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 Union (SATAWU) welcomes Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s maiden budget vote speech as presented in Parliament on Tuesday. The minister spoke extensively about his plans to address the challenges at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) including the appointment of a permanent board of control comprised of capable, educated,…
Members of the SATAWU Welkom Local are set to march to the Matjhabeng Local Municipality today to demand that their employers be paid for services rendered. The members work for three companies – Man in One Security, MBV Security and Scheme Security – who the municipality owes millions for services already rendered. As a result…
Below are the demands submitted to private security employers on 27 June: *Three-year agreement Grade Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 A R8 500 15% 20% B R8000 20% 20% C R7500 + Grade C premium of R300 25% + Grade C premium of R200 Phase out Grade C and incorporate it to B. Employees…
