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Federation Of Unions Of South Africa
The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) is the second largest national trade union center in South Africa. History The federation was founded on 1 April 1997, when the Federation of South African Labour Unions merged with the Federation of Organisations Representing Civil Employees. Many affiliates of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions also joined. On founding, about 80% of its members were white-collar workers, and 70% were white. The federation worked closely with the World Confederation of Labour, but did not affiliate. Instead, in 1998, it affiliated to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and has continued membership of its successor, the International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation w ... (ITUC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysers Unie
The Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysers Unie (SAOU), sometimes translated as the South African Teachers' Union, is a trade union representing principally Afrikaans-speaking teachers in South Africa. The union was founded in 1905 to represent Afrikaans-speaking white teachers in the Cape Province. It aimed to improve the pay and working conditions of teachers, to promote education in general, and the use of the Afrikaans language. It did not participate in the anti-apartheid movement. In 1991, the union affiliated to the National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA), a loose federation. However, in July 1996, it absorbed NAPTOSA's other Afrikaans-speaking affiliates, the Natal Onderwysunie and Onderwysunie van die Oranje Vrystaat, and resigned from NAPTOSA. It initially focused its campaigns on preserving exclusively Afrikaans-speaking schools. The union decided to work more closely with the mainstream trade union movement, and affiliated to the Federation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation Of Unions Of South Africa
The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) is the second largest national trade union center in South Africa. History The federation was founded on 1 April 1997, when the Federation of South African Labour Unions merged with the Federation of Organisations Representing Civil Employees. Many affiliates of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions also joined. On founding, about 80% of its members were white-collar workers, and 70% were white. The federation worked closely with the World Confederation of Labour, but did not affiliate. Instead, in 1998, it affiliated to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and has continued membership of its successor, the International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation w ... (ITUC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Transport And Allied Trade Union
The United Transport and Allied Trade Union (UTATU) was a trade union representing workers in the transport industry in South Africa. The union was established in 2000, when the South African Footplate Staff Association merged with the Technical Workers' Union. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the Federation of Unions of South Africa. By 2011, it had about 25,000 members. In 2012, it merged with the South African Railways and Harbours Union, to form UTATU SARWHU The United National Transport Union (UNTU) is a trade union representing transport workers in South Africa. The union was founded on 22 June 2012, when the United Transport and Allied Trade Union merged with the South African Railways and Harbour .... The union was initially known as UTATU SARWHU, but became UNTU in 2014.{{cite book , last1=Lawrence , first1=Andrew , title=Employer and Worker Collective Action , date=2014 , publisher=Cambridge University Press , location=Cambridge , isbn=1107071755 Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Technical Workers' Union
The Artisan Staff Association (ASA) was a trade union representing higher-paid technical railway workers in South Africa. The union was established in 1924, on the initiative of the National Shop Stewards' Association. It attempted to register with the Government of South Africa in 1926, but was rejected due to opposition from smaller, sectional, unions of technical railway workers. The union avoided strikes, a position popular with many railway workers following the defeat of a major strike in 1914. Despite its marginalisation, the union survived by collaborating closely with the South African Railways and Harbours Salaried Staff Association, and from 1928 as part of the new Federal Consultative Council of South African Railways and Harbours Staff Associations. It was finally permitted to register in 1930, and survived the depression by arguing that members should be downgraded rather than laid off. From the 1950s, the Federal Consultative Council was affiliated to the all- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Workers' Union
The Sweet Workers' Union (SWU) was a small but long-lived union representing confectionery workers in South Africa. In 1925, a Women Workers' Union was established by F. Klenerman. It affiliated to the South African Trades Union Congress (SATUC), but as a general union, it was prohibited from registering with the government. As it only had membership in two industries, in 1926 it split into the Waitresses' Union and the Sweet Makers' Union. It had about 200 members, which represented 75% of the sweet makers in Johannesburg. It remained affiliated when the SATUC merged into the South African Trades and Labour Council. In the late 1930s, the union was led by Dulcie Hartwell, and in 1937, E. J. Burford established a parallel African Sweet Workers' Union to represent black labourers in the industry. In 1939, the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa helped the union expand nationwide, and by 1947, it had grown to 1,843 members. It was associated with the left wing of the movement, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Workers' Union
