Post and Telecommunication Workers' Association

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

The union was founded in January 1986 in Soweto, led by Khabisi Mosunkutu. It had 10,000 members by the end of the year, and soon affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions. [1] [2] By 1993, it had grown to 23,081 members. [3]

In May 1996, it merged with the Post Office Employees' Association, and the South African Post Telecommunication Employees' Association, to form the Communication Workers Union. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Spare a thought for Jonas". Learn & Teach Magazine (7). 1987.
  2. ↑ "Ruling ANC official, struggle stalwart Khabisi Mosunkutu dies". Independent Online. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Catchpowle, Lesley (2002). A Case Study of the South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) in the Western Cape (1992-1997) (PDF). Greenwich: University of Greenwich. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Horwitz, Robert (2006). Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780521030977.
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