South African Federation of Trade Unions

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SAFTU
South African Federation of Trade Unions
Founded21 April 2017
Location
Members800,000
Key people
 Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary
Mac Chavalala, President
Nomvume Ralarala, first Deputy president
Thabo Matsose, Second Deputy President
Website SAFTU.org.za

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. [1]

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Affiliates

Current affiliates

The following unions were affiliated in 2021: [2]

UnionAbbreviationFoundedMembership (2018) [3]
Academic and Professional Staff AssociationAPSA1997
Chemical, Wood and Allied Workers' UnionCWAWU2010
Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers' UnionCSAAWU2007
Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa DEMAWUSA201512,000
Democratic Postal and Communications' UnionDEPACU2014
Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers' Union DETAWU201510,000
Food and Allied Workers Union FAWU198623,300
General Industries Workers' Union of South AfricaGIWUSA198921,500
Information Communication Technology UnionICTU2012
Municipal and Allied Trade Union of South AfricaMATUSA2015
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa NUMSA1987328,827
National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers NUPSAW199848,000
South African Correctional Services Workers' UnionSACOSWU2009
South African Industrial, Commercial and Allied Workers' UnionSAICWU2016
Tirisano Transport and Services Workers' UnionTASWU2004
Transport, Retail and General Workers' UnionTHORN2010

Former affiliates

UnionAbbreviationFoundedLeftReason not affiliatedMembership (2018) [3]
National Transport Movement NTM20122018Disaffiliated52,250
Private Schools and Allied Workers' UnionPRISAWU2015
South African Policing Union SAPU1996
Finance Union of WorkersFUWO
South African Liberated Public Sector Workers' UnionSALIPSWU2015
Finance Union of WorkersFUWO
Young Nurses Indaba Trade UnionYNITU

References

  1. ↑ Sesant, Siyabonga. "Saftu to strike against proposed R20 per hour minimum wage". The Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Affiliates". SAFTU. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 Blackburn, Daniel (2021). Trade Unions of the World (PDF). ICTUR. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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