National Union of Namibian Workers

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National Union of Namibian Workers
(NUNW)
founding April 4th 1971
purpose Trade union confederation
Chair Risto Kapenda
Members 85,000 in 9 unions
Website www.nunw.org.na/index.htm

The National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW; German  National Association of Namibian Workers ) is one of the three major trade union confederations in Namibia . It has (as of 2018) around 85,000 members who are organized in nine unions .

NUNW is a member of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Organization of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU).

background

The union was founded in April 1970 by SWAPO in exile in Tanzania . Eight years later, NUNW became a member of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). In 1979 the new headquarters of NUNW was relocated to Luanda , Angolan . In 1989 the general assembly of the union in Namibia decided to unite with individual unions.

In October 2009, NUNW joined the ITUC, thereby ending its membership in the WFTU

Most recently, in 2014, NUNW publicly affirmed its support for the ruling SWAPO.

Member unions

Surname abbreviation target group Members founding
Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union MANWU metal 8000 1987
Mine Workers Union of Namibia MUN Mining 8000 1986
Namibia Financial Institutions Union NAFINU Finance 4500 2000
Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union NAFAU Food 12,000 1986
Namibia Music Industry Union NAMIU music 400 2002
Namibia National Teachers Union NANTU Teacher 16,000 1989
Namibia Public Workers Union NPWU Public service 25,000 1987
Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union NATAU transport 4000 1988
Namibia Farmworkers' Union NAFWU Farm workers 7000 1994

High-ranking NUNW personalities

  • Bernhard Esau (* 1957), former Secretary General of NUNW from 1991 and former Namibian Minister
  • Pohamba Shifeta (* 1968), Namibian Minister

See also

literature

  • Henning Melber : The National Union of Namibian Workers: Background and Formation. In The Journal of Modern African Studies , Issue 21, No. 1, March 1983, pp. 151-158.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Namibia's trade union movement: an overview History, Challenges and Achievements. Friedrich Ebert Foundation, January 31, 2018, p. 23.
  2. ↑ a b Herbert Jauch: Namibia's trade union movement: an overview . FES. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  3. ↑ Le Conseil général de la CSI accepte quatre nouvelles organizations affiliées et se penche sur la crise mondiale . ITUC-CSI. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  4. ↑ NUNW reaffirms allegiance to Swapo . In: Namibian Sun , January 21, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2020.