1973 Durban strikes
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Las huelgas de Durban de 1973 fueron una serie de huelgas en y alrededor de Durban, Sudáfrica. Empezaron el 9 de enero cuándo trabajadores en la factoría de Coronation Brick and Tile hicieron una huelga. Más de 60,000 trabajadores negros estaban implicados y era un punto de inflexión importante en el edificio del sindicalismo anti-apartheid.
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The 1973 Durban strikes, also commonly referred to as the Durban Moment were a series of labour disputes and worker-led demonstrations held in Durban in 1973. Underpaid, black African workers across various sectors deliberately withheld their labour in an attempt to demand higher wages and better working conditions. Beginning on 9 January 1973, mass strikes broke out in Durban and continued for three months until the end of March. The strikes involved roughly 60 000 black African workers and impacted more than 100 firms. The highest number of strikes occurred on the outskirts of Durban in textile, metal and chemical plants. Although the number of strikes declined after March, 100 000 black African and Indian workers were reported to have taken some form of industrial action by the end of 1
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1973 Durban strikes
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Huelgas de Durban de 1973
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Arrests, etc
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Low wages and poor working conditions
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1973-01-09
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Non-centralised leadership
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Protests, work stoppages
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Establishment and growth of black trade unions in South Africa
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1973
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The 1973 Durban strikes, also commonly referred to as the Durban Moment were a series of labour disputes and worker-led demonstrations held in Durban in 1973. Underpaid, black African workers across various sectors deliberately withheld their labour in an attempt to demand higher wages and better working conditions. Beginning on 9 January 1973, mass strikes broke out in Durban and continued for three months until the end of March. The strikes involved roughly 60 000 black African workers and impacted more than 100 firms. The highest number of strikes occurred on the outskirts of Durban in textile, metal and chemical plants. Although the number of strikes declined after March, 100 000 black African and Indian workers were reported to have taken some form of industrial action by the end of 1973. The 1973 Durban strikes were seen as a form of "mass civil disobedience" as it was illegal for black Africans, under the Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 1953 to strike in South Africa during this time. The 1973 Durban strikes were significant as they contributed to the formation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in 1985 and the growth of South Africa's anti-apartheid trade union movement.
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Las huelgas de Durban de 1973 fueron una serie de huelgas en y alrededor de Durban, Sudáfrica. Empezaron el 9 de enero cuándo trabajadores en la factoría de Coronation Brick and Tile hicieron una huelga. Más de 60,000 trabajadores negros estaban implicados y era un punto de inflexión importante en el edificio del sindicalismo anti-apartheid.
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