Congress of South African Trade Unions

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Congress of South African Trade Unions
national trade union center
Inception1 December 1985 Edit
Short nameCOSATU Edit
CountrySouth Africa Edit
Headquarters locationJohannesburg Edit
Official websitehttp://www.cosatu.org.za/ Edit

De Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU or Cosatu) be sam trade union federation for South Africa insyd. Dem form am for 1985 insyd wey ebe de largest of de country ein three main trade union federations, plus 21 trade unions wey be affiliate.[1]

Ein History[edit | edit source]

Dema Founding den early history[edit | edit source]

For 30 Nov 1985 insyd, 33 unions meet for University of Natal insyd for talks for forming sam federation of trade unions.[2] Dis follow four years of unity talks between competing unions den federations wey dem oppose give apartheid wey na dem be "committed plus non-racial, non-sexist den democratic South Africa." Dem officially establish COSATU for 1 December 1985 insyd.[3][4] Among de founding unions be de affiliates of de Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU),[5] de small National Federation of Workers,[6] den sam independent unions, notably de National Union of Mineworkers. Na Elijah Barayi be de organisation ein first president wey na Jay Naidoo be de first general secretary.[2]

Dema Affiliates[edit | edit source]

Dema Current affiliates[edit | edit source]

De following unions be list by COSATU as dema affiliates:[7]

Union Abbreviation Founded Membership (2014)[8]
Agricultural Food and Allied Democratic Workers Union AFADWU 2016 N/A
Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union CEPPWAWU 1999 80,331
Communication Workers Union CWU 1999 22,007
Creative Workers Union of South Africa CWUSA 2014 N/A
Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa DENOSA 1996 81,319
National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union NEHAWU 1987 277,317
National Union of Mineworkers NUM 1982 270,649
Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union POPCRU 1989 149,339
Public and Allied Workers Union of South Africa PAWUSA 1967 17,146
South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union SACCAWU 1975 120,352
Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union SACTWU 1989 85,000
South African Democratic Nurses' Union SADNU 1995 8,655
South African Democratic Teachers Union SADTU 1990 253,039
South African Emergency Personnel's Union SAEPU 2006 N/A
South African Medical Association SAMA 1998 8,166
South African Municipal Workers' Union SAMWU 1987 161,490
SASBO – The Finance Union SASBO 1916 66,539
South African Security Forces Union SASFU 1999 N/A
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union SATAWU 2000 152,254

Dema Former affiliates[edit | edit source]

Union Abbreviation Founded Left Reason not affiliated Membership (1985)[9] Membership (1993)[10]
Amalgamated Black Workers' Union ABWU 1984 1986 Merged into TGWU 1,000 N/A
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of South Africa ACTWUSA 1987 1989 Merged into SACTWU N/A N/A
Brick, Clay and Allied Workers' Union BRICKAWU 1987 Merged into CAWU 748 N/A
Cape Town Municipal Workers' Association CTMWA 1928 1987 Merged into SAMWU 11,097 N/A
Chemical Workers' Industrial Union CWIU 1974 1999 Merged into CEPPWAWU 20,700 41,462
Cleaning Services and Allied Workers' Union CSAWU Merged into TGWU 850 N/A
Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union CDWU 1,600 N/A
Construction and Allied Workers' Union CAWU 1987 2001 Merged into NUM N/A 24,300
Food and Allied Workers Union FAWU 1986 2016 Disaffiliated N/A 121,534
Food and Canning Workers' Union FCWU 1941 1986 Merged into FAWU 26,455 N/A
General and Allied Workers' Union GAWU 1980 1987 Merged into NEHAWU 19,076 N/A
General Workers' Union GWU 1977 1986 Merged into TGWU 20,000 N/A
General Workers' Union of South Africa GWUSA 1981 1987 Dissolved 2,905 N/A
Health and Allied Workers' Union HAWU 1987 Merged into NEHAWU 1,111 N/A
Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union HARWU 1926 1990 Merged into SACCAWU N/A
Institute of Public Servants IPS N/A N/A
Liberated Metalworkers' Union of South Africa LIMUSA 2015 2021 Merged into NUM N/A N/A
Metal and Allied Workers' Union MAWU 1973 1987 Merged into NUMSA 38,789 N/A
Motor Assembly and Component Workers' Union of South Africa MACWUSA 1982 1987 Merged into NUMSA 3,100 N/A
Municipal Workers' Union of South Africa MWUSA 1982 1987 Merged into SAMWU 9,249 N/A
Musicians Union of South Africa MUSA 1994 2014 Merged into CWUSA N/A N/A
National Automobile and Allied Workers' Union NAAWU 1980 1987 Merged into NUMSA 20,338 N/A
National General Workers' Union of South Africa NGWUSA 1984 6,037 N/A
National Iron, Steel and Metal Workers' Union NISMAWU 1980 1986 Merged into MAWU 976 N/A
National Post Office and Allied Workers' Union NAPAWU 2,163 N/A
National Unemployed Workers Co-ordinating Committee NUWCC 1987 1991 Dissolved N/A N/A
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa NUMSA 1987 2014 Expelled 100,000 253,796
National Union of Printers and Allied Workers NUPAWO 1984 1987 Merged into PPWAWU N/A
National Union of Textile Workers NUTW 1973 1987 Merged into ACTWUSA 23,241 N/A
Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union PPWAWU 1974 1999 Merged into CEPPWAWU 11,856 37,951
Performing Arts Workers' Equity PAWE 2014 Merged into CWUSA N/A N/A
Post and Telecommunication Workers' Association POTWA 1986 1996 Merged into CWU N/A 23,081
Retail and Allied Workers' Union RAWU 1984 1986 Merged into FAWU 3,830 N/A
South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers Union SAAPAWU 1995 2004 Merged into FAWU N/A N/A
South African Allied Workers' Union SAAWU 1978 1987 Merged into NEHAWU 25,032 N/A
South African Domestic Workers' Association SADWA 1981 1986 Merged into SADWU 4,500 N/A
South African Domestic Workers' Union SADWU 1986 1998 Dissolved N/A 16,172
South African Football Players Union SAFPU 1997 2016 Disaffiliated N/A N/A
South African Mineworkers' Union SAMWU 1983 1987 Dissolved 3,029 N/A
South African Railways and Harbours Union SARHWU 1936 2000 Merged into SATAWU 8,220 41,081
South African Scooter Transport and Allied Workers' Union SASTAWU 1981 1986 Merged into TGWU 4,700 N/A
South African State and Allied Workers' Union SASAWU 2000 2015 Disaffiliated N/A N/A
South African Textile and Allied Workers' Union SATAWU 1984 1988 Merged into GAWU 1,900 N/A
South African Tin Workers' Union SATWU 1937 581 N/A
Sweet, Food and Allied Workers' Union SFAWU 1974 1986 Merged into FAWU 19,596 N/A
Transport and General Workers' Union TGWU 1973 2000 Merged into SATAWU 11,000 38,036
United Mining, Metal and Allied Workers of South Africa UMMAWOSA 1983 1987 Merged into NUMSA 8,335 N/A

