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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

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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…

๐’๐€๐“๐€๐–๐” ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐€๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ฅ

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We have learnt that PRASA is adopting an antagonistic approach coupled with blackmail, smearing campaign and the old tactic of divide and rule against SATAWU and its members. This is from a background where parties entered into intensive Salary Negotiations as from 03 – 06 August 2020 after consolidation with their counterparts UNTU. ย  During…

๐’๐€๐“๐€๐–๐” ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) commends the Hawksโ€™ Serious Organised Crime Investigation, Provincial Crime Intelligence and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Department for apprehending two men and a plant and operations manager with stolen items valued at R25 million. The individuals were recently (on or about 08 October 2020) arrested at a steel and…

๐’๐€๐“๐€๐–๐” ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐“๐๐“ (๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ) ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐š๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ง๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž

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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) expresses concern regarding the inhumane conditions subjected to all Transnet workers located at the Port of Ngqura. The union understands that violent taxi/transport-related episodes are beyond the control of management and staff. Conditions of this nature, however, demands that management and organised labour work tirelessly in…

๐’๐€๐“๐€๐–๐” ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐’๐€๐“๐” ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ž

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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…

Request for Intervention in Saving the Ailing South African Airways

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NOBC Declaration

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NOBC Declaration

Celebrating 22 years of the name SATAWU and 20 Years of our Complete Existence: 3 Mergers and 5 Ruptures

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The formation of SATAWU (South African Transport and Allied Workers Union) in 1998 and 2000 respectively was made possible through a series of mergers. At its launching Congress in 1985, COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) resolved on phasing out general unions for a one union one industry mandate. This resolution coupled with the…

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

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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…

Withdrawal of Voluntary Severance Package and Forced Leaves

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