The economic and socio-political factors influencing labour relations within Iscor from 1934 to 1955

• Main Author: Langley, William Roy Curtze
• Other Authors: Grundlingh, A. M.
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Poor whites; Economically viable labour; Wage disputes; Arbitration; Housing; Migrant labour; Compounds; Social control; Medical; Health and retirement benefits; Recreation; Apartheid in sport; Racial differences; Afrikaner empowerment; 338.766910968; Iscor Limited > History; Iron industry and trade > South Africa > History; Steel industry and trade > South Africa > History; Industrial relations > South Africa > History; Iron and steel workers > South Africa > Economic conditions > History; Iron and steel workers > South Africa > Social conditions > History
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17170

Founded in 1928, Iscor was intended to make South Africa self sufficient in the provision of steel while providing employment for poor whites. Economic considerations prevailed when Iscor began replacing expensive white labour with cheaper black labour. From 1934 to 1948 black labour was employed to curtail costs. While being replaced by black labour, white employees' salaries and fringe benefits remained better than those of their black colleagues. Affordable houses were provided for white employees while blacks were housed in overcrowded compounds. No medical or pension benefits were made available to black employees or their families, while white employees enjoyed both. White employees were provided with what were arguabley the finest sports facilities in the country while black facilities were neglected. With the National Party victory in 1948 more emphasis was placed on the employment of Afrikaans speaking white South Africans at the expense of blacks and English speaking whites. === History === M.A. (History)