The National Union of Mineworkers began a strike on the night of 9 August over wages and working conditions. Hundreds of thousands participated during the dispute. The miners confronted a central industry of the apartheid economy and connected control over their labour with the wider struggle for liberation, despite failing to obtain their wage demands.
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Why is the 1987 mineworkers' strike significant in an institutional account of racism?
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Collective action confronted the organization of labour and economic power. Its significance extended beyond the wage demands that were not won.
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