The National Union of Railway and Harbour Servants was a
trade union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...
established in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
in 1910. It welcomed all races into membership.
In December 1935 it was infiltrated by the
Afrikaner Broederbond
The Afrikaner Broederbond (AB) or simply the Broederbond was an exclusively Afrikaner Calvinist and male secret society in South Africa dedicated to the advancement of the Afrikaner people. It was founded by H. J. Klopper, H. W. van der Merwe, ...
who established an Afrikaner trade union called
Die Spoorbund
Die Spoorbond was an Afrikaner railway trade-union formed in 1934 by , founder of the Afrikaner Broederbond, which advocated a policy of replacing all black railway-workers with Afrikaners. It rejected strikes and called instead for loyal servi ...
. Its members were also members of the NURAHS and they ensured that resolution was passed by the union conference to exclude non-white members.
References
Defunct trade unions in South Africa
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