Industrial Legislation Commission (UG 37/1935)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	commission or official report
Producer	Industrial Legislation Commission
Coverage	1935
Works using it	3

Debates

Debate	Works
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion	2
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	1
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War	1
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	1
Origins, coherence and ideology of apartheid and Afrikaner nationalism	1
Black trade unions: growth, wage effects, Wiehahn and strategy	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
De Kiewiet (1941)	Report of the Industrial Legislation Commission, U.G. 37 of 1935	1935	Used for international per capita income comparisons, skilled/unskilled wage ratios in building, and the criticism of semi-skilled labour provision.
Lewis (1984b)	Unemployment Commission (UG17-1922) and Industrial Legislation Commission (UG37-1935; UG62-1951)	1922-1951	Used for views on apprenticeship, female displacement of men, and trade union revival after 1924; 1948-51 commission evidence used on furniture and leather.
O'Meara (1978)	Industrial Legislation Commission (UG 37/1935)	1935	Cited for the rise of industrial unions as industrial techniques changed.