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Amalgamated Clothing And Textile Workers' Union Of South Africa
The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of South Africa (ACTWUSA) was 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 (s ... representing workers in the garment and fabric industries in South Africa. The union was founded in 1987, when the National Union of Textile Workers merged with the National Union of Garment Workers, and the Textile Workers' Industrial Union. The Garment Workers' Union of the Western Province hoped to join, but was rejected as it was regarded as a benefit society which did not represent workers' rights. The Garment Workers' Industrial Union decided against joining. The union had about 70,000 members, mostly in Natal and Transvaal. Like its predecessors, it affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions. On 16 Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (such as holiday, health care, and retirement), improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting the integrity of their trade through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The delegate staff of the trade union representation in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members in democratic elections. The trade union, through an elected leadership and bargaining committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Union Of Textile Workers (South Africa)
The National Union of Textile Workers (NUTW) was a trade union representing workers in the textile industry in South Africa. The union was established in September 1973, following a series of strikes in Durban. The union welcomed workers of all ethnicities, which meant that it was unable to register with the Government of South Africa. Many of the union's leaders were detained, including acting general secretary Halton Cheadle, who was subsequently banned from holding any trade union office. The union had to collect subscription by hand and struggled to gain any recognition from employers, but in 1974 it signed a formal recognition with Smith and Nephew, the first such agreement in the country. After 53 legal cases, it finally also obtained recognition from the Frame group. Its main focus was establishing shop stewards' councils in each workplace.{{cite web , title=A brief history of SACTWU , url=https://www.sactwulifehistory.com/union-history , website=SACTWU , access-da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Union Of Garment Workers
The National Union of Garment Workers (NUGW) was a trade union representing clothing workers in South Africa. The union was established in 1985, when the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa (GWUSA) merged with the National Union of Clothing Workers (NUCW). The two unions had worked together for nearly twenty years, but as the GWUSA represented white and coloured workers, and the NUCW represented black workers, the two had not previously been permitted to merge. The new union had about 32,000 members.{{cite web , title=A brief history of SACTWU , url=https://www.sactwulifehistory.com/union-history , website=SACTWU , access-date=4 March 2021 The union was initially affiliated to the Trade Union Council of South Africa, but it resigned in 1986, arguing that the council was not supportive of commemorations of May Day and the Soweto uprising. In 1987, it merged with the National Union of Textile Workers and the Textile Workers' Industrial Union, to form the Amalgamated Clot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garment Workers' Union Of The Western Province
The Garment Workers' Union of the Western Province (GWU-WP) was a trade union representing workers in the clothing industry in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The union was founded in 1933 by Harry Evans as the Garment Workers' Union of the Cape Peninsula, and registered with the government two years later. It gradually expanded its remit to cover Cape Town, Simonstown and Wynberg, and therefore became the GWUWP. It represented white and "coloured" workers, but not black workers. The union focused on providing friendly benefits to its members, including creches, educational bursaries and housing loans. It introduced unemployment insurance in 1940, and sickness insurance in 1942. It made little effort to increase wages for workers, and clothing workers in the Western Cape remained significantly lower paid than those in the Transvaal. Due to its non-combative attitude, it was supported by many employers, and grew to be the largest union in South Africa. The unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garment Workers' Industrial Union
The Garment Workers' Industrial Union (GWIU) was a trade union representing clothing workers in South Africa. The union was established on 2 August 1934 by James Bolton in Natal. Bolton was already the leader of the Furniture Workers' Industrial Union. In 1936, the Natal Industrial Council was founded, on which the GWIU played a leading role, and it achieved an agreement on pay and conditions, which was extended to black workers in 1937. The union also established a fund for sick workers the following year, and an unemployment fund in the 1940s. Although the union did not accept black workers as members, in 1948 it set up a parallel union for them, and employed Amos Dube as its organiser. In 1964, James Bolton died, and the leadership of the union was taken over by his wife, Harriet. In 1971, she organised a protest of 31,000 workers over low pay, and also opened new offices for the union, named Bolton Hall. The following year, she founded the General Factory Workers' Bene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natal Province
