Coneolideted Cold, of which

Anglo—American haa Juet managed to get e

25> shere, i s involved in exp lo i t ing s i l v e r ,

z inc and copper depoai te . Two hundred

workere at the mine ware Backed in January,

1980, a f t e r denandlng across the Doard wage

The only report we neve (ROPl, 80 .01 .08 )

etetoe that Management were to hove eeld that

the 900 workere were given the ultimatum of

e i t h e r going back to work and making repreeent-

ations through the *proper channela 1 , or they

'could peck t h e i r bega and leave**

Two hundred l e f t ( f lown beck to the

Tranekei bentueten) , end ware a l legedly

g u i l t y of deaar t ion , and had, t h e r e f o r e , not

been given eeverance pay* Replaeementa ware

taken on.

Transvaal D a i r i e s (Halvern Eaet , Dohanneeburg).

A three-hour e t r i k e took piece on 8 0 , 0 1 . 0 9 ,

involv ing 270 milk de l ivery man employed by

t h i e f i r m . I t appeare t h a t the leeuea had

been long-atending d i e e e t l e f e c t i o n wi th the

worke* committee ( f e l l u r e to convey workere*

gr ievancee) , and a request for e pey incrooae.

flenegement aeid t h e t the pey ieeue would

be diecuaeed wi th the new works committee,

to be 'e lec ted* from is people nominated by

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

Plpelok (P ty )L td (Germieton)i Ear ly t h i e

yeer two most mysterious reports sppserad on

a a t r i k a a t t h l e compeny. Sixty 'black

employeee* were eeld to have threatened to

•ea t f i r e to trucke leaving t h e i r fec tory*

unlees they were paid the megee of the

previous week. The threete were mede on

Tueaday, 80 *01 .15 , and the workers were meant

to have been pa id on the Friday before .

A white colleague of the workers said

t h a t they were # sick and t i r e d of wai t ing for

wagos . . . Unleee we get pe id aoont we're

going to tear t h i s place down'* Pol ice

attended*

The next day i t waa reported thet e

'neighbouring pipe fec tory 1 had of fered

the workere Jobe. An I r fduet r le l Council

rapreeentet lve eeld that the ownere of

the factory could not be t racad. Two

menf recognieed by workere ee eenlor

s t a f f t denied eny connection with P ipe- |

lok*

nore information needed!

WJQhtuatchms.n ( N a t a l ) t A report appeared

(Nata l f lercury, 80 .01*19 ) on the atrocloua

wages paid to aecuri ty guerde, a l legedly i

by *fiy—by—night' secur i ty f irms who ware

not members of the Nata l Association of

Secur i ty Guards. The wagae were aaid to

be i n the region of R60 a month f o r a

twelve hour e h i f t , e ix dey week*

Of soma 27 f irms eald to be operetlng

i n t h l e f i e l d , only 12 were reg is tered)

the others making uae of tha unemployment

s i t u a t i o n to depreas wagea and undercut

Aaeociation members*

Unilaver (Gokeburg p l a n t ) . Another foreign

ownac p lant and supposed observer of e ' lebour

code* mede the news over diemieeal of a ahop

ateward of tha Food, Beverage and A l l i e d

Workere' Union, Paul N t u l l ( f o r the ectione

or another auch f i r m with atete eupport* aee

our coverage of the Ford e t r i k e i n MIP, 11)

N t u l i wee f i r e d a f t e r the union had

sent the company a l e t t e r informing them of

his e lec t ion ee ehop etaward* Uni laver eeld

t h a t workere were happy with tha ex is t ing

l i e i a o n committee end that there wee no need

page 7 .

for union a c t i v i t y by Paul M u l l , aa reoueet-

ad In the union l a t t e r .

The coapany denied v i c t l a i e e t l o n * and

• l i o othor coaple inte regarding odvancaeeht

and canteen f e c i l l t l e e - the l e t t e r were said

to be n o n - r a c i a l * but t h a t there wea one

canteen f o r ' aenager la l end s a l a r i e d e t e f f "

and another f o r 'weekly-peid e t e f f ' J (ROfl*

8 0 . 0 1 , 1 5 ) .

Skakee Sikhakhane* tha unlon*a general

aeoretary v eoid t h a t Paul N t u l i wee the eacand

ehop ctewerd to be f i r e d . A aonth a f t e r

N t u l i ' e d lea leee l on the 20th Decaaber the

union wae eaid t o be talcing l e g e l act ion

f o r v i o t l a i e o t l o n unleee Un i lever conducted

*e f u l l enqui ry ' •

Ho fu r the r infore iat ion e v e l l e b l e . ,

S t ra t fo rd Engineering, Company (Ophl r ton) t

t l e v e n v c r k a n eeked f o r a etandard r a t e f o r

the Job a t t h l e f i re j e f t e r ona sen hed

received an increaee . The workere were

earning about R33v00 per week.

