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A Matter of ‘Principle’: Corporate America and the South African Worker in the Early 1970s by Mattie C. Webb

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Speaking for ourselves: FOSATU Worker News by Victor Gwande and Nicole Ulrich

Official Document - Conference Paper

Academia and activism: A unique alliance in working class organisation post 1973 by Vannessa Kruger

Official Document - Conference Paper

The Durban Strikes and the making of the Political Struggles in South Africa by Vuyisile Msila

Official Document - Conference Paper

The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu

Official Document - Conference Paper

40 Years of Shop Floor Resistance in a Rubber Factory by Sithembiso Bhengu