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Socialist Press1980 1980-08-06Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 1 →
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The opposition of black workers to their oppression and exploitation continues to mount in South Africa.
Each struggle is characterised by the workers' determination, militancy and solidarity binding together wide layers of the working class.
Municipal workers
During the course of the last week more than 10,000 municipal workers in Johannesburg, South Africa's industrial centre, have come out in support of wage demands and union recognition.
The strike began when about 600 labourers in the municipal Electricity Department rejected an offer of £2.50 on their existing: wage of £16 and came out on strike in support of a £14 increase and a £30 minimum wage demand.
They were immediately joined by about 60 black electricians on the same site.
The employers, the Johannesburg City Council, took immediate steps aimed at isolating the strikers and smashing the strike.
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