In the weeks preceding the August general strike SACCOLA and COSATU attempted to develop a joint approach to the problems facing the country. The draft charter, reprinted here, was historic. It committed business, for the first time, to a one-day shutdown and COSATU to moderating its mass action programme. The draft agreement eventually floundered when SACCOLA was unable to win support for it from its constituent business organisations.
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