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South African Congress Of Trade Unions
The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was a national trade union federation in South Africa. History The federation was established in March 1955, after right wing unions dissolved the South African Trades and Labour Council in 1954 to form the exclusive white, coloured, and Indian workers' Trade Union Council of South Africa. It combined the unregistered African unions affiliated to the Council of Non-European Trade Unions with fourteen registered unions which refused to join the TUCSA. The South African Railways and Harbours Union and the Food and Canning Workers' Union were among the founder members. The Industrial Conciliation Act, 1956 banned the registration of multi-racial trade unions. SACTU was explicitly political and was one of the founders of the Congress Alliance in 1955, and all African National Congress (ANC) members who were workers were required to join SACTU. The federation's first conference in 1956 proclaimed that the fights for economic and pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Trade Union Federation
A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such as the Nordic countries, different centers exist on a sectoral basis, for example for blue collar workers and professionals. Among the larger national centers in the world are the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Change to Win Federation in the USA; the Canadian Labour Congress; the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Britain; the Irish Congress of Trade Unions; the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU); the Congress of South African Trade Unions; the Dutch FNV; the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish LO; the German DGB; the French CGT and CFDT; the Indian BMS, INTUC, AITUC and HMS; the Italian CISL, CGIL and UIL; the Spanish CCOO, CNT, CGT and USO; the Czech ČMKOS; the Japan Trade Union C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Federation Of Trade Unions
The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established in 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation of Trade Unions as a single structure for trade unions world-wide. With the emergence of the Cold War in the late 1940s, the WFTU splintered, with most trade unions from the Western-aligned countries leaving and creating the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) in 1949. Throughout the Cold War, membership of the WFTU was made up predominantly of trade unions from the Soviet-aligned and non-aligned countries. However, there were notable exceptions to this, such as the Yugoslav and Chinese unions, which departed following the Tito-Stalin and Sino-Soviet splits, respectively, or the French CGT and Italian CGIL unions, who were members. With the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the WFTU los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Trade Unions In South Africa
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Textile Workers' Industrial Union
The Textile Workers' Industrial Union (TWIU) was a trade union representing workers in the textile industry in South Africa. The union was founded in 1935 and affiliated to the South African Trades and Labour Council. It was unusual in that it admitted both black and white workers, and in Cape Town and Harrismith, they formed part of the same branches. This position was championed by the union's general secretary, Roy du Preez. In 1942, it helped reorganise the African Laundry Workers' Union. In 1950, the union was banned from representing both black and white workers, and so it formed the African Textile Workers' Industrial Union to represent black workers. In 1954, its white members split away to form a racial union. The surviving union affiliated to the Trade Union Council of South Africa. In 1987, it merged with the National Union of Textile Workers and the National Union of Garment Workers, to form the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of South Africa Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Clothing Workers' Union
The African Clothing Workers' Union (ACWU) was a trade union representing workers in the garment industry South Africa. The union was founded in 1928, on the initiative of the South African Communist Party (SACP), and it was a founding affiliate of the Federation of Non-European Trade Unions. While it was initially one of many new industrial unions to organise black workers, it was almost unique in surviving the Great Depression - the other two being the African Laundry Workers' Union and the Cape Town Stevedoring Workers Union. The union was led by Gana Makabeni, who soon moved to become an early member of the African National Congress, and attempted to use the union to organise workers in other industries. In 1941, the union was a founding affiliate of the Council of Non-European Trade Unions. Makabeni led the union until his death, in 1955. He was succeeded by Viola Hashe, the first woman to lead an all-male trade union in South Africa. In 1962, the union merged with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durban Indian Municipal Employees' Society
The Durban Indian Municipal Employees' Society (DIMES) was a trade union representing municipal workers of Indian origin, in Durban in South Africa. The union was founded in 1936, and by 1943, it had 2,450 members. It affiliated to the South African Trades and Labour Council. In the 1940s, the union was led by Billy Peters, a member of the Communist Party of South Africa. It opposed apartheid, and in 1955 was a founding affiliate of the inclusive South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). One of the federation's larger affiliates, in 1962, it had about 1,600 members. However, the union's leadership had moved to the right, and when SACTU was banned, they switched its membership to the more conservative Trade Union Council of South Africa The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was a national trade union federation in South Africa. History The council was founded in October 1954 by 61 unions which split from the South African Trades and Labour Council. They deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ... 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 On 30 Nov 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Taolo Gaetsewe
John Taolo Gaetsewe was born in the village of Maruping in Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Segonyana is the Setswana name of a spring, commonly known as Eye of Kuruman. Main places The 2001 census divid .... He was active in the African National Union of Laundry and Dry Cleaning Workers He was the last elected General Secretary of the South African Congress of Trade Unions. He went to London after he was banned where he worked with Archie Sibeko and others. He relaunched the SACTU journal, Workers` Unity from London. He died in Botswana in December 1988. In his honour the Kgalagadi District Municipality was renamed the JohnTaolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in 2008. References 1988 deaths South African trade unionists {{SouthAfrica-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bantu Labour Relations Regulations Amendment Act
The Bantu Labour Relations Regulations Amendment Act was an Act of the South African Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ... in 1973. It permitted some industrial activity within a restrictive framework of liaison committees and works committees. Liaison committees were consultative. Half of their members were management representatives and half were selected from the workers. Works committees were made up exclusively of workers and their job was to convey workers' demands to the employers. However, they had no power to represent individual workers. There was no legal framework for reaching agreements. The Act also empowered the Minister to issue a Wages Order setting wages at the employer's request. 2503 liaison committees were established by 1977 - eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Transport Workers' Federation
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a democratic global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2017 the ITF had 677 member organizations in 149 countries, representing a combined membership of 19.7 million transport workers in all industrial transport sectors: civil aviation, dockers, inland navigation, seafarers, road transport, railways, fisheries, urban transport and tourism. The ITF represents the interests of transport workers' unions in bodies that take decisions affecting jobs, employment conditions or safety in the transport industry. Organisation The ITF works to improve the lives of transport workers globally, encouraging and organising international solidarity among its network of affiliates. The ITF is allied with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Any independent trade union with members in the transport industry is eligible for membership of the organization. The ITF represents the interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durban
Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-05.The names and the naming of Durban Website ''natalia.org.za'' (pdf). Retrieved 2021-03-05. is the third most populous city in after and |
Federation Of Free African Trade Unions Of South Africa
The Federation of Free African Trade Unions of South Africa (FOFATUSA) was a national trade union federation for unions representing black workers in South Africa. History Unions representing black workers were not permitted to affiliate to the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA), as in order to register with the Government of South Africa, it only admitted unions representing white and "coloured" workers. While many unions of black workers joined the left-wing South African Congress of Trade Unions, five more right-wing unions remained informally linked with TUCSA affiliates. Late in 1959, they decided to form their own federation, FOFATUSA. FOFATUSA was linked with the Pan-African Congress, and also affiliated to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, which funded many of its activities. Lucy Mvubelo Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo (1920 – 30 October 2000) was a South African trade unionist. Born Lucy Twala in Johannesburg, she was educated at the Inan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
