SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

TUC must boycott

Socialist Action No. 111, 30 August 1985 · p. 12 of the scan · 258 words

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are paid subsistence wages ander hazardous working conditions. workers face the continuous threat of retrenchment and sacking in South Africa today.

Unemployed classified Africa as 'superfluous appendages' are forcibly removed to the Bantustans. Unemployed, anskilled someless, LHET ments are controlled by a caste-law system, and their labour is exploited by migrantLabour system.

The British government continues to play an invidious role in this oppression. of mineworkers THE SOUTH African NUM has rejected the Chamber of Mines revised pay offer. means that a national strike is threatened from Sunday.

the-board wage increase of 22 per cent. The giant Anglo-American Corporation, over 80 per original offer to between 17 and 22 per cent but the General Mining Afrikaaner-controlled, refused to budge.

Last Thursday after leaders undertook to call off the strike but to consult their members who obviously took a different view market are clearly worried about the effects of a coal and gold strike in South Africa.

SUBSCRIBE This The NUM had originally demanded an acrosswhich employs cent of NUM members, raised its Corporation (Gencor), largely five hours of talks NUM The mineowners and the international money the office to open. When they were threatened with disciplinary measures over this action, 450 out of the 465 NALGO the neighbourhood social and housing advisory offices struck have demanded that the disciplinary threat be removed, and that none of the three found to be racist be moved to areas dealing with the public donatissas Messages of support, 'curtors for speakers to: NALGO Office, Upper Street, NI phone 01-226 8230

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