NACTU
National Council of Trade Unions
Founded1986
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
Location
Members
397,000
Key people
Narius Moloto, general secretary
AffiliationsITUC
Websitewww.nactu.org.za

The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) is a national trade union center in South Africa.

History

The federation was formed by the merger of the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) and the Azanian Confederation of Trade Unions (AZACTU) in 1986.[1]: 488  In its early years, the federation was strongly influenced by the black consciousness movement, but was divided in its attitude to the African National Congress.[2]

In 1994, the federation affiliated to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), the first post-apartheid South African union to do so, and it remains affiliated to its successor, the International Trade Union Confederation.[2] In 2006, the federation began negotiating a merger with the rival Federation of Unions of South Africa. They formed an umbrella organisation, the South African Confederation of Trade Unions, in 2007, but it achieved little, and the two federations remained independent.[3]

In 2001, the newly founded Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) affiliated to NACTU, soon becoming its largest member. AMCU argued that unions should remain independent of political parties, which caused tensions in 2014, when NACTU endorsed the Economic Freedom Fighters and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania. AMCU resigned in 2017, but the federation's total membership figure of 400,000 has not been updated.[2] Much of its membership is low paid, and it is particularly strong in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.[4]

Affiliates

Current affiliates

The NACTU has 20 affiliated unions.

UnionAbbreviationFoundedMembership (2011)[5]
Banking, Insurance, Finance and Allied Workers' UnionBIFAWU2009
Building, Construction and Allied Workers' UnionBCAWU197547,000
Entertainment Catering Commercial and Allied' Workers Union Of South AfricaECCAWUSA1989
Federal Council of Retail and Allied WorkersFEDCRAW19844,829
HOTELICCAHOTELICCA19786,098
Industrial, Commercial and Allied Workers' UnionICAWU3,213
Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of South AfricaICU
Inqubela Phambili Trade UnionITU
Labour Equity General Workers' Union of South AfricaLEWUSA2002
Metal and Electrical Workers' Union of South AfricaMEWUSA196117,180
Media Workers' Association of South AfricaMWASA19732,347
National Public Service Workers' UnionNUPSWU19987,142
National Security, Commercial and General Workers' UnionNASECGWU
National Services and Allied Workers' UnionNASAWU1993
National Union of Food, Beverage, Wine, Spirit and Allied WorkersNUFBWSAW199310,214
Professional Educators' UnionPEU191915,780
South African Chemical Workers' UnionSACWU198016,055
South African Private Security Workers' UnionSAPSWU2002
Transport and Allied Workers' UnionTAWU197213,085
Transport and Omnibus Workers' UnionTOWU19892,580

Former affiliates

UnionAbbreviationFoundedLeftReason not affiliatedMembership (1988)[6]
Association of Mineworkers and Construction UnionAMCU20012018DisaffiliatedN/A
Black Allied Mining and Construction Workers' UnionBAMCWU1990Expelled4,119
Black Domestic Workers' UnionBDWU1985300
Black Electronic and Electrical Workers' UnionBEEWU1989Merged into MEWUSA520
Black Trade Union of Transnet WorkersBLATU19811998Merged into SARWHU
Black University Workers' AssociationBUWA19721992Merged into MESHAWU
Brushes and Cleaners Workers' UnionBCWU19821993Merged into NASAWU3,000
Domestic Workers' Association of South AfricaDWASA19743,000
Engineering and Allied Workers' Union of South AfricaEAWUSA19631989Merged into MEWUSA3,000
Electrical and Allied Workers' Trade Union of South AfricaEAWTUSA19871989Merged into MEWUSA15,000
Federated Mining UnionFMU3,100[7]
Federation of Municipality, Health and Allied WorkersFEDMAWU1992Merged into MESHAWU
Food and Beverage Workers' UnionFBAWU19791993Merged into NUFBWSAW17,000
Municipality, Education, State, Health And Allied Workers UnionMESHAWU1992N/A
Natal Liquor and Catering Workers' UnionNLCWU1928Transferred to FEDUSA6,737
National Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of South AfricaNACTWUSA2001N/A
National Transport MovementNTM20122017Transferred to SAFTUN/A
National Union of Farm WorkersNUF418
National Union of Furniture and Allied WorkersNUFAW1956Dissolved20,000
National Union of Wine, Spirits and Allied WorkersNUWASW19781993Merged into NUFBWSAW4,881
Parliamentary Staff UnionPSU
South African Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Workers' UnionSALDCDWU19721993Merged into NASAWU500
South African Health and Allied Workers' UnionSAHAWU
Steel, Engineering and Allied Workers' UnionSEAWU19795,500
Textile Workers' UnionTWU19731990Expelled400
United African Motor and Allied Workers' UnionUAMAWU19801989Merged into MEWUSA8,000
Vukani Black Guards and Allied Workers' UnionVBGAWU19811993Merged into NASAWU2,000

General Secretaries

1986: Phiroshaw Camay
1989: Cunningham Ngcukana
2004: Mahlomola Skosana
2000s: Manene Samela
2010s to 2021: Narius Moloto

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pretorius, Fransjohan (2014). A History of South Africa: From the Distant Past to the Present Day. Hatsfield, Pretoria: Protea Book House. ISBN 978-1-86919-908-1.
  2. 1 2 3 Blackburn, Daniel (2021). Trade Unions of the World (PDF). ICTUR. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)". South African History Online. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Ludman, Barbara; Stober, Paul (2004). The Mail & Guardian A-Z of South African Politics: The Essential Handbook. Jacana Media. ISBN 1770090231.
  5. ↑ "COSATU's membership: All the facts". Politics Web. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Kraak, Gerald (1993). Breaking the Chains. London: Pluto Press. ISBN 0745307051.
  7. ↑ Figure is for 1987.
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