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By 1954 SATLC was disbanded, and with the formation of the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) union membership included white, coloured, and Asians, with blacks in dependent organizations. Independent black unions were excluded from affiliation and 14 previous unions from SATLC founded the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU ...
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. [3] Lucy Mvubelo was appointed as its president, while Jacob Nyaose became its general secretary, and Sarah Chitja was national secretary.
The union was founded in 1975 to represent black workers in the industry. It affiliated to the Black Consultative Committee, [1] and then to the Council of Unions of South Africa. It had 9,200 members by 1981, [2] growing to 27,264 in 1986, [3] with a particular strength around Gauteng, where it was the leading union in the industry. [4]
It argued for an independent trade union movement of and led by black workers. As such, it refused to work with the Trade Union Council of South Africa , which was led by white workers and had at times expelled unions of black workers, and while some members had links with the South African Congress of Trade Unions , BAWU's leadership disliked ...
The Transport and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa (TAWUSA) is a trade union representing workers in the transport sector in South Africa. The union was established in 1972 to represent black workers in the industry. In 1980, it was a founding affiliate of the Council of Unions of South Africa, and it grew from 8,183 members in 1981, [1 ...
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 2017, and is the second largest of the country's main trade union confederations , with 21 affiliated trade unions organising 800,000 workers.
The federation was formed at a congress over the weekend of 14–15 April 1979 in Hammanskraal and officially launched five days later on 20 April. [1] [2] Its roots lay in the unions which had emerged from the spontaneous 1973 strike wave by black workers in Durban and Pinetown as part of the "Durban Moment", [3] and which had since been part of the Trade Union Advisory Co-ordinating Council ...
It did not admit black or Asian workers, and opposed their involvement in the printing industry. [1] It joined the South African Trades and Labour Council, then became a leading figure in the 1951 split which formed the South African Federation of Trade Unions, before joining the Trade Union Council of South Africa. [5] [6] [7] In 1980, it ...