Divide and profit: Indian workers in Natal

Abstract

This book looks at the history of Indian workers from 1860 to the present. It tries to show how the actions of the bosses and the laws of the government have created and reinforced divisions between Indian and African workers. Part 1 looks at the experiences of Indian workers on the farms and mills from the time they arrived from India in 1860 up to the time of the first factories. Part 2 looks at the first factories and the first unions and at the attempts of the bosses to control and divide the workers until the 1960s. Part 3 looks briefly at the 1960s when things were quiet. It looks at the new unions that were set up after the 1973 strikes in Durban, and it ends with looking at what faces workers in the 1980s. (DÜI-Hff)