SAFTU
South African Federation of Trade Unions
Founded21 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
WebsiteSAFTU.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

Current affiliates

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
Finance Union of Workers FUWO
Food and Allied Workers Union FAWU 1986 23,300
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
Private Schools and Allied Workers' Union PRISAWU 2015
South African Civil Servants' Union SACSU
South African Correctional Services Workers' Union SACOSWU 2009
South African Industrial, Commercial and Allied Workers' Union SAICWU 2016
South African Liberated Public Sector Workers' Union SALIPSWU 2015
South African Policing Union SAPU 1996 78,526
South African State and Allied Workers' Union SASAWU 2000
Tirisano Transport and Services Workers' Union TASWU 2004
Transport, Retail and General Workers' Union THORN 2010
Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union YNITU

Former affiliates

Union Abbreviation Founded Left Reason not affiliated Membership (2018)[3]
General Industries Workers' Union of South Africa GIWUSA 1989 21,500
National Transport Movement NTM 2012 2018 Disaffiliated 52,250

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. ^ a b Blackburn, Daniel (2021). Trade Unions of the World (PDF). ICTUR. Retrieved 25 March 2021.


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