Congress of South African Trade Unions
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is the largest South African Union - an umbrella organization .
COSATU is a member of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). In the membership list of the IGB, membership is given as 1,800,000 (as of November 2017).
history
It came into being in December 1985 through the merger of several small trade unions that had set themselves the goal of creating a non- racist , non- sexist and democratic South Africa. Today the rights of more than two million workers in 21 individual unions are represented by COSATU.
In 1994 COSATU entered into a so-called three-party alliance with the ruling African National Congress and the South African Communist Party . They draw up joint lists of candidates for elections and are otherwise closely linked in terms of personnel. The alliance has in the past been put to the acid test by strikes as a result of differences in economic policy . COSATU officials accused the ANC of caring too little for the country's poor and unemployed in favor of market-friendly capitalism .
COSATU is also affiliated with the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU), a major Swaziland trade union federation.
organization
The highest body of the COSATU is the National Congress, which takes place every three years and appoints the delegates for the Central Committee and elects the National Office Bearers (NOB). Between the congresses, the Central Executive Committee (CEC), which includes the NOBs and all provincial chairmen and secretaries as well as six national union leaders, is the highest executive body. The work of the CEC and the NOB is controlled by the Central Committee, which meets at least once between the National Congresses.
The NOB are (as of 2018):
| president | Sdumo Dlamini |
| 1st Vice President | Tyotyo James |
| 2nd deputy president | Zingiswa Losi |
| Secretary General | Bheki Ntshalintshali |
| Deputy Secretary General | Solly Phetoe |
| Treasurer | Freda Oosthuysen |
Member unions
- Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (CEPPWAWU)
- Communication Workers Union (CWU)
- Democratic Nursing Organization of South Africa (DENOSA)
- Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
- Musicians Union of South Africa (MUSA)
- National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU)
- National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
- National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA)
- Performing Arts Workers' Equity (PAWE)
- Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU)
- South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers Union (SAAPAWU)
- South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU)
- Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU)
- South African Football Players Union (SAFPU)
- South African Democratic Nurses' Union (SADNU)
- South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU)
- South African Medical Association (SAMA)
- South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU)
- South African State and Allied Workers' Union (SASAWU)
- SASBO - The Finance Union
- South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU)
Web links
- Official website of the COSATU (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ IGB Membership List , accessed on May 23, 2018
- ↑ a b Constitution 2006 (PDF; 90 kB), accessed on July 30, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Central Executive Committee , accessed July 30, 2012.
- ^ National Office Bearers , accessed May 16, 2018.