I t appeera t h a t the aenegeaent consider­

ed whet happened eubaaquently to be e walk­

out* wii l le the workare eeld that they had

been ordered to br ing t h e i r peee booke ao

that they could be elqned o f f . when the

workere returned new woaen workere hed

elready been taken on i n t h e i r p lace .

The Urban Training Pro jec t wee approach­

ed by the workera end eaid to heve teken up

t h e i r coaple inte (Poet 4 S t a r , 80 .01 .31 )«

Sunrloe f r u i t s ( w a d a v i l l a ) i 28 aenlor truck

d t i v a r a c la iaod t h e t v i c t l a i e e t l o n r e l a t e d t o

e t teapte to fo re a works coaeittf>e led to

t h e i r ' r e t renchaent * . Tha coapany denied

t h l s v and *-l#0 thnt the J r ive re hao bean

replaced, but aeld that a 'eeeeonel drop in

work' aeant the ee le of eoa>e trucka (ROB,

8 0 . 0 2 . 0 2 ) .

n ichael Rohotle* general aecretery of

the Transport end A l l i e d Uorkere' Union* to

which the d r i v e r e belong t ae ld tha - the

workera had aaked aenegeaent to el low then

to fera a worke coaa i t tee t o take up g r i evan ­

ces. Ilenageaent aald that they would

noaineto a l l aoabore, e e i t u e t l o n re jec ted

by the workere*

BMjj ( o i v i l engineering controctor* Seldenhs

Boy)t Following the d l e a l e e e l of e i g h t

workere et the e l t e a t Seldanhe Bay e t the

beginning of February, f l r e t 200 end u l t i -

aa te ly 500 workera deaanding t h e i r r e l n o t a t a -

aent were buaed to Cepa Town to be aent back

to the Tranokol*

Aenegeaent aqreed to r e l n a t e t e seven of

the workere* but t h i a wae re jec ted by t h e i r

f e l l o w workere who deaended thet a l l be taken

beek.

The f i r a t worker f i r e d wae eaid to heve

thraetened a foreaon, an accuaation denied

by the workere. Tha other eeven were the

f i r a t to deasnd h ie reinstatement*

The Western Province General Vorkere*

Union (WPGWU) took up the workere* oaee i n

Cape Town where they epent the f i r a t n i g h t .

They ware than taken to CRGfl'e Cpping a i t e on

Wednesday ( 8 0 . 0 2 . 0 6 ) where aenegeaent al lowed

the e l e c t i o n of a workere1 coaa l t tee * one of

the workere* ee r ly de*ande. The dleaieaed

worker wee one of those e l e c t e d .

Non-resolut ion of the issue led to 280

being returned to t h e Treneke l . The UPCtfU

releeaed e atateaent aeying that aanegaaent'e

a t t i t u d e in 'eecor t ing the workere to the

e t e t l o n ' w i t h r i o t po l ice and doge" could

"only be aeen aa an at taapt to i n t l a l d a t e the

workera I n the aoet high-handed aannar*1*

(RDfl, 8 0 . 0 2 . 0 7 ) .

K i lber Autoaotlve Product! (8ooysene Reaarve)t

2? workere walked out on the 6th of February

e f t e r protest ing thet t h e i r *aonthly

bonuaae* had not been p a i d , nenogoaent eeld

thet bonueee were peld i f a t e r g e t f i g u r e wee

reeched end thet i t wee not au toae t lc .

A d i rec tor * H Sermon* d id * however* ada l t thet

the bonue hed bean p a i d one aonth when the

t a r g e t had not been reached*

Nineteen of tha 27 workera returned to

work ee *new workere* e f t e r deadlock wi th

tha aenegeaent.

