1. Can SAA be rescued? What are your plans for the SAA? The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is unequivocal on the fact that South African Airways (SAA) can be saved. On 23 April 2020, the union issued a statement clarifying that the problem with SAA and other struggling SOEs (State Owned…
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known as Lenin best describes the current social, economic, health and climate crisis as capitalism a “horror without end”. The Corona virus has accelerated, intensified and exposed class antagonisms associated with the capitalist mode of production. General productive activities, labour relations, the mobility of people and goods have been halted with…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is ululating as two of our own take their place within the National Council of Provinces and the North West Legislature. SATAWU former Deputy President, Robert Mashego, is set to be sworn in as Member of NCOP today while former North West Provincial Secretary, Job Dliso, was…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), an affiliate of the Congress of the South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), has sent its heartfelt condolences to its sister union, the Ethiopian Airlines Basic Trade Union, following the death of 149 passengers and eight crew members in a…
Eighteen years, on 18 – 20 May 2000, SATAWU’s historic inaugral National Congress took place under the banner of COSATU, giving birth to a giant trade union to be a home for all transport, cleaning & security workers in South Africa with a paid up membership of 103 000. The historic merger was implemented in terms…
