Congress of South African Trade Unions

De Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU anaa Cosatu) be sam trade union federation for South Africa insyd. Dem form am for 1985 insyd wey ebe de largest of de country ein three main trade union federations, plus 21 trade unions wey be affiliate."More unions quit Cosatu's exec body". fin24.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

 Ein History 

 Dema Founding den early history 
For 30 Nov 1985 insyd, 33 unions meet for University of Natal insyd for talks for forming sam federation of trade unions.tinashe (8 December 2011). "Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)". sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 9 April 2018. Dis follow four years of unity talks between competing unions den federations wey dem oppose give apartheid wey na dem be "committed plus non-racial, non-sexist den democratic South Africa." Dem officially establish COSATU for 1 December 1985 insyd.South African History Online. "Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)". sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 15 July 2013.Cosatu. "Brief History of Cosatu". cosatu.org.za. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2013. Among de founding unions be de affiliates of de Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU),Friedman, Michelle (2010). "The Future is in the Hands of the Workers": A History of Fosatu (PDF). Johannesburg: Mutloatse Heritage Trust. p. 122–124. ISBN 978-09869833-1-3. Retrieved 15 July 2013. de small National Federation of Workers,"Directory: South Africa's Independent Unions" (PDF). South African History Online. Retrieved 15 March 2021. den sam independent unions, notably de National Union of Mineworkers. Na Elijah Barayi be de organisation ein first president wey na Jay Naidoo be de first general secretary.

 Dema Affiliates 

 Dema Current affiliates 
De following unions be list by COSATU as dema affiliates:"Organisational Report on the Federation's Activities Consolidated Departmental and Provincial Reports Towards the COSATU 13th National Congress". COSATU. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
UnionAbbreviationFoundedMembership (2014)Ashman, Sam (2015). "The Social Crisis of Labour and the Crisis of Labour Politics in South Africa". Revue Tiers Monde. 224 (4): 47. doi:10.3917/rtm.224.0047. S2CID 155766018.Agricultural Food and Allied Democratic Workers UnionAFADWU2016N/AChemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' UnionCEPPWAWU199980,331Communication Workers UnionCWU199922,007Creative Workers Union of South AfricaCWUSA2014N/ADemocratic Nursing Organisation of South AfricaDENOSA199681,319National Education, Health and Allied Workers' UnionNEHAWU1987277,317National Union of MineworkersNUM1982270,649Police and Prisons Civil Rights UnionPOPCRU1989149,339Public and Allied Workers Union of South AfricaPAWUSA196717,146South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers UnionSACCAWU1975120,352Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers UnionSACTWU198985,000South African Democratic Nurses' UnionSADNU19958,655South African Democratic Teachers UnionSADTU1990253,039South African Emergency Personnel's UnionSAEPU2006N/ASouth African Medical AssociationSAMA19988,166South African Municipal Workers' UnionSAMWU1987161,490SASBO – The Finance UnionSASBO191666,539South African Security Forces UnionSASFU1999N/ASouth African Transport and Allied Workers UnionSATAWU2000152,254

