NPSWU is politically non-aligned and is affiliated to the National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU), to the Public Servants Association (PSA) and to PSI. NPSWU takes an active role in the PSI Quality Public Services-Action Now! (QPS) campaign. NPSWU participated in the recent establishment of a QPS working group, in alliance with the Ethekwini Municipality (Durban) and civil society.