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NUM signed-up membership figures

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Kind union or movement records
Producer National Union of Mineworkers
Coverage 1982-1987
Works using it 2

Debates

Debate Works
Black trade unions: growth, wage effects, Wiehahn and strategy 2

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Crush (1989a) NUM signed-up membership figures 1982-7 (Figure 1) and union claims of 14,000 members at December 1982 and 360,000 by end 1987 1982-1987 Documents the rapid growth of the NUM from 1982 to 1987 and its claimed share of the mine workforce.
Crush (1989b) NUM signed-up membership figures, 1982-87 (Figure 1) and NUM claims of 14,000 members at first congress and 360,000 by end 1987 1982-1987 Documents the rapid growth of the union's membership as the fastest growing union.