South African Chemical Workers’ Union (SACWU)
The SA Chemical Workers’ Union (SACWU) is a trade union representing workers in the chemical industry in South Africa.
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National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU)
NEHAWU struggles for union recognition, a living wage and a free and democratic South Africa. NEHAWU members faced brutal repression from the apartheid regime which saw the union as a direct challenge to its control of the public service. In other sectors, bitter struggles were fought against employers with reactionary practices like the Lifecare Group, Clinic Holdings, various old age homes, universities and technikons.
The battle cry of NEHAWU’s national strike in 1992 was “Wawutshelwe ubani ukuthi I-NEHAWU ifile?” Who told you that NEHAWU is dead? This slogan highlights the union’s will to survive.
South African Furniture Initiative (SAFI)
The South African Furniture Initiative (“SAFI”) is a joint initiative of industry, labour and government, and thus has the common interest of promoting development and growth of the South African furniture industry for the benefit of all stakeholders.
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The South African Municipal Workers Union represents workers in the water and waste, electricity, health and housing sectors in South Africa.
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