Commissions of enquiry into the Garment Workers' and Mine Workers' Unions

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	commission or official report
Producer	Union Government
Coverage	1946-1953
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion	2
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
Lewis (1984b)	Garment Workers' Union commission of enquiry 1948-9 (UG16-1950) and Mineworkers' Union commission (UG52-1951)	1948-1951	Supports detail on Germiston strike, Afrikaner nationalist activity within GWU, and MWU irregularities.
O'Meara (1978)	Commissions of Enquiry into the Mine Workers' Union (UG 36/1946 and 1953 report)	1946, 1953	Evidence for MWU authoritarianism, rigged elections, corruption and members' complaints; the 1941 Van Zyl Ham Commission was not seen.
O'Meara (1978)	Garment Workers' Union Commission of Enquiry, Proceedings (1949)	1949	Evidence on the BWBB's and Bree Kerklike Komitee's composition, secretaries, board and finances.