The South African Iron and Steel Trades Association (SAISTA; af, Suid Afrikaanse Yster en Staalbedryfsvereniging) was a trade union representing white metalworkers in South Africa. The union was founded in 1936, with support from the Nasionale Raad van Trustees. It initially had only 300 members, but grew steadily, becoming particularly associated with Afrikaners. It attempted to form a trade union federation restricted to white workers, but was unable to do so, and instead in 1944 affiliated to the South African Trades and Labour Council (SAT&LC). Within the SAT&LC, the union argued against representation for black workers, and in 1947 it resigned over the issue. The following year, it was a founding affiliate of the all-white Co-ordinating Council of South African Trade Unions, and then from 1957 part of the larger South African Confederation of Labour (SACOL). By 1976, it had 36,000 members, and was the largest union of white workers. Around 1980, the union renamed itsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Footplate Staff Association
The South African Footplate Staff Association (SAFSA) was a trade union representing white railway workers in South Africa. The union was founded in 1905, as the Locomotive Engineers' Mutual Aid Society. It was initially focused on the Cape, but by the 1920s had 1,500 members across the country. It affiliated to the Federal Consultative Council of South African Railways and Harbours Staff Associations (FCC), and by 1962 it had 9,896 members. In 1975, the other FCC members affiliated to the South African Confederation of Labour, but SAFSA decided against joining. In 1976, SAFSA formed the South African Central Labour Organisation with the Amalgamated Engineering Union of South Africa, but it proved unsuccessful, and in 1982 the union instead joined the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA). By 1980, it had 9,331 members, all of whom were white. In 1984, SAFSA resigned from TUCSA, later joining the Federation of South African Labour Unions, and then its successor, the Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SALSTAFF
The Salaried Staff Association (SALSTAFF) was a trade union representing railway workers in South Africa. The union was founded in 1918, as the South African Railways and Harbours Salaried Staff Association, and long represented only white workers. In 1928, it was a leading founder of the Federal Consultative Council of South African Railways and Harbours Staff Associations, which from the 1950s was affiliated to the all-white South African Confederation of Labour. By 1980, it had 27,545 members. By the early 1990s, the union had transferred to the Federation of South African Labour Unions, its membership dropping to 16,000 in 1992. In 1997, it became an affiliate of the Federation of Unions of South Africa In 2002, it merged into the United Association of South Africa The UASA is a general union in South Africa. Background The union was founded on 1 April 1998, when the Administrative, Technical and Electronic Association of South Africa merged with the Underground Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public And Allied Workers' Union Of South Africa
The Public and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (PAWUSA) is a trade union for public sector workers in South Africa. It is affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is 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 ... (COSATU). External links Website of the organisation Congress of South African Trade Unions Trade unions in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-trade-union-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officials' Association Of South Africa
The Underground Officials' Association (UOA) was a trade union representing supervisors in the mining industry in South Africa. The union was founded in 1918. It accepted only white workers, and prided itself on not operating a closed shop and never holding a strike. It registered with the Government of South Africa in 1924. By 1980, it had 14,462 members, and that year, it began accepting all workers holding supervisory positions in the mines. In 1983, the union finally agreed with the government to open all mining supervisory positions to non-white workers. By 1985, it had affiliated to the Federation of Salaried Staff Associations.{{cite journal , title=Functional federations and consultative councils , journal=South African Labour Bulletin , date=October 1985 , url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/DC/LaOct85/LaOct85.pdf , access-date=24 March 2021 It had obtained a closed shop agreement, but deputy general secretary Koos Bezuidenhout believed that this woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union
The Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union (IMATU) is a trade union in South Africa. It has a membership of 105,000 and is the largest politically independent trade union in the local government sector. The Union was founded on 8 March 1996, with the merger of five unions: * Durban Municipal Employees' Association * Johannesburg Municipal Employees' Association * National Union of Employees of Local Authorities * South African Association of Municipal Employees * South African Local Authorities and Allied Workers' Union It originally affiliated to the Federation of South African Labour Unions, then to its successor, the Federation of Unions of South Africa The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) is the second largest national trade union center in South Africa. History The federation was founded on 1 April 1997, when the Federation of South African Labour Unions merged with the Feder ..., but it is now independent. External links * References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |