• The 197172 Namibian contract workers general strike was a labour dispute in Namibia between African contract workers (particularly miners) and the apartheid...
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    in the Oshikoto Region on 28 December. 197172 Namibian contract workers strike Miescher, Giorgio. Namibia's Red Line: The History of a Veterinary and...
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    SWAPO (redirect from Namibia Today)
    Andimba Toivo ya Toivo 1971-72 Namibian contract workers strike Namibian Czechs "Socialism with Namibian characteristics". Namibian Sun. 17 January 2019...
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  • South West African Native Labour Association (category Mining in Namibia)
    were on a labour contract. The organisation was abolished in 1972 after the 1971-72 Namibian contract workers strike against the contract labour system....
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  • to Namibia include: Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1980 in Namibia 1971-72 Namibian contract workers strike Ananias...
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  • Newmont, had its operations stopped during the 197172 Namibian contract workers strike over the contract labor system and apartheid. In the 1980s, Newmont...
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    List of colonial governors of South West Africa 197172 Namibian contract workers strike History of Namibia South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO)...
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  • John Ya-Otto (category Namibian trade unionists)
    released. In the 1970s he was present for part of the 1971-72 Namibian contract workers strike. He continued to organise for SWAPO, but was repeatedly...
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    From 1971 to 1972, the Tsumeb mine had its operations temporarily stopped during the 197172 Namibian contract workers strike over the contract labor...
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  • Jan de Wet (category Namibian people of South African descent)
    processes, questioning criteria and methods of redistribution. 1971-72 Namibian contract workers strike § Immediate Heinrich, Dirk (15 February 2011). "Altpolitiker...
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  • introduced. South Africa portal Bantustan Labour brokering 197172 Namibian contract workers strike Ghetto Jim Crow laws Pass system (Canadian history) Notes...
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    continued occupation of Namibia illegal. In 1971, the Namibian contract workers strike occurred across the country to break the contract labor system and promote...
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  • FCX) in 2007 to form the world's largest copper producer. 197172 Namibian contract workers strike Stack, Elizabeth. Immigrant Entrepreneurship: "German American...
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    Leonard Auala (category Namibian people stubs)
    on. They had 10 children, six sons and four daughters. 1971-72 Namibian contract workers strike § Immediate Background Kutsu Helsingin yliopiston teologisen...
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    lives here on just 6% of the Namibian territory. Leaders of Ovamboland 197172 Ovambo & Kavango contract workers strike Democratic Co-operative Party...
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    In 1971 Namibian contract workers led a general strike against the contract system and in support of independence. Some of the striking workers would...
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    The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace...
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  • South African presence. The summer 1971-72 saw a general strike of 25% of the entire working population of contract workers (13,000 people), starting in Windhoek...
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    the Namibian War of National Liberation and the Namibian Liberation Struggle. In the Namibian context, it is also commonly referred to as the Namibian War...
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  • time this was $5 to $10 USD. Later following the end of the 1971-72 contract workers strike, SWANLA was dissolved and replaced with several non-governmental...
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    Old Location (category Namibia articles missing geocoordinate data)
    Richard (April 1979). "Labour Consciousness and the 1971-72 Contract Workers Strike in Namibia". Development and Change. 10 (2): 205–231. doi:10.1111/j...
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    town by von François. In 1971, the Namibian general contract workers started from Windhoek with the goal of abolishing the contract labour system, opposing...
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    and diplomatic Hompa". New Era. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Apartheid 197172 Kavango & Ovambo contract workers strike v t e v t e...
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    two serious fires. In 2006, tens of thousands of workers mobilized in one of the country's largest strike movements, affecting almost all of the 4,000 factories...
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    of the United Mine Workers in the U.S. voted overwhelmingly to accept a three-year contract with coal operators and to end the strike that had started on...
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    Connecticut— Three Survive as Airliner Strikes Beach Cottages Near New Haven", The New York Times, June 8, 1971, p. 1 Aviation Safety Network NTSB Aircraft...
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    overcame the legal restrictions on the right to strike. In 1842, a general strike involving cotton workers and colliers was organised through the chartist...
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  • player (Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons) (b. 1971) Gary Richards, 72, American journalist (Bay Area News Group) (b. 1951) December 18...
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  • Logan International Airport into Winthrop Bay, after multiple bird strikes; 62 of 72 aboard die. October 29 – The Cal Poly football team plane crash: a...
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    construction. Many were household workers or were employed in restaurants and family-owned shops. Women factory workers typically handled clothing and food...
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