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NUM and COSATU mark historic milestones: four decades of fighting for South Africa’s workers
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This month in labour history
4-12-2007 The first ever nation-wide miner's strike. A one-day stoppage by the National Union of Mineworkers over working conditions and safety. [more]
4-12-1919 Called by the Cape Town Federation of Professions, workers refuse to touch food exports in protest against excessive price increases. [more]
17-12-1919 Cape Town's ICU and IWA join the inflation strike and receive support from white workers and the National Union of Railway and Port Employees. The police arrest the black strikers. [more]
19-12-1995 Two hour stoppage by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) against privatisation. [more]