 Dema Former affiliates 
UnionAbbreviationFoundedLeftReason not affiliatedMembership (1985)Baskin, Jeremy (1991). Striking back: A history of COSATU. London: Verso. p. 55. ISBN 0860913457.Membership (1993)Catchpowle, Lesley (2002). A Case Study of the South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) in the Western Cape (1992-1997) (PDF). Greenwich: University of Greenwich. Retrieved 18 March 2021.Amalgamated Black Workers' UnionABWU19841986Merged into TGWU1,000N/AAmalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of South AfricaACTWUSA19871989Merged into SACTWUN/AN/ABrick, Clay and Allied Workers' UnionBRICKAWU1987Merged into CAWU748N/ACape Town Municipal Workers' AssociationCTMWA19281987Merged into SAMWU11,097N/AChemical Workers' Industrial UnionCWIU19741999Merged into CEPPWAWU20,70041,462Cleaning Services and Allied Workers' UnionCSAWUMerged into TGWU850N/ACommercial and Distributive Workers' UnionCDWU1,600N/AConstruction and Allied Workers' UnionCAWU19872001Merged into NUMN/A24,300Food and Allied Workers UnionFAWU19862016DisaffiliatedN/A121,534Food and Canning Workers' UnionFCWU19411986Merged into FAWU26,455N/AGeneral and Allied Workers' UnionGAWU19801987Merged into NEHAWU19,076N/AGeneral Workers' UnionGWU19771986Merged into TGWU20,000N/AGeneral Workers' Union of South AfricaGWUSA19811987Dissolved2,905N/AHealth and Allied Workers' UnionHAWU1987Merged into NEHAWU1,111N/AHotel and Restaurant Workers' UnionHARWU19261990Merged into SACCAWUN/AInstitute of Public ServantsIPSN/AN/ALiberated Metalworkers' Union of South AfricaLIMUSA20152021Merged into NUMN/AN/AMetal and Allied Workers' UnionMAWU19731987Merged into NUMSA38,789N/AMotor Assembly and Component Workers' Union of South AfricaMACWUSA19821987Merged into NUMSA3,100N/AMunicipal Workers' Union of South AfricaMWUSA19821987Merged into SAMWU9,249N/AMusicians Union of South AfricaMUSA19942014Merged into CWUSAN/AN/ANational Automobile and Allied Workers' UnionNAAWU19801987Merged into NUMSA20,338N/ANational General Workers' Union of South AfricaNGWUSA19846,037N/ANational Iron, Steel and Metal Workers' UnionNISMAWU19801986Merged into MAWU976N/ANational Post Office and Allied Workers' UnionNAPAWU2,163N/ANational Unemployed Workers Co-ordinating CommitteeNUWCC19871991DissolvedN/AN/ANational Union of Metalworkers of South AfricaNUMSA19872014Expelled100,000253,796National Union of Printers and Allied WorkersNUPAWO19841987Merged into PPWAWUN/ANational Union of Textile WorkersNUTW19731987Merged into ACTWUSA23,241N/APaper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' UnionPPWAWU19741999Merged into CEPPWAWU11,85637,951Performing Arts Workers' EquityPAWE2014Merged into CWUSAN/AN/APost and Telecommunication Workers' AssociationPOTWA19861996Merged into CWUN/A23,081Retail and Allied Workers' UnionRAWU19841986Merged into FAWU3,830N/ASouth African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers UnionSAAPAWU19952004Merged into FAWUN/AN/ASouth African Allied Workers' UnionSAAWU19781987Merged into NEHAWU25,032N/ASouth African Domestic Workers' AssociationSADWA19811986Merged into SADWU4,500N/ASouth African Domestic Workers' UnionSADWU19861998DissolvedN/A16,172South African Football Players UnionSAFPU19972016DisaffiliatedN/AN/ASouth African Mineworkers' UnionSAMWU19831987Dissolved3,029N/ASouth African Railways and Harbours UnionSARHWU19362000Merged into SATAWU8,22041,081South African Scooter Transport and Allied Workers' UnionSASTAWU19811986Merged into TGWU4,700N/ASouth African State and Allied Workers' UnionSASAWU20002015DisaffiliatedN/AN/ASouth African Textile and Allied Workers' UnionSATAWU19841988Merged into GAWU1,900N/ASouth African Tin Workers' UnionSATWU1937581N/ASweet, Food and Allied Workers' UnionSFAWU19741986Merged into FAWU19,596N/ATransport and General Workers' UnionTGWU19732000Merged into SATAWU11,00038,036United Mining, Metal and Allied Workers of South AfricaUMMAWOSA19831987Merged into NUMSA8,335N/A

 Dema Current officeholders 
National Office Bearers:"National Office Bearers". cosatu.org.za. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

 President: Zingiswa Losi
 First Deputy-President: Mike Shingange
 Second Deputy-President: Louise Thipe
 Secretary General: Bheki Ntshalintshali
 Deputy General Secretary: Solly Phetoe
 Treasurer: Freda Oosthuysen

Provincial Secretaries:"Welcome to the Congress of South African Trade Unions website". cosatu.org.za. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

 Eastern Cape: Xolani Malamlela
 Free State: Monyatso Mahlatsi
 Gauteng: Dumisani Dakile
 KwaZulu-Natal: Edwin Mkhize
 Limpopo: Gerald Twala
 Mpumalanga: Thabo Mokoena
 North West: Job Dliso
 Northern Cape: Orapeleng Moraladi
 Western Cape: Melvyn de Bryn

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 You fi read further 

 Jeremy Baskin, Striking Back: A history of Cosatu, Routledge (September 1991), sam account of COSATU dema early years from 1985 till de release of Nelson Mandela for 1990 insyd

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