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 |
TheSouth African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is a socialisttrade union federation inSouth Africa. It was founded in 2017, and is the second largest of the country's maintrade union confederations, with 21 affiliated trade unions organising 800,000 workers.[1]
The federation describes its key political principles as worker control and democracy, anti-imperialism and socialism.[2]
The following unions were affiliated in 2021:[3]
| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Membership (2018)[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Left | Reason not affiliated | Membership (2018)[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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