International Transport Workers' Federation:Reports on Africa - 1952-1975

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Reference code(s): ICS 36

Title: International Transport Workers' Federation:Reports on Africa - 1952-1975

Date(s): 1952 - 1975

Level of description: Fond

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 31 items

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Name of creator(s): International Transport Workers' Federation

Administrative/Biographical history: The International Transport Workers' Federation was founded in London in 1886 by European seafarers and dockers' union leaders who realised the need to organize internationally against strike breakers. In 2001 it is a Federation of 570 trade unions in 132 countries, representing around 5 million workers. The ITF represents transport workers at world level and promotes their interests through global campaigning and solidarity. It is dedicated to the advancement of independent and democratic trade unionism, and to the defence of fundamental human and trade union rights. It is opposed to any form of totalitarianism, aggression and discrimination.

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Scope and content: International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF): Reports on Africa, 1952-1975 comprising reports on conditions for port, shipping, bus, railway and airline workers in Rhodesia, Nigeria, Tanganyika, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana. Includes articles by O Becu on apartheid and the international trade union movement, 1957; reports on the employment of non-white bus crews in South Africa; and general reports on ITF activities in Africa.

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System of arrangement: Chronological

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Finding aids: Handlist available in the ICS Library.

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DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

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Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2002

Interest: Black

Specific group:

Subjects

Racial discrimination

Labour relations

Trade unions

Transport

Interethnic relations

Racial segregation

Anti-apartheid movements

Apartheid

Personal/Corporate names

International Transport Workers' Federation

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Southern Africa

Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

Uganda East Africa

Tanzania East Africa

South Africa

Nigeria West Africa

Kenya

Ghana West Africa