The South African Trades Union Congress (TUC) was a national trade union federation in South Africa .
5-673: The council was established in 1924, as the South African Association of Employees' Organisations . It was founded at a special congress, held after the collapse of the South African Industrial Federation , which was called by the Minister of Labour , Frederic Creswell . All the affiliated unions were registered under the Industrial Conciliation Act 1924 and represented white workers. The federation
10-635: The South African Federation of Non-European Trade Unions . In 1930, the federation merged with the Cape Federation of Labour Unions , forming the South African Trades and Labour Council . The federation's founding affiliates were: This article related to a South African trade union is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . South African Industrial Federation The South African Industrial Federation (SAIF)
15-470: Was established in 1914 as an amalgamation of the Industrial Federations in the provinces of South Africa. The federation attracted most of the trades unions in the country. It had a policy of support for white labour, believing that employers had a policy of using black labour to drive down wages. The Cape Federation of Labour Unions which represented many coloured workers refused to do so. It
20-568: Was expected to be very moderate, but unexpectedly elected the leading communist Bill Andrews as its general secretary. As president, it elected Jimmy Briggs , a Labour Party Senator. The unexpected radicalism of the federation led some long-established unions not to affiliate, while the Mine Workers' Union and South African Typographical Union soon resigned their membership. They were replaced by small industrial unions , many open to all workers. The federation also began working closely with
25-528: Was led by Archie Crawford , and its membership reached 60,000. It was active in the Rand Rebellion in 1922, but it largely collapsed following the defeat of the associated general strike . The remnants of the federation attempted to reform as a single general union , the South African Industrial Union, but the government refused it permission to register, and it soon dissolved. Instead,
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