The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it brought together many of the unions formed after the wave of strikes at the beginning of 1973 which marked a renewal of trade union activity after a decade-long lull. Background of the trade union movement Although trade …

2017年11月15日 · At COSATU’s 2nd National Congress in 1987 the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) placed the adoption of the Freedom Charter on the agenda. NUM was founded in 1982 and claims to be the first union to have adopted the Freedom Charter.

2015年4月30日 · 2010 19 January: (Congress of South African Trade Unions) COSATU affiliate The Food and Allied Workers' Union (FAWU) entered their third week of striking for a wage of increase of 9,5 percent. The union also wanted Coca-Cola advertisment to be isolated from general advertising for the 2010 soccer World Cup. 11 July: In the aftermath of the 2010 …

2015年2月13日 · In 1990, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) formed an alliance. The alliance was formed after an agreement was reached to work together as Revolutionary Alliance (Tripartite Alliance). COSATU has been involved in the liberation of the country and …

COSATU COSATU — what On December 1. 1985 the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) was launched at King's Park stadium in Durban. Reported attendance was between seven and ten thousand.

1994年1月24日 · In December 1985 at the launch of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Barayi was elected president of the new organisation, a position he held until 1991. At the launch, Barayi called for the abolition of the pass laws, giving the government six months to comply with this demand before Cosatu embarked on a pass burning campaign.

COSATU must play a key role in the restructuring of the post apartheid economy, and In the policy making structures on economic poli cies relating to investment, re-distribution, education, housing, health, manpower development and environ mental policy. A joint structure with the liberation movement needs to be set up to discuss these is sues.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) celebrated its 18th anniversary by becoming the first trade union in the world to sponsor a CD

A range of new challenges - political, organisational and structural - have emerged as COSATU enters the 1990s. The federation must redefine its political role now that organisations such as the ANC have been unbanned. Organisationally it needs to determine how best to inject more vibrancy into its worker-controlled structures, how to organise the unorganised, and how to …

UDF, COSATU IN his 1988 Policy Speech to the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly, the Chief Minister condemned the Govern ment's restrictions on the UDF, COSATU and other organisations as detrimental to the politics of negotiation — but also strongly criticised the UDF and COSATU for stupidly following the course which led to the action. "The action taken against the UDF, …