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EATUSA/EAWTUSA union records (NEC minutes, Sparky, pamphlets, membership)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind union or movement records
Producer EATUSA/EAWTUSA
Coverage 1970-1989
Works using it 1

Debates

Debate Works
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion 1
Black trade unions: growth, wage effects, Wiehahn and strategy 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Mohamed (1991) 'Sparky', newsletter of the Western Cape branch (Vols 1-2, 1985-1988), plus selected union documents and pamphlets 1985-1989 Supplies accounts of strikes (JMR/Wooltru, Brand Engineering, Laingsdale), campaigns and union agreements.
Mohamed (1991) National Executive Council (NEC) minutes of EATUSA, 1983-1985 (e.g. 11 June 1983, 28/7/84, September 1984, NAMC 31/7/84) 1983-1985 Documents the conflict between Western Cape progressive delegates and the conservative NEC, e.g. over the BEC suspension and the Parker appointment.
Mohamed (1991) Union and employer documents: union pamphlets (7 May 1989), Union Document 4 August 1989, October 1989, ECA letter to branch members, Electrical Workers Action Committee pamphlet, letters of Williams 24/9/84 and president of EATUSA 6/7/84 1984-1989 Supports specific claims on membership, the ECA resolution on stop orders, community donations in settlements and merger terms.
Mohamed (1991) Union records on membership (Western Cape and national), including Appendix C membership table 1970-1988 Shows membership growth in the Western Cape from 700 (1984) to 4,870 (1986), and national membership series for the four unions.