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The Urban Training Project (UTP) was an initiative to encourage black workers in South Africa to form new trade unions. During the 1960s, the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) had first permitted unions representing black workers to affiliate, then banned them, in response to a backlash from many of its white affiliates. Its African affairs section closed in 1969. Former officials of the section established the Urban Training Project in Johannesburg the following year, with the intention of educating black workers on trade unionism and works councils. Numerous trade unions were created through the work of the project: {, class="wikitable sortable" ! Union !! Abbreviation !! Founded , - ,
Building, Construction and Allied Workers' Union The Building, Construction and Allied Workers' Union (BCAWU) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in South Africa. The union was founded in 1975 to represent black workers in the industry. It affiliated to the Black ...
, , BCAWU , , 1975 , - , Commercial Catering and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa , , CCAWUSA , , 1976 , - , Glass and Allied Workers' Union , , GAWU , , 1975 , - , Laundry and Dry Cleaning Workers' Association , , LDCWA , , 1972 , - , National Union of Textile Workers , , NUTW , , 1973 , - ,
Paper, Wood and Allied Workers' Union The Paper, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (PWAWU) was a trade union representing workers in various related industries in South Africa. The union was founded on 31 May 1974 in Springs, Transvaal, with the assistance of the Urban Training Project ...
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South African Chemical Workers' Union The South African Chemical Workers' Union (SACWU) is a trade union representing workers in the chemical industry in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in A ...
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Sweet, Food and Allied Workers' Union The Sweet, Food and Allied Workers' Union (SFAWU) was a trade union representing food processing workers in South Africa. The union was founded in February 1974 in Durban, with the assistance of the Urban Training Project. By 1977, it had sprea ...
, , SFAWU , , 1974 , - , United Automobile, Rubber and Allied Workers' Union , , UAW , , 1975 In 1973, the affiliates founded the Black Consultative Committee (BCC), as a loose federation. This began working closely with TUCSA, and led rival unions to accuse the BCC unions of not being truly independent. In 1979, some of the committee's affiliates joined the new Federation of South African Trade Unions, leading to their expulsion from the group. Most of the remaining unions took part in the formation of the
Council of Unions of South Africa The Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) was a national trade union federation in South Africa. History The federation was founded on 14 September 1980 by the former affiliates of the Black Consultative Committee which did not wish to join the ...
on 14 September 1980.


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National trade union centres of South Africa Trade unions established in 1973 Trade unions disestablished in 1980