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The history of the TLC from its origins in the 1920s to its demise in the 1950s.
List of contents
List of tables; Note on terminology; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: South African trade unions, 1924-55; 2. Craft unions and mining unions to 1924; 3. The challenge to the craft unions, 1924-39; 4. Secondary industrialisation and the emergence of radical non-racial trade unionism between the wars; 5. Afrikaner nationalism and the trade unions, 1934-55; 6. Craft unions and dilution during the Second World War; 7. Scientific management and the restructuring of the division of labour, 1939-55; 8. The crisis of non-racial industrial unionism, 1939-55; 9. The breakup of the Trades and Labour Council, 1947-55; 10. Summary and conclusions; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Jon Lewis. Advanced degree in physics. First career as engineer. Second career as owner of business in health care field.Married 37 years. Lost wife to drugs. 3 kids and 7 grands. Lives alone in East Texas.
Summary
This 1984 study of South African trade unionism traces the history of the TLC from its origins in the 1920s to its demise in the early 1950s. It shows how divisions within the labour movement were bound up with the development of production processes, rather than being the inevitable outcome of racial antagonisms.
