Communication Workers Union (South Africa)

Last updated

CWU
Communication Workers Union
Founded9 May 1996;27 years ago (1996-05-09)
Headquarters16 - 20 New Street South, Gandhi Square, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2001
Location
Members
44,000
Key people
Aubrey Tshabalala (General Secretary) and Clyde Mervin (President)
Affiliations COSATU
Website www.cwu.org.za

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is a trade union representing ICT and postal workers in South Africa.

The union was founded in May 1996, when the Post and Telecommunication Workers' Association (POTWA) merged with two small staff associations: the Post Office Employees' Association, and the South African Post Telecommunication Employees' Association. Like POTWA, the union affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions. While the leaders of POTWA were expected to win election to the leadership of the merged union, instead a rival slate of POTWA members won the initial elections, led by president Tlhalefang Sekano. [1]

General Secretaries

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Connect (British trade union)</span> Former trade union of the United Kingdom

Connect was a British trade union representing workers in the communications industry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manto Tshabalala-Msimang</span> South African politician

Mantombazana "Manto" Edmie Tshabalala-Msimang was a South African politician. She was Deputy Minister of Justice from 1996 to 1999 and served as Minister of Health from 1999 to 2008 under President Thabo Mbeki. She also served as Minister in the Presidency under President Kgalema Motlanthe from September 2008 to May 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Union of Communication Workers</span> Former trade union of the United Kingdom

The Union of Communication Workers (UCW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the post office and telecommunications industries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick</span> Archive

The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library. It was established in October 1973 and holds the world's largest archive collection on British industrial relations, as well as archives relating to many other aspects of British social, political and economic history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South African Municipal Workers' Union</span> Trade union in South Africa

The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) is the largest union in local government in South Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa</span>

The Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (HOSPERSA) is a trade union in South Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union</span> Trade union in South Africa

The Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union (IMATU) is a trade union in South Africa. It has a membership of 105,000 and is the largest politically independent trade union in the local government sector.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UASA</span> Trade union in South Africa

The UASA is a general union in South Africa.

Trade unions in South Africa has a history dating back to the 1880s. From the beginning unions could be viewed as a reflection of the racial disunity of the country, with the earliest unions being predominantly for white workers. Through the turbulent years of 1948–1991 trade unions played an important part in developing political and economic resistance, and eventually were one of the driving forces in realising the transition to an inclusive democratic government.

The South African Trades Union Congress (TUC) was a national trade union federation in South Africa.

The Union of Swiss Telegraph and Telephone Supervisors was a trade union representing telecommunication workers in Switzerland.

The National Union of Postal and Telecommunication Employees (NUPTE) is a trade union representing workers in the communication industry in Nigeria.

The Post and Telecommunication Workers' Association (POTWA) was a trade union representing workers in the communications industry in South Africa.

The Professional Educators' Union (PEU) is a trade union representing education workers in South Africa.

The Communications Workers' Union is a trade union representing workers in the postal and telecommunication sectors in Ghana.

The Australian Telecommunications Employees' Association (ATEA) was an Australian trade union representing technical and trades employees in the telecommunications industry from 1912 to 1992. Its members were primarily employed by the Postmaster-General's Department, the Australian Broadcasting Control Board and the Department of Posts and Telecommunications.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volkswagen and unions</span> Collective worker action at the German auto firm Volkswagen

Workers of the German auto manufacturer Volkswagen Group are collectively organized and represented across a variety of worker organizations including trade unions and Works Councils across the globe. Workers are organized on multiple levels; locally, regionally, nationally, internationally and by marque.

References

  1. Horwitz, Robert (2006). Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780521030977.