Von Holdt, Karl2016-04-202016-04-201999-09-18http://hdl.handle.net/10539/20237Paper 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.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.enLabour relations. South AfricaIndustrial relations. South AfricaHighveld Steel (Company)NUMSAWorking Paper