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In 1972, the union absorbed the Coloured, Malay and Asiatic Building Workers' Union, followed in 1980 by the majority of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers of South Africa. This took its membership up to 19,000. [7] In 1991, it was a founding affiliate of the short-lived Federation of Independent Trade Unions. [8]
Between 1911 and 1918, a succession of laws was promulgated in South Africa which dealt with various industrial sectors, and with labour in general. Only in the aftermath of large-scale industrial unrest on the Witwatersrand in 1922, however, was any comprehensive attempt undertaken to regulate relations between management and organised labour.
The following is a list of trades in construction.. Bell hanger installs mechanical and electrical bell systems; Boilermaker, works in nuclear, oil and gas industry, shipyards, refineries, and chemical plants, on boilers, pressure vessels, and similar equipment.
The media in South Africa has increasingly covered the "brain drain" in the 1990s. Starting in 1994, when a democratically elected government took control of the reins of power, official South African statistics show a greater emigration of skilled workers. The validity of this data has been questioned. [22] [23]
In its earliest iteration, the TMA took militant stances in a series of “great industrial strikes” and, as the renamed Mine Worker’s Union, in 1922 was a major player in the “Rand Revolt,” in which it fought for preservation of jobs for white South Africans at the expense of black workers in South Africa’s gold mines. [4]
In 1990, it absorbed the South African Engine Drivers', Firemen's and Operators' Association. [5] In 1991, it was a founding affiliate of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions . [ 6 ] On 1 August 1995, it merged with the Amalgamated Engineering Union of South Africa , the Engineering, Industrial and Mining Workers' Union , and the Iron ...
The South African Footplate Staff Association (SAFSA) was a trade union representing white railway workers in South Africa. The union was founded in 1905, as the Locomotive Engineers' Mutual Aid Society. It was initially focused on the Cape, but by the 1920s had 1,500 members across the country. [1]
In 2009, the union's leadership was voted out, and disagreements around this led the Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa and the Municipal and Allied Trade Union of South Africa to split away over the next few years. [3] The leadership lost a vote of confidence in 2019 and were replaced.