The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union, SATAWU, was formed in 2000 after a series of negotiations and smaller scale mergers by unions in the transport industry. SATAWU organises workers in the transport sector as well as security and cleaning companies. The sectors include railways, harbours, parastatals, aviation, passenger transport (buses and taxis) freight (trucking), contract, cleaning and security.
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Unions (SATAWU) is pleased the implementation of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will improve the income of workers in the security sector. The National Minimum Wage Act came into effect on 1 January, setting the wage floor at R20 per hour with the exception of farm workers whose minimum…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) is calling on the management of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) put a plan a place to stem train collisions after at least three people died in a train crash this morning. More than 300 people were also injured when one commuter train collided…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) has won a victory for workers in time for Christmas. The 41 workers were dismissed from Durban Container Terminal Pier 2 at Transnet Port Terminals in 2016, for having taken part in a work stoppage. SATAWU took the matter to the Transnet Bargaining Council and won the…
