Contesting the transition from apartheid to democracy in the workplace
Date
1999-09-18
Authors
Von Holdt, Karl
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Publisher
University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop.
Abstract
This paper explores the contestation between Highveld Steel and NUMSA over the transition from the apartheid workplace regime during 1993-1995. NUMSA wanted a radical democratisation of the workplace and the company; enhancing worker control and skills. Management wanted to retain control and disempower the workers.
Description
Paper presented at the Wits History Workshop: Forging the links between historical research and the policy process, 18-19 September 1999. Paper drawn from the Author's thesis "Trade unions in the workplace and the community 1984-1994; a case study of a steel mill.
Keywords
Labour relations. South Africa, Industrial relations. South Africa, Highveld Steel (Company), NUMSA