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NO TO HIGHVELD'S OFFER : WE WANT A LIVING WAGE : VOTE YES FOR ACTION

Theme: Labour: An injury to one is an injury to all!


Call Number: 1682
Identifier: AL2446_1682
Title: NO TO HIGHVELD'S OFFER : WE WANT A LIVING WAGE : VOTE YES FOR ACTION
Date: 1682
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
Highveld Steel Workers;
appeal;
vote;
wage;
union action
Description: This poster is silkscreened black and yellow, produced by the Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) and the SA Boilermakers, Johannesburg. This poster reflects an appeal to Highveld Steel workers to reject the company’s wage offer and vote ‘yes’ for union action in support of a living wage. The text reads “NO TO HIGHVELD'S OFFER : WE WANT A LIVING WAGE : VOTE YES FOR ACTION CHA KUMALI ENCANE EPHUMA KU HIGVELD : SIFUNA IHOLO ELIPHILISAYO : SITHI YEBO KUZINYATHELO EZETHATHWAYO SE NEE VIR HIGHVELD SE AANBOD : ONS EIS 'N LEEFBARE SALARIS : STEM JA VIR AKSIE” Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 51(number 77) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition.
Creator: Metal Allied Workers Union and SA Boilermakers
Type: Poster
Format: Access image - jpg
Preservation image - tiff
Source: SAHA collection AL2446
Language: English/ Zulu/ Afrikaans
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright of some material is held by individual poster makers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information
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