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SATAWU Planned march against the Business Rescue Practitioners at the South African Airways

March 4, 2021Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsMinister Pravin Gordhan, SAA BRP

The leadership of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) has continued to receive concerning reports from our members located in different subsidiaries of South African Airways (SAA). These reports relate but are not limited to the non-payment of staff salaries for the past 9 months. The union condemns the animal-like conditions and…

SATAWU Position on the Opening of Land Ports of Entry

February 15, 2021Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsBoarded Gates, COVID-19 pandemic, Land Ports of Entry, President Cyril Ramaphosa, SATAWU, State of the Nation

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) expresses concern with the planned reopening of land ports of entry on 15 February 2021. Although we agree with revitalising the economy through the opening border posts, we, however, believe that the latter process should in the meantime be halted. By delaying the opening of ports…

๐’๐€๐“๐€๐–๐” ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ

February 11, 2021Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsBasic Conditions of Employment Act, Cleaning Sector, Employment Conditions Commission, Farm Workers, Minister Thulas Nxesi

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), welcomes the promulgated earnings threshold by the Ministry of Employment and Labour. The earnings threshold was last adjusted in 2014. In February 2021, a gazette was published increasing the amount from of R205ย 433.30 to R211ย 596.60 per annum. This adjustment will come into effect on 01 of…

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Resuscitating the National Airline

February 3, 2021Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsAviation, DPE, LCF platform, Leadership Core Forum, Nelson Lamityi, resuscitating the National Airline, SAA BRP, SATAWU, VSP

SAA outstanding payout to the employees and progressive move on the restructuring processes directed on resuscitating the National Airline, SAA. The South African Transport & Allied Workers Union is extremely worried about the legal battles between some Unions and SAA BRPs and DPE, a case that its determination will be based on the reserved judgement…

๐’๐€๐“๐€๐–๐” ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐”๐Œ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ- ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐Š๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐’๐ข๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐ณ๐ข

December 26, 2020Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsCosatu, DAVID Sipunzi, Marikana, National Union Of Mine Workers, NUM, SATAWU, Tripartite Alliance

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) mourns the passing away of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) General Secretary-Comrade Kolekile David Sipunzi-on 25 December 2020. We further extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and his working-class constituency. Exploited at the point of production at Harmony, on one hand, and oppressed…

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SATAWU Position on 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

December 1, 2020Vuyani ValashiyaNo comments16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, COVID-19 pandemic, GBV, Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Strategic Plan, HIV/AIDS, Jack Mazibuko, LGBTQ, Minister of Police, Patriarchy

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a worldwide campaign aimed at confronting any form of human rights violation, regardless of socio-economic conditions, race, religion, and sexuality. The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) takes note that the victims of gender-based violence, include, but not limited to, women, children, people…

SATAWU members are subjected to Abuse by PRASA Executive Management for Unknown Reasons๏ปฟ

November 20, 2020Vuyani Valashiya1 commentCPI, Jack Mazibuko, Minister of Transport-Fikile Mbalula, PRASA Exco, Railway Safety Regulator, SATAWU

19 November 2020 SATAWU (South African Transport and Allied Workers Union) members at PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) have been subjected to all forms of abuse and harassment in the last four weeks. The PRASA EXCO had been wishy-washy on how and when the back pay from 01 April 2020, as well as…

๐’๐€๐“๐€๐–๐” ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ-๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

October 30, 2020Vuyani Valashiya1 commentCosatu, Medium-Term Budget Policy, Minister of Finance, Minister of Transport-Fikile Mbalula, MTBPS, National Development Plan, National Transport Master Plan 2050, SAA Bailout, SATAWU, SOE

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) notes with disappointment the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered by the Minister of Finance (Tito Mboweni) on 28 October 2020. The proposed market prescriptions aimed at mitigating the economic and social crisis will fail to bring lasting solutions to the working-class. Though the economy is…

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NOBC Declaration

August 1, 2020Vuyani Valashiya2 commentsNOBC Declaration, SATAWU

NOBC Declaration

Passing of Comrade Johnson Gamede

July 29, 2020Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsJohnsonGamede, SATAWU

Revolutionary Greetings, It is with great sadness that we share the news that the union has lost one of its founding members, Comrade Johnson Gamede. Comrade Gamede was the former General Secretary of SARHWU (South African Railway and Harbour Workers Union). He subsequently played a pivotal role in the merger between SARHWU, BLATU (Black Transnet…

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