Under the leadership of Desmond Sampson, the union took more radical positions than either of its forerunners. It engaged in major strikes during 1988, and during the year, it also absorbed the South African Textile and Allied Workers' Union. On 16 September 1989, it completed a merger with ACTWUSA, to form the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union.[1][2]
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^ ab"A brief history of SACTWU". SACTWU. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ ab"Garment and textile giant" (PDF). Labour Bulletin: 102–106. June 1989. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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garment, allied, workers, union, south, africa, gawu, trade, union, representing, clothing, workers, south, africa, union, established, december, 1987, when, garment, workers, industrial, union, merged, with, garment, workers, union, western, province, initial. The Garment and Allied Workers Union of South Africa GAWU was a trade union representing clothing workers in South Africa The union was established on 5 December 1987 when the Garment Workers Industrial Union merged with the Garment Workers Union of the Western Province It initially had 102 000 members the large majority in Natal but also with some strength in Western Cape The new union requested affiliation to the Congress of South African Trade Unions COSATU However the COSATU s policy was that there should only be one union per industry and so asked GAWU to merge with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union of South Africa ACTWUSA In the meantime it granted it only observer status 1 2 Under the leadership of Desmond Sampson the union took more radical positions than either of its forerunners It engaged in major strikes during 1988 and during the year it also absorbed the South African Textile and Allied Workers Union On 16 September 1989 it completed a merger with ACTWUSA to form the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union 1 2 References edit a b A brief history of SACTWU SACTWU Retrieved 4 March 2021 a b Garment and textile giant PDF Labour Bulletin 102 106 June 1989 Retrieved 4 March 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Garment and Allied Workers 27 Union of South Africa amp oldid 1116513371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
