https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Internal-Democracy-and-Social-Division-Lessons-from-NUMSA-s-shop-steward https://internationalviewpoint.org/Internal-Democracy-and-Social-Division-Lessons-from-NUMSA-s-shop-steward 2014-12-28T10:40:05Z text/html en Sam Morecroft Trade unions/workplace organizing South Africa <p>ASK ANY NUMSA SHOP steward what happened to the once-mighty National Union of Miners (NUM). How did it allow its membership to collapse? You'll very likely be met with a consistent answer: ‘social division'.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV479-December-2014-" rel="directory">IV479 - December 2014</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Trade-unions-workplace-organizing-+" rel="tag">Trade unions/workplace organizing</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-South-Africa-+" rel="tag">South Africa</a>