Dema Current officeholders[edit | edit source]

National Office Bearers:[11]

  • President: Zingiswa Losi
  • First Deputy-President: Mike Shingange
  • Second Deputy-President: Louise Thipe
  • Secretary General: Bheki Ntshalintshali
  • Deputy General Secretary: Solly Phetoe
  • Treasurer: Freda Oosthuysen

Provincial Secretaries:[12]

  • Eastern Cape: Xolani Malamlela
  • Free State: Monyatso Mahlatsi
  • Gauteng: Dumisani Dakile
  • KwaZulu-Natal: Edwin Mkhize
  • Limpopo: Gerald Twala
  • Mpumalanga: Thabo Mokoena
  • North West: Job Dliso
  • Northern Cape: Orapeleng Moraladi
  • Western Cape: Melvyn de Bryn

Make you see dis one too[edit | edit source]

  • Trade unions in South Africa
  • 2007 South African public servants' strike
  • Siphiwe Mvuyane
  • John Gomomo

You fi read further[edit | edit source]

  • Jeremy Baskin, Striking Back: A history of Cosatu, Routledge (September 1991), sam account of COSATU dema early years from 1985 till de release of Nelson Mandela for 1990 insyd

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "More unions quit Cosatu's exec body". fin24.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 tinashe (8 December 2011). "Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)". sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ↑ South African History Online. "Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)". sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Cosatu. "Brief History of Cosatu". cosatu.org.za. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Friedman, Michelle (2010). "The Future is in the Hands of the Workers": A History of Fosatu (PDF). Johannesburg: Mutloatse Heritage Trust. p. 122–124. ISBN 978-09869833-1-3. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Directory: South Africa's Independent Unions" (PDF). South African History Online. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Organisational Report on the Federation's Activities Consolidated Departmental and Provincial Reports Towards the COSATU 13th National Congress". COSATU. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Ashman, Sam (2015). "The Social Crisis of Labour and the Crisis of Labour Politics in South Africa". Revue Tiers Monde. 224 (4): 47. doi:10.3917/rtm.224.0047. S2CID 155766018.
  9. ↑ Baskin, Jeremy (1991). Striking back: A history of COSATU. London: Verso. p. 55. ISBN 0860913457.
  10. ↑ Catchpowle, Lesley (2002). A Case Study of the South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) in the Western Cape (1992-1997) (PDF). Greenwich: University of Greenwich. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "National Office Bearers". cosatu.org.za. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Welcome to the Congress of South African Trade Unions website". cosatu.org.za. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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