SARHWU | Socialist Action 1983

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sjamboks rikers in Johannesburg. Only hours later a bomi explosion 4 April, 1987: The government bans meetings 'aimed at organising certain kinds of strikes'. SATS threatens to evict more than 409 railworkers from a hostel in Kokstad near the Natal-Transkei 7. April, 1987: The POTWA strike spreads from 12 April, 1987: A second bomb blast disrupts train services. The Municipal Workers Union of South Africa threaten to strike if the rail dispute is not settled. COSATU's offer to mediate is turned 22 April, 1987: Six strikers are shot dead in two Germinston, the security forces surround the COSATU offices, and chase marchers inside. Over 800 union officers and strikers are dragged from the building and over 400 are arrested, including 40 SARHWU officials. At in central Johannesburg, 27 April, 1987: Over 9000 POTWA workers in Soweto vote to continue their 25-day old strike in support of SARHWU and against the imprison29 April, 1987: COSATU officers are under attack for the second time in the week. A meeting of 1000 Over a dozen unionists are arrested, including a 12 year old boys. Students at Witwatersrand University are in a running battle with police who try to break up against the on in solidarity with the railway