South African Black Workers Go on Strike
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Business, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Human Rights, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Strikes, Boycotts, Lockouts
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: South Africa
- Date: 1987
Article abstract: Newly formed black trade unions shook South Africa’s apartheid-based economy with massive strikes.
Summary of Event
The Republic of South Africa is unique in a number of ways. Although it resembles other Western capitalist societies in terms of its economic structure, it has one glaring difference: In South Africa, the majority of the industrial working class is denied, on the basis of race, the most basic human rights, which generally exist to some extent even under dictatorships. South African society is strictly divided into...
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