•

Ho*|ldev jon (3en Saute A i r p o r t ) ; Seven

woaen were accused of e t e a l l n g aoney f t o a

cuatoaere (H30 * n20) . They were to ld oy 1 aanageaent that they had to contr ibute R2S

each for t h i e t h e f t . They were t o l d fu r the r

t h a t i f they had not paid up by a c e r t e l n eet

t i a e they would heve RSO*00 (e%gh) deducted

f roa t h e i r pay. They f e l t h u a u i e t o d by

t h i a eccueetion end i aaed ie te ly went on e t r l k a

u n t i l ' tne a a t t e r wae resolved, end t h e i r

naaea c leared* (Poet* 8 0 * 0 2 . 1 4 ) ,

George Ryan* aaneger of tha branch* i n e t r u c t -

ed the woaen to return to work w i t h i n f i v e

a l n u t e a . Uhon they o ld not* they were d l e ­

a ieaed* and t o l d to re turn to C o l l e c t t h e i r

pay the fo l lowing Tueeday* Hens Cnderle*

operetlone d i r e c t o r of Holldey Inns* eeld

page 8

that 'every ho te l employee1* foremost duty

i t to servo gusote and i f tho employees were

unhappy thay could hava contacted t h a i r

department/n l i a i s o n committee repraeante t ivo ' *

Ryan would not deny or acknowloQgs the pey

back c la im .

Re l iab le Production Company ( S t e e l d e l e ) i

Six n igh t e h i f t workere (coven. Poet , 6 0 . 0 2 .

14) claimed to have been on tiaia at e c o l l e c t ­

ion point to os, taken to the factory on the

night of 8 0 . 0 2 . 1 2 . They aeked the v h i t a

d r i v e r of tha truck to wai t u n t i l the worat

of the atora of t h a t night abated* ea they

had to t r a v e l i n the opan t ruck .

I n two raporte of the events on 8 0 . 0 2 .

14 tRDfl 4 Post) i t l e claimed that the d r ive r

refusad t o w a i t , d r iv ing o f f without them.

Whan they t r i e d to f i n d out what had happened

the next day they ware dismissed for 'no t

turning up f o r work* and f o r 'product ion l o a a ' .

I n e l a t e r report (Poat , 8 0 . 0 2 . 1 8 ) EA Simon,

managing d i rec tor of tha company, i a quoted

ea eaylng thet tha 'n igh t a h i f t foramen

waited 20 mlnutaa l a t e r then usual t o al low

the ra in atorm to abate* h> then had t o iseve

to a t a r t tha night a h i f t * . Tha aaven wera

rsplacad by men who wars fetohad from the

labour buraau the fo l lowing morning, sourcaa

wi th in the company t o l d Poat . Tha workers

hsd been wi th the compeny f o r betwaan 3

waeks end B montho*

South Afr ican West Supply (Caetgete* Johannee-

burg) t Tan women l o s t t h e i r Joba a t the

butchery ownoQ by 5API5 and Deruy«Lowie f

N a t i o n a l i s t Party rtPC for Edenvale, on

80 .01 .25 (RDM, 8 0 . 0 1 . 2 9 ) . According to the

woman* they ware approached l e t e on the

Friday afternoon* Just before they warm to

lsave for homef and ins t ruc ted to wash a

machine. They quariad t h i e * noting that a

man wea alraedy buay claaning i t j t h e t i t was

not par t of t h e i r Job| end that ten of them

could not wash i t anyway*

They wmra f i r e d by the daughtar of

Dftrby-Lcwle f o r 'dieobeying an l n e t r u c t i o n * .

According to Oarby-Lawia on tha other

hand* tha woman rafuead to olaan a aink they

had been i n e t r u c t e d t o t saying i t was a Job

for men. They then walked of f the Job.

having baan to ld by tha manager that i f they

d id not ra turn to work by the next morning

they would ba aaen ea having raa lgned. He

•ajid that ha had than Informed tha pol ice of

the inc ident * l n caaa thara i a any t r o u b l e 1 .

F y u l t Growers' Cooperetive ( C a r a a ) i 750

workere want on s t r i k e a f t e r * cnl leaaue*

KUaa Herfcue nsd been eekad to r e t l r a f r o *

the smploy of the FGC* end hie wagee d i s ­

continued (arm* B O . 0 2 . I P ) . *h# workers saw

the thraatenad dlamleeal ea revenge because

ha waa a delegete at wage negot iet ione

recent ly held wi th tha compsny's manegameot.

Thay rafuead to ra turn to work unleea

they ware given raassurancea t h a t PJorkua

would remain employed. By 80 .02 .21 ( f lu * ) *

a d d i t i o n a l workers ( labour r e c r u l t e ) had been

h i r a d to replece the e t r l k i n g workers* By

80 ,02 .26 (ftOFl). one of the e t r l k i n g workate

had baan to ld ha would be avlcted from h ie

compeny—owned houee unless he returned to

work* After two weaka 700 workera had

decided to re turn (RDfl. 8 0 . 0 2 . 2 9 ) . A repta -

aentat lva of the Food and Canning Workera'

Union said that asaurances had bu%n givsn that

Klaee fterkue would ba r e i n s t a t e d . I t i a not

known what heppaned to the remaining 50

workers*

•

Afr ican Gate and fence (C lendsfonta in ) i

21 workera were f i r e d a f t e r a wage dispute

(Poe t , 80*04 .02 | ROfl, 8 0 . 0 4 * 0 2 ) . The

previous weak 45 workers hed sent represent­

at ion to management, aaklng for pey lncreaafla*

Management had rep l iad that they would get e

r i aa at varloue tlmea during the yaar . That

Tr iday , 24 of the 45 ware given incraasse,

wi th no explanation given to the remaining 2 1 .

