Mr. Joel Mfingwana, President Mrs. Thelma Louw, Deputy President Mr. Monde Mkele, 1st Vice President Mr. Piet Du Plooy, 2nd Vice President Mr. Thulani Hlatshwayo, National Treasurer Mrs. Hilda Marima, Equity Office Bearer Mr. Rodney Damon, Sector Office Bearer Mr. Khulile Nkushubana, General Secretary
The federation was established in 2003 by 21 trade unions which identified themselves as Christian democratic. It applied for membership of the government's National Economic Development and Labour Council, but it was rejected for having a membership below 300,000. In 2006, it engaged in discussions about a merger with rivals the Federation of Unions of South Africa and the National Council of Trade Unions, although they later excluded CONSAWU from the talks, on the grounds that it was too right-wing.[1]
By 2008, the federation claimed a total of 290,000 members, of whom nearly half were members of its largest affiliate, Solidarity. It affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.[1] It was largely inactive by 2017, but attempted to revive itself with a promise of lower affiliation fees than rival federations.[2] Solidarity has since withdrawn, along with the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers, formerly its second-largest affiliate.[3]
Affiliatesedit
Current affiliatesedit
Brick and General Workers' Union (BGWU)
Building, Wood and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa (BWAWUSA)
Building Workers' Union (BWU)
Care Centre, Catering, Retail and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa (CCRAWUSA)
^ ab"An Overview of Women's Work and Employment in South Africa" (PDF). ITUC. Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^"Disorganised labour: Stumbling Cosatu a shadow of what it used to be". Biz News. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^Blackburn, Daniel (2021). Trade Unions of the World(PDF). ICTUR. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN0-9543811-5-7.
April 11, 2024
confederation, south, african, workers, unions, consawu, national, trade, union, centre, south, africa, consawufounded2003headquarters21, adriana, crescent, gateway, industrial, park, rooihuiskraal, centurion, south, africalocationsouth, africamembers290, 000k. The Confederation of South African Workers Unions CONSAWU is a national trade union centre in South Africa CONSAWUConfederation of South African Workers UnionsFounded2003Headquarters21 Adriana Crescent Gateway Industrial Park Rooihuiskraal X25 Centurion South AfricaLocationSouth AfricaMembers290 000Key peopleMr Joel Mfingwana President Mrs Thelma Louw Deputy President Mr Monde Mkele 1st Vice President Mr Piet Du Plooy 2nd Vice President Mr Thulani Hlatshwayo National Treasurer Mrs Hilda Marima Equity Office Bearer Mr Rodney Damon Sector Office Bearer Mr Khulile Nkushubana General SecretaryAffiliationsITUCWebsitehttp consawu co za Contents 1 History 2 Affiliates 2 1 Current affiliates 2 2 Former affiliates 3 See also 4 External links 5 ReferencesHistory editThe federation was established in 2003 by 21 trade unions which identified themselves as Christian democratic It applied for membership of the government s National Economic Development and Labour Council but it was rejected for having a membership below 300 000 In 2006 it engaged in discussions about a merger with rivals the Federation of Unions of South Africa and the National Council of Trade Unions although they later excluded CONSAWU from the talks on the grounds that it was too right wing 1 By 2008 the federation claimed a total of 290 000 members of whom nearly half were members of its largest affiliate Solidarity It affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation 1 It was largely inactive by 2017 but attempted to revive itself with a promise of lower affiliation fees than rival federations 2 Solidarity has since withdrawn along with the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers formerly its second largest affiliate 3 Affiliates editCurrent affiliates edit Brick and General Workers Union BGWU Building Wood and Allied Workers Union of South Africa BWAWUSA Building Workers Union BWU Care Centre Catering Retail and Allied Workers Union of South Africa CCRAWUSA Commercial Workers Union of South Africa CUSA Federal Council of Retail and Allied Workers FEDCRAW Food Cleaning and Security Workers Union FOCSWU Mine Engineering and Distributor Workers Union of South Africa MEDWUSA National Certified Fishing and Allied Workers Union NACFAWU National Construction Building and Allied Workers Union NACBAWU National Union of Education NUE National Union of Hotel Restaurant Catering Commercial Health and Allied Workers NUHRCCHAW Professional Educators Union PEU Progressive General Employees Association of SA PGEASA South African Building and Allied Workers Organization SABAWO South African Food Retail and Agricultural Workers Union SAFRAWU Trawler and Line Fishermen s Union TALFU Transport Action Retail and General Workers Union THOR Westcoast Workers Union WWU Former affiliates edit National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers NUPSAW SolidaritySee also edit nbsp Organized labour portalTrade unions in South AfricaExternal links editCONSAWU websiteReferences edit a b An Overview of Women s Work and Employment in South Africa PDF ITUC Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies Retrieved 28 April 2021 Disorganised labour Stumbling Cosatu a shadow of what it used to be Biz News 14 August 2017 Retrieved 28 April 2021 Blackburn Daniel 2021 Trade Unions of the World PDF ICTUR Retrieved 25 March 2021 ICTUR et al eds 2005 Trade Unions of the World 6th ed London UK John Harper Publishing ISBN 0 9543811 5 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Confederation of South African Workers 27 Unions amp oldid 1179959045, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
