A conference convened by the Transvaal Provincial Committee of the ANC led to the formation of the African Mine Workers’ Union (AMWU), with J.B. Marks elected president. The union organised African miners confronting low wages, compound confinement and dangerous work. The union was an independent workers’ organisation; its formation through an ANC-linked conference demonstrates cooperation without reducing workers’ agency to party direction.
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Which organisation emerged from the 1941 miners’ conference?
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An ANC-linked conference led to the formation of the AMWU, an independent workers’ organisation.
The African Mine Workers’ Union was simply a department of the ANC.
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The AMWU was an independent workers’ organisation formed at an ANC-linked conference.