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The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) is the biggest union in the South African clothing, textile, footwear and leather industry, with more than 100 000 members. It negotiates wages for the vast majority of workers in these industries in South Africa, with the collective bargaining agreements covering over 150 000 ...
Great Seal of the Union – authorised by King George V in 1910, and used until 1937 on state documents signed by the Governor-General. [1] Royal Great Seal of the Union – authorised by the Royal Executive Functions and Seals Act 1934, and used until 1961 on state documents signed by the monarch on the advice of the South African government. [3]
The Federal Council of Retail and Allied Workers (FEDCRAW) is a trade union representing workers in the retail sector in South Africa. The union was founded on 8 August 1984 as a split from the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa, led by officials who were employed at Edgars in Dobsonville. It soon expanded to cover ...
The Garment Workers' Union of South Africa (GWU) was a trade union representing workers in the clothing industry in South Africa. The union was founded in 1909, as the Witwatersrand Tailors' Association , and its initial membership was focused on white master tailors and middlemen.
The arms on a book cover from the 1940s. The coat of arms featured a shield quartered.In each quarter was a symbol of the four provinces of South Africa. An ox wagon representing Transvaal Province, a woman with an anchor representing Cape Province, two wildebeests representing Natal Province and an orange tree representing the Orange Free State Province. [1]
In 1941, the union was a founding affiliate of the Council of Non-European Trade Unions. Makabeni led the union until his death, in 1955. [2] He was succeeded by Viola Hashe, the first woman to lead an all-male trade union in South Africa. [3] In 1962, the union merged with the Garment Workers' Union of African Women, to form the National Union ...
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 ...
The union had about 70,000 members, mostly in Natal and Transvaal. Like its predecessors, it affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions . On 16 September 1989, it merged with the Garment and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa , to form the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union .