Management try to disperse workers picketing over a wage dispute between CNA and the Commercial and Catering Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA) in Durban.
White activist from the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and Action Group Against Apartheid hold Placard demonstrations in Berea Rd, Durban. A total of 40 people were arrested during the demonstration.
Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) General Secretary Jay Naidoo congratulated by supporters following his re-election at the Second National Cosatu congress in Johannesburg. July 1987
A white Chemical Workers Industrial Union (CWIU) member makes a point at strike meeting during a dispute between SAPREF (BP and Shell) refineries and CWIU. One of the workers demands were assistance with their children's education. Clairwood COSATU Hall. Durban.
"We will not be compromised" Paper printing wood and allied workers union (PPWAWU) organiser, Ben Khumalo, tells striking Mondi Paper Mill workers after management broke off negotiations and refused to backdate increases, which it had previously agreed upon with the union. Later workers were assaulted and chased off the company's property.
Members of Chemical Workers Industrial Union (CWIU) employed at mobile depots throughout SA met in Durban to discuss 'the company's disinvestment' from SA and strategies against it. Organiser Rod Crompton addresses the meeting.