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 summary dismissal of 300 drivers by a Pretoria-based outsourcing company, who said the drivers all tested positive for cannabis, raised a lot of questions among fleet managers. The former drivers’s hero now turned zero, Arnoux Maré, managing director of Innovative Staffing Solutions, fired the 300 drivers when they allegedly tested positive for having cannabis…
The SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) on Friday hit out at finance minister Tito Mboweni for suggesting that the embattled state-owned airline SAA should be closed down. Speaking at an event with investors in New York on Thursday, Mboweni said he believed the loss-making national flag carrier should be closed down. “[It] is loss-making,…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) calls on the Minister of Finance to stop making irresponsible statements. Speaking at an investment conference in New York yesterday, Tito Mboweni said state-owned airline South African Airways (SAA) should be closed down because it was loss-making and in his opinion could not be turned around. He…