Thay quariad t h i s , but warm a t m given no

exp lanat ion . (La te r the peraonnel manager,

.JT nor r i aon , t o l d Poat that I t was a meri t

payment and the 21 d id not deaerve a meri t

r i s e ) , noenwhile, the 21 ware aalacted out

by foremen a f t e r being addraaeed by an

o f f i c i a l f r o * the Oeft*rt*pnt of f'tmnottar

U t i l i z a t i o n . They wars diamlasad from t h e i r

Jobe. norr iaon aald th ia waa beceuaa they

had rrfuasd h i work aqitln, AccoMtnn to tha

workere, however, they d id not refusa to

work at any stage.

c leans* Brushworks (Nawlmnda, joaenneeburgji

Tha raporta from workere a t t h i l fac tory

have e l l bean denied by management in the

paraon of Lauranee 'Oeva1 S a r t i t .

A raport on the conditlona at t h i e f i r m

eppeerad a f t e r 29 workera had been diemleead

for making for e r i s e in pay *en bloc

instead of one a t a t i m e 1 (ssya B e r r l t ) end

f o r apsnding too much time In the t o i l e t e *

He waa alao raported to have threatened

workere with '6 000 blacks in Johannesburg

P«ge 9

alone (who) wart unemployed and would f i l l

posit ions oT l e iy workara ' .

Tha workara claimed t h a t tha owner

dragged workera Out of tha t o i l e t o f tore up

a doctor 'a c e r t i f i c a t e brought by ont of tha

wGrkere) and paid thea wagee of M S , 0 0 and

R18,00 for feeeiee end melee respect ive ly*

Coca-Cola Vael B Q t t l t r t (T ranavea l ) i Early

i n March about iQo workara employed In the

aalee department of t h i e company re futed to

work a f t e r deductions ( f o r not c locking out

one night they had worked l e t e ) had been made

from t h e i r pay* They elao demanded that tha

aajount paid f o r eebh caae handled ( t o tha van

halpara) be h a l f e cant inatead of quarter

of a c t n t ( 7 * of the a t r i k e r t vara van

h* lpere ) f that they be given bonuaaa for tha

and of 1979f and they conplaintd about

a toeul ta and that management eometlmee takea

up to 6 aontha t o reg ie tor workere*

T h i a l a the only repor t of t h i t a t r l k e

that hat coat to our not ice* The outcome

i t not known,

U t r & t e x (Johannetburg)i Clgitt women were

dleaieead by t h i e company for tuppoeedly

being ebeent without leeve for two daye*

The women tay that they had been

ine t ruc ted t o atay at home for that per iod

becauae of a alack in production* The woman

hed been employed for between 5 and 22 yaera

and wera earning between R17,00 end R22

Per week* and a* ld that they hed even had

to work at unloading ra i lway t rucks,

Florence Game, who waa in ju red while doing

t h i e type of work, aaid that the had never

been p a i d out for tha medical coata under

tha Workmen*a Compeneetion a c t .

The menegar had e e r l i e r f i r e d e woman

and aaid that he had a ie teken t h e i r ebeence

f o r e eympethy a t r l k e wi th the d lea ia ied

worker (Poe t , d0 .03 *04 ) .

Afr ican Shipping ( N a t a l ) Ltd (Durban)!

During i pey diaputa PO van Vuuren, atoree

aenager at t h i e company, ce l l ed workara fbaboone> and 'donkeye 1 . He aubtequently

had t o epologiee p u b l i c l y t o the workera

a f t e r the South Afr ican A l l i e d Workete

Union threatened him with court act ion

( t ta te l Heroury, January. 1980)*

Clfflar..u.ndarweer Company (Fordeburg, 3ohennee—

burg) i On Fr iday , 22hd February, 200 women

employed by Clear went 6n a t r l k e In pro tee t

et an order by management thet they ho longer

enter the fectory wi th t h e i r baga* Thet

day would have been the f i r a t on which they

had to leave t h e i r bogo w i t h the eecur l ty

guard at tha gate*

The report e te tee thet the e l t u t t i o n

wee reto lved by Berth Cn i t j a of the Garment

Workers union* I t l a not at a l l c lear how

th ia waa dona, but aoma reference wa« made

to the 'agreement1 between the union end

menegement (Poe t , 80 .02 *25 ) *

PUT CO. (Wynberg, Johenheeburgji Cloven

punch operators want on a t r l k e Juat before

knock o' f t l a e on F r i d a y , 22 Februery t

were et work b r i e f l y on nonday and than etop-

ped work again and l e f t the depot.

