Covid-19

𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐖𝐔 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞

September 30, 2020Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsCosatu-led Strike, Covid-19, national strike, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), SATAWU, Zondi Commission

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) urges all its members including working-class communities and broader civil society to take part in the COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) led socio-economic national strike on 07 October 2020. This national mass action is primarily aimed at achieving compliance with occupational, health and safety…

Update on Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) Payment to Bus Passenger Workers

May 11, 2020Vuyani Valashiya1 commentcorona virus, Covid-19, SARPBAC, South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council, ters, Update on Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme

11 May 2020 The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is pleased to inform workers in the bus passenger sector that an amount of approximately R46 million was paid into the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC). These funds will be used to pay employee salaries in line with the TERS (Temporary…

SATAWU’s RESPONSE ON THE STATE OF SAA & OTHER SAA SUBSIDIARIES

April 30, 2020Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsBRP, Covid-19, Mango, Minister Pravin Gordhan, SAA, SACCA, SAE

SAA, a restructured National Airline South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) have been actively participating in the consultation and negotiations processes at SAA and SAE since late last year, 2019. These processes evolved around the rescuing of SAA, a process that culminated to the voluntary appointment of SAA Business Rescue Practitioners, which…

Towards a New South African Airways

April 25, 2020Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsAfrican Aviation Market, Business Rescue Practitioner, Covid-19, Mango, Nationalisation, SAA, SATAWU

A Proposal to the Department of Public Enterprises Drafted and Presented by SATAWU Problem Statement South African Airways (SAA) has for over a decade been retarded by failure to transition from a traditional state-owned enterprise (SOE) to one that is agile and adheres to optimum operating costs in a viciously competitive environment. Numerous attempts…

Feedback on Transnet Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)-Covid 19

April 20, 2020Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsCovid-19, OHS, Transnet

Covid 19 and the Necessity for Socio-Economic Reorganisation

April 8, 2020Vuyani ValashiyaNo commentsCosatu, Covid-19, DoH, NEHAWU, SACP, SATAWU

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…

SATAWU Perspective on Covid-19

March 17, 2020Zanele Sabela1 commentCOIDA (Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act), Coronavirus, Covid-19, Minister of Transport-Fikile Mbalula, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) welcomes the prescriptions announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Coronavirus (Covid-19). It is our view that the interventions will curb the spread of the Covid-19 depending on the nature of implementation. Declaring Covid-19 a national state disaster exposes the speed, spread and severity of the virus…

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