About the longer history of #SabaSaba2020.
In the late 1950s and 60s Kenya's labour movement was vigorously pressing for workers' rights against autocratic employers. Here's a @Reuters clip of the Nov. 1959 railway strike, in which 22,000 workers left their jobs to demand 1/4
In the late 1950s and 60s Kenya's labour movement was vigorously pressing for workers' rights against autocratic employers. Here's a @Reuters clip of the Nov. 1959 railway strike, in which 22,000 workers left their jobs to demand 1/4
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better pay & working conditions.
The railway recruited 5,000 Europeans & Asians to keep some of the trains running. Passengers had to load their own luggage (tho settlers had their African workers do it).
The strike ended after 17 days. Management agreed to a pay rise.
better pay & working conditions.
The railway recruited 5,000 Europeans & Asians to keep some of the trains running. Passengers had to load their own luggage (tho settlers had their African workers do it).
The strike ended after 17 days. Management agreed to a pay rise.
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In 1962 several unions went out on strike, demanding better pay and benefits for African workers. Among the strikers were 6,000 government workers. The city council used convicts to clear rubbish, and engaged European and African nurses to staff the maternity ward.
In 1962 several unions went out on strike, demanding better pay and benefits for African workers. Among the strikers were 6,000 government workers. The city council used convicts to clear rubbish, and engaged European and African nurses to staff the maternity ward.
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In 1962 food workers, auto workers, teachers, & 30,000 coffee pickers went on strike, demanding large pay rises.
Workers' activism endangered Kenyatta's power. In 1965 he created the Confederation of Trade Unions (now COTU) to control Kenya's labour activists.
In 1962 food workers, auto workers, teachers, & 30,000 coffee pickers went on strike, demanding large pay rises.
Workers' activism endangered Kenyatta's power. In 1965 he created the Confederation of Trade Unions (now COTU) to control Kenya's labour activists.
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