The Province of Natal (), commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. During this period rural areas inhabited by the black African population of Natal were organized into the bantustan of KwaZulu, which was progressively separated from the province, becoming partially autonomous in 1981. Of the white population, the majority were English-speaking people of British descent, causing Natal to become the only province to vote "No" to the creation of a republic in the referendum of 1960, due to very strong monarchist, pro- British Commonwealth, and anti- secessionist sentiment. In the latter part of the 1980s, Natal was in a state of violence between the Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress, with violence subsidising soon after the first non-racial election in 1994.Taylor, Rupert. "Justice denied: political violence in Kwazulu‐Natal after 1994." African Affairs 101, no. 405 (2002): 473 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transvaal Province
The Province of the Transvaal ( af, Provinsie van Transvaal), commonly referred to as the Transvaal (; ), was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it following the end of apartheid. The name "Transvaal" refers to the province's geographical location to the north of the Vaal River. Its capital was Pretoria, which was also the country's executive capital. History In 1910, four British colonies united to form the Union of South Africa. The Transvaal Colony, which had been formed out of the bulk of the old South African Republic after the Second Boer War, became the Transvaal Province in the new union. Half a century later, in 1961, the union ceased to be part of the Commonwealth of Nations and became the Republic of South Africa. The PWV (Pretoria-Witwatersrand- Vereeniging) conurbation in the Transvaal, centred on Pretoria and Johannesburg, became South Africa's economic powerhouse, a position it still holds today as Gauteng Pro ... [...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 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 of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU), the small National Federation of Workers, and some independent unions, notably the National Union of Mineworkers. Elijah Barayi was the organisation's first president and Jay Naidoo the first general secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garment And Allied Workers' Union Of South Africa
The Garment and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa (GAWU) was a trade union representing clothing workers in South Africa. The union was established on 5 December 1987, when the Garment Workers' Industrial Union merged with the Garment Workers' Union of the Western Province. It initially had 102,000 members, the large majority in Natal, but also with some strength in Western Cape. The new union requested affiliation to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). However, the COSATU's policy was that there should only be one union per industry, and so asked GAWU to merge with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of South Africa The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of South Africa (ACTWUSA) was 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 im ... (ACTWUSA). In the meantime, it granted it only observer status.{{cite jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern African Clothing And Textile Workers Union
The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) is the biggest union in the South African clothing, textile, footwear and leather industry, with more than 100 000 members. It negotiates wages for the vast majority of workers in these industries in South Africa, with the collective bargaining agreements covering over 150 000 workers. SACTWU is the sixth largest affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The union was born through the merger of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of South Africa and the Garment and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa, on 16 September 1989. Leadership General Secretaries :Jabu Ngcobo :1999: Ebrahim Patel Ebrahim Patel (born 1962 in District Six in Cape Town) is a South African cabinet minister, who holds the position of Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition. He previously served as Minister of Economic Development from 2009 to 2019. Ba ... :2009: Andre Kriel Presidents :1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Textile And Clothing Trade Unions
{{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) Textile and clothing trade unions are labor unions that represent workers in the textile industry and garment industry. A partial list is as follows. International *IndustriALL Global Union (Switzerland) * International Trade Union Confederation (Belgium) Africa * Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (South Africa) Asia *All India Jute Textile Workers' Federation (India) *Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Federation (India) *Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union (India) *Bengal Jute Mill Workers' Union (India) *Bengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor Union (India) * Bunkar Mahasabha (India) *Coimbatore District Textile Workers Union (India) *Federation of Chatkal Mazdoor Unions (India) * National Committee of the Chinese Financial, Commercial, Light Industry, Textile and Tobacco Workers' Union (People's Republic of China) *National Union of Jute Workers (India) *Pondicherry Textile Labour Union (India) *Powerloom Workers Union (India) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
