South African Federation of Trade Unions
South African Federation of Trade Unions | |
| Founded | 21 April 2017 |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Members | 800,000 |
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]
Affiliates
[edit]Current affiliates
[edit]The following unions were affiliated in 2021:[2]
| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Membership (2018)[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic and Professional Staff Association | APSA | 1997 | |
| Chemical, Wood and Allied Workers' Union | CWAWU | 2010 | |
| Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers' Union | CSAAWU | 2007 | |
| Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa | DEMAWUSA | 2015 | 12,000 |
| Democratic Postal and Communications' Union | DEPACU | 2014 | |
| Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers' Union | DETAWU | 2015 | 10,000 |
| Food and Allied Workers Union | FAWU | 1986 | 23,300 |
| General Industries Workers' Union of South Africa | GIWUSA | 1989 | 21,500 |
| Information Communication Technology Union | ICTU | 2012 | |
| Municipal and Allied Trade Union of South Africa | MATUSA | 2015 | |
| National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa | NUMSA | 1987 | 328,827 |
| National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers | NUPSAW | 1998 | 48,000 |
| South African Correctional Services Workers' Union | SACOSWU | 2009 | |
| South African Industrial, Commercial and Allied Workers' Union | SAICWU | 2016 | |
| Tirisano Transport and Services Workers' Union | TASWU | 2004 | |
| Transport, Retail and General Workers' Union | THORN | 2010 |
Former affiliates
[edit]| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Left | Reason not affiliated | Membership (2018)[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Transport Movement | NTM | 2012 | 2018 | Disaffiliated | 52,250 |
| Private Schools and Allied Workers' Union | PRISAWU | 2015 | |||
| South African Policing Union | SAPU | 1996 | |||
| Finance Union of Workers | FUWO | ||||
| South African Liberated Public Sector Workers' Union | SALIPSWU | 2015 | |||
| Finance Union of Workers | FUWO | ||||
| Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union | YNITU |
References
[edit]- ^ Sesant, Siyabonga. "Saftu to strike against proposed R20 per hour minimum wage". The Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Affiliates". SAFTU. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ a b Blackburn, Daniel (2021). Trade Unions of the World (PDF). ICTUR. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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