Namibia Transport and Allied Workers' Union

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NATAU
Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union
FoundedJune 1989
Headquarters Keetmanshoop, Namibia
Location
Key people
John Kwedhi,general secretary [1]
Affiliations National Union of Namibian Workers

The Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union (NATAU) is a trade union [2] in Namibia. It was founded in June 1989. NATAU is an affiliate of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) and the International Transport Workers' Federation. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Wage uncertainty at TransNamib".
  2. "Air Namibia and Natau reach wage consensus". 2015-10-30.
  3. "Natau gives TransNamib an ultimatum". 2016-03-15.
  4. "Security guards demand salaries".