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.
The leadership of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) endorsed the turnaround strategy of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) when it met with the administrator, Bongisizwe Mpondo, on Friday. However, SATAWU was emphatic Mpondo had to take the role of stakeholders seriously and consult unions on critical matters particularly…
SATAWU CALLS ON PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA TO DO RIGHT BY SAA South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) suspects government never intended to save South African Airways (SAA). In a letter dated 4 December 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced he had decided to place SAA under voluntary business rescue. Soon after Minister of Public Enterprises…
