A catalogue of the material deposited by the Ruth First Memorial ...

Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London 84
117/2/12 South African labour and trade unions
[1949-1976]
Mainly research material collected by First. 0.5 boxes
117/2/12/1 Account of the experience of a miner from Basutoland [c.1949]
Possibly written by First for the Guardian. 7 pages
117/2/12/2 Facts and Figures about Non-white Labour [c.1964]
Extract reprinted from a survey carried out by the South African
Institute of Race Relations in 1963. Compiled by Muriel Horrell
assisted by Mary Draper.
29 pages
117/2/12/3 Newspaper cuttings 1968-1974
Material from both British and South African papers principally
covering economics, industry, wages and other labour issues.
1 file
117/2/12/4 The Significance of South Africa's Economic Relations with the
Western Powers
Paper written by Sean Gervasi for the South African Freedom Day
Conference held in London by the Anti-Apartheid Movement.
04 Jul 1971
10 pages
117/2/12/5 Black Pay and Productivity in South Africa Sep 1972
Published version of an address to the South African Institute of
Personnel Management by J.A.Horner in June 1972.
23 pages
117/2/12/6 Are Works Committees Trade Unions? 1973
Paper by L.C.G.Douwes Dekker based on an address given to the
Benoni Rotary Club on 26 Jun 1973. Relates to workers' rights in
South Africa.
26 pages
117/2/12/7 South African wages and the 'Poverty Datum Line' 1973
Memorandum submitted to the Trade and Industry Sub-Committee
of the Expenditure Committee of the House of Commons by Adam
Raphael, staff reporter for the Guardian, and part of a memorandum
submitted to the same by the Anti-Apartheid Movement.
2 items
117/2/12/8 South African White Trade Unions Mar 1973
Background piece written by John Gaetswe of the South African
Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU).
4 pages
117/2/12/9 South Africa's Starving Work Force 23 Mar 1973
Typescript copy of an article from the New Statesman written by
Adrian Quelke and Stanley Siebert.
6 pages
117/2/12/10 Masters and Se117s: Farm Labour in South Africa 1973
Pamphlet written by Rosalynde Ainslie and published by the
International Defence and Aid Fund.
55 pages
117/2/12/11 Report from South Africa [1974]
Unidentified article covering wages and trade unions. 9 pages
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