South African Transport and Allied Workers Union | |
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| Founded | May 2000 |
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| Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| Members | 90 000 |
Key people | Ntuthuzelo Mhlubulwana, President Jack Mazibuko, General Secretary,Anele Kiet Deputy General Secretary |
| Affiliations | COSATU,ITF |
| Website | [1] |
TheSouth African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is atrade union inSouth Africa.
In the late 1990s, theSouth African Railways and Harbours Union (SARHWU) andTransport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) were both affiliates of theCongress of South African Trade Unions and undertook lengthy negotiations on a potential merger. In December 1998, theBlack Trade Union of Transnet Workers and the Transnet Allied Trade Union merged into SARWHU, which renamed itself as the "South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union". On 18 May 2000, the TGWU finally merged with this union, forming a new entity, which was also named SATAWU.[1]
The union suffered a split in 2012, when former president Ephraim Mphahlela led around half the membership into the newNational Transport Movement. A further split in 2015 led to the founding of theDemocratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers Union.[2] SATAWU is an affiliate of the COSATU and theInternational Transport Workers' Federation.
In May 2008, the An Yue Jiang, a ship from thePeople's Republic of China bearing a large amount of Chinese-manufactured weapons that were bound forZimbabwe, had docked inDurban harbor; but the dock employees, who were all members of SATAWU, refused to unload the ship of its inventory. SATAWU and COSATU supported the refusal of the cargo, and trade union federations in other southern African countries also refused to unload the ship when it subsequently redocked in other harbors, such asWalvis Bay andLuanda.
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