STRIKES IN SOUTH AFRICA
UAPKTOWN. .In 1111:117 WTh<- provnloniH’ of strikes in South Afrirn, specially among natives, his caused the Labour Minister, Mr. Madele\, Io send a letter to the Trades and Labour Council, intimating that the (»o\erninont intends to prosecute strikers o> persons who incited others to strike m uelianec of the statutory ami emergency regulations for the settlement ol disputes. Employers who tail to curry out wage agreements will also be prosecuted. A chnreh deputation interviewed the Prime Minister. General Smuts, and advocated the right of natives to form trade unions. The Prime Minister replied that Communist inllnem’e was working mi a fairly large scale in South Africa. If native trade unions could be formed along sound lines it woihd be one of Ihe best ste|is forward. !!’• would accept such a solution provided ihat safeguards were devised Io prevent tlio exploitation of the natives.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 99, 21 January 1943, Page 5
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146STRIKES IN SOUTH AFRICA Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 99, 21 January 1943, Page 5
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