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<v Speaker 1>On This Day and Working Class History the ninth of

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<v Speaker 1>January film and on the ninth of January nineteen seventy three,

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<v Speaker 1>in Durban, South Africa, workers at the Coronation Brick and

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<v Speaker 1>Tile factory came out on strike. By the end of March,

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<v Speaker 1>close to one hundred thousand, mainly Black African workers, and

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<v Speaker 1>approximately half the entire Black African workforce in Durban had

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<v Speaker 1>come out on strike. By the end of February, the

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<v Speaker 1>brick workers had won a doubling of their wages and

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<v Speaker 1>the strike represented at turning point in South African struggles

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<v Speaker 1>to build multi racial, integrated trade unions and the sources

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<v Speaker 1>maps and all of our anniversaries each day. Check out

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<v Speaker 1>the on this Day section of our stories at stories

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<v Speaker 1>Stopworkingclasshistory dot com, and if you value our work, support

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<v Speaker 1>in the show notes theme music by a carto Ar

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<v Speaker 1>See you Tomorrow.