The Trade Union Advisory Co-ordinating Council (TUACC) was a

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. The General Factory Workers' Benefit Fund was established in 1972, as part of the

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. From 1973, it began launching trade unions, organised loosely from January 1974 as the "Trade Union Advisory Co-ordinating Council". The unions were organised on a factory basis, and aimed to be highly democratic, and open to all workers, regardless of race. They grew rapidly at first, and although they lost members later in the decade, they remained active. The federation's affiliates were: {, class="wikitable sortable" ! Union !! Abbreviation !! Founded , - , Chemical Workers' Industrial Union , , CWIU , , 1974 , - , Furniture and Timber Workers' Union , , , , 1974 , - ,

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, , TGWU , , 1974 In 1974, the Industrial Aid Society was founded in the

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, and this worked closely with TUACC, providing advisory services. In 1979, the majority of TUACC affiliates led the formation of the

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, and TUACC was dissolved.

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National trade union centres of South Africa Trade unions established in 1974 Trade unions disestablished in 1979