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COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU or Cosatu) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions.One Union expelled, and seven Unions voluntarily suspended their participation in COSATU History Founding and early history On 30 November 1985, 33 unions met at the University of Natal for talks on forming a federation of trade unions. This followed four years of unity talks between competing unions and federations that were opposed to apartheid and were "committed to a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa." COSATU was officially established on 1 December 1985. Among the founding unions were the affiliates of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU), the small National Federation of Workers, and some independent unions, notably the National Union of Mineworkers. Elijah Barayi was the organisation's first president an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation Of South African Trade Unions
The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was a trade union federation in South Africa. History The federation was formed at a congress over the weekend of 14–15 April 1979 in Hammanskraal and officially launched five days later on 20 April. Its roots lay in the unions which had emerged from the spontaneous 1973 strike wave by black workers in Durban and Pinetown as part of the "Durban Moment", and which had since been part of the Trade Union Advisory Co-ordinating Council or the Black Consultative Committee. FOSATU's constitution enshrined the principles of workers' control of their trade unions, non-racialism, worker independence from party politics, international worker solidarity and trade union unity. It strove to build a tight national federation to work towards an industrial workers' bloc firmly based in strong grassroots organisation on the factory floor. It became the first truly national non-racial trade union federation in South African history, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Barayi
Elijah Barayi (15 June 1930 – 24 January 1994) was a South African trade union leader. Born in Cradock, Barayi hoped to study at the Fort Hare University, but his family were unable to afford tuition, so he instead became a clerk at the Department of Native Affairs. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, and worked closely with James Calata. He participated in the Defiance Campaign, presenting himself at a local police station without papers after curfew, for which he was sentenced to one month in prison. In 1960, the ANC was banned, and Barayi was again arrested, and held for five months. Following release, he moved to Brakpan to escape police harassment, and found work in personnel at a gold mine. In 1973, he moved to a similar role in Carletonville, and there was elected as the chair of the mine's liaison committee. He attempted to use the role to oppose racial discrimination and underpayment, and was banned by management from standing for a second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Union Of Mineworkers (South Africa)
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is a mainly Mining industry of South Africa, mining industry related trade union, an organisation of workers with common goals through organised labour, in South Africa. With a membership of 300,000 , it is the largest affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). History The union was founded in 1982 as a black mine workers union, on the initiative of the Council of Unions of South Africa. Its first leader was Cyril Ramaphosa, under whom it grew rapidly, winning bargaining recognition from the South African Chamber of Mines, Chamber of Mines in 1983. NUM campaigned successfully in the 1980s for the end of the job reservation system, a system which ensured that the best-paid jobs were allocated to whites. The union was a founding affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions in 1985. In 2001, it absorbed the Construction and Allied Workers' Union, while in 2021 it absorbed the Liberated Metalworkers' Unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Education, Health And Allied Workers' Union
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU) is a trade union in South Africa. With a membership of 276,000 it is the largest public sector union in the country. It organizes State, Health, Education and Welfare workers. History The union was founded in 1987, when the Health and Allied Workers' Union merged with the General and Allied Workers' Union and the South African Allied Workers' Union. The NEHAWU is affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), and Public Services International and the Trade Union International Public Service and Allied The Trade Union International Public Service and Allied (TUI PS&A) is a section of the World Federation of Trade Unions representing public sector workers. History The union was founded at a conference in East Berlin on 29 October 1949 as the ... employees. Leadership General Secretaries :1987: Yure Mdyogolo :1988: Phillip Dexter :1994: Neil Thobejane :1998: Fikile Majola :2013: Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creative Workers Union Of South Africa
The Creative Workers Union of South Africa (CWUSA) was a trade union in South Africa. It was affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU or Cosatu) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions.One Union ... (COSATU). Its registration with the Department of Labour was cancelled on 9 May 2014. References @baywatchnikki Congress of South African Trade Unions Trade unions in South Africa 2014 disestablishments in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-trade-union-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood And Allied Workers' Union
The Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (CEPPWAWU) is a trade union representing workers in various industries in South Africa. The union was formed through the merger of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU) and the Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (PPWAWU) in 1999. At the time of the merger, the union had 93,000 members, which had fallen to 64,100 members by 2011. CEPPWAWU is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU or Cosatu) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions.One Union ... (COSATU). Leadership General Secretaries :1999: Muzi Buthelezi :2002: Welile Nolingo Presidents :1999: Pasco Dyani :2008: Jacob Mabena :2011: Thamsanqa Mhlongo References Trade unions based in Johannesburg Congress of South Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agricultural Food And Allied Democratic Workers Union
The Agricultural Food and Allied Democratic Workers Union (AFADWU) is a trade union representing food processing workers in South Africa. The union was founded in 2016 after the dismissal of an army of worker leaders, shop stewards and officials by the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU). FAWU also disaffiliated from the Congress of South African Trade Unions The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU or Cosatu) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions.One Union ... (COSATU). AFADWU is an association of employees whose principal purpose is to regulate relations between employees and employers, including any employers' organisations. On the 17th of April 2018, AFADWU was legally registered with the Department of Employment and Labour in terms of the Labour Relations Act No 66 of 1995 as amended. In 2018, AFADWU was accepted as an aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police And Prisons Civil Rights Union
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) is a trade union in South Africa representing police officers, traffic officers and correctional officers, it has around 120,000 members. POPCRU was formed in 1989. History On 5 September 1989, a group of Cape Coloured officers in the South African Police The South African Police (SAP) was the national police force and law enforcement agency in South Africa from 1913 to 1994; it was the ''de facto'' police force in the territory of South West Africa (Namibia) from 1939 to 1981. After South Af ... defied orders and refused to attack anti-apartheid protesters. Some of them worked with a group of prison warders to found POPCRU, in November. The new unions was unable to secure recognition, with many of its leaders being dismissed, and some being imprisoned. In 1993, it finally achieved recognition. POPCRU is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Leadership General Secretaries :Jacob Tsuma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solly Phetoe
Solly Phetoe is a South African trade union leader. Phetoe was born in Broederstroom and grew up in Skeerport. He studied at the Eden College of Braamfontein, where he became involved in anti-apartheid activism. In 1982, he became a machine operator at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, where he joined the Metal and Allied Workers' Union. This became part of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA). Phetoe became a shop steward, and later worked full-time covering the tyre industry for the union. In 2000, Phetoe became a provincial organiser for the South African Democratic Teachers Union, then in 2003 became the North West provincial organiser for the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). He served in this post until 2015, when he was elected as the federation's deputy general secretary, defeating Oscar Phaka. In the role he took the lead on enforcing occupational health Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Democratic Movement
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a South African popular front that existed from 1983 to 1991. The UDF comprised more than 400 public organizations including trade unions, students' unions, women's and parachurch organizations. The UDF's goal was to establish a "non-racial, united South Africa in which segregation is abolished and in which society is freed from institutional and systematic racism." Its slogan was "UDF Unites, Apartheid Divides." The Front was established in 1983 to oppose the introduction of the Tricameral Parliament by the white-dominated National Party government, and dissolved in 1991 during the early stages of the transition to democracy. Background Involvement in trade unions, beginning in Durban in 1973, helped create a strong, democratic political culture for black people in South Africa. Mass urban protest could also be traced to the student upsurge in Soweto in 1976. 1982 brought the effects of a world economic crisis to South Africa, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