They were aaklng for wege lncroeaea to

match that paid to other punch operator*

a t othar f l r a a , of about H3SO.0O par month

( t h i s i t on conputera) . Tha workara at

PUTC0 aaid that they earned leaa than Rao,00

per weak and had been wi th the f i rm for between

2 and 12 yaera . Tha workare wanted e Rao,00

a week increaae*

On Tuoadty ( 2 6 t h ) the workere ware f i r e d

'becauae thay l i k e d ruahlng to newapapera1*

Operating executive at tha depot, CT Ba i l ey ,

eald that the man had f i r e d themselves by

welklng of f the Job while negot let lone were

i n progress, i t wee aaid t h a t the aan hed

been repleced (Poe t , 8 0 * 0 2 . 2 7 ) .

Post nBwspipgt (Oohenneeburg); A b r i e f

and c ryp t ic re-port eppeered on e t e r f

d i a a a t l a f a c t i o n on the newapapar with ce l lo

for the re—inateteaent of twn colleaguaa who

hed recent ly toalgned, end the diamlaael of

a reporter*

Sun City (8ophuthaTawene)l Cleaning e t e f f

et t h i e luxury playground of the r i c h , s i tua ted

in the poverty e t r lcken OophutheTewene

bantuatan, want on e t r i k a jue t before the

t e e t e r long weekend when the hotel waa

expecting to be thronged wi th v l a l t o r a *

I t l a be l ieved t h a t they demended t h e t

t h e i r wegea that atood in the region of

R80,00 per month, be increased to R110,00

per month.

nenegament acceded to the raqueet i f the

e t e f f returned immediately to t h e i r teake Qf

cleening the rooaa. Thia they did*

Ford motor Company (Port E l i z a b e t h ) ! tven

the engiieh-languego commercial preae Joined

in the chorua of condemnation of the banning

orders aarved on the thrae U v l c and f o r d

uorker leeders (Thorami l * ^otha, Phelo

Tehuma, Hono BaOvla and Dan Qtqa) . For a

Fu l l i - : raport on tha a t r i k a and the evente

that lad up to tha banningt t eee WIP 1 1 .

But than. I n t y p i c a l faahlon v tha e t e r t

of a l iquor boycott ca l l ad by PEBCO demanding

tha r a l e " * a of PEBCO l s a c e r s , end in aunoort

of othar P£BCO demande, wee raportad on in

tha Ttanavaal nawepapere t but than no

f u r t h e r nava appeared (aaa RDnf 80.03*04

and S t a r , 8 0 . 0 3 . 0 3 ) .

Thozamile Botha haa alraady haard that

h ia app l ica t ion f o r a re laxa t ion i n tha t a r * a

of h ia banning ordar t h a t , for axanpla* fo rb id

hia to antar any fac tory* haa baan refueed.

Ha and h ia fami ly are f ind ing themeelvee I n

tha aame poa i t ion aa ao many othar bannad

paoplt of having to l i v a o f f char i ty and

contr ibut iona by r a l a t i v e e .

Hia w i f e , Fazaka, aaid that thay vara

a a l l i n g f r u i t outaida a ahop to aarn eomothlng.

Fjlghtwetchmen (T ranevaa l ) i F0SATU, tha Lagal

rfesourcea Lentre and tna l n t , u e t r i e l *iC Society

i n tha Tranevael ara aaid to ba taking up tha

p l i g h t of nightuetchmen in tha Trenevael i n

preparat ion for a Uaga Board determinat ion

cur ran t ly probing tha condit iona of th ia

employment group.

Tha praaant minimum wage f o r th ia

group i a aaid to ba R103,00 par month For a

Maximum of 84 (S) houra par week (even tha

Uaga Board datarminat ion for unak i l l ad workere

a t i p u l a t a a a 46 hour week f o r tha eame

minimuoi uaga (ROH, 8 0 * 0 4 . 1 4 ) .

Tha M n i a t a r of Hanpower aaid in Parl iament

that during 1979 thara vara 54 a t r i k a a

(ROHv 80 .02 .25 )