Congress of South African Trade Unions
Inception | 1 Yuum-sar kiuugu 1985 |
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Short name | COSATU |
Country | South Africa |
Member of | Southern African Trade Union Coordination Council |
Headquarters location | Johannesburg |
Official website | http://www.cosatu.org.za/ |
Sõngr sẽn yaa zaalem n yit Wikipedia pʋgẽ
Koɛɛg-bi-tʋʋmd tigis-bi-bɩɩs tigis-bɩɩse (COSATU) yaa tigis-dãmb tigis-n-tʋʋmde sẽn be South Africa wã. B lugla yʋʋmd 1985 tɩ yaa tigis a tãab sẽn yaa kãseng n yɩɩd tigis-bã fãa sʋka. Tigis-bãmb tigis a 21 n be be be be wã.[1]
Kudemde
[tekre | teke sidgem]B sẽn lugl-a la b sɩng a vɩɩmã Yʋʋmd 1985 noob kiuug rasem 30 daarã, b tigma taab n na n maan sõss n na n sigl n naan naan naan naan naag taab n maan sõsg n na n wilg b sẽn na n maan bũmb ning sẽn pa zems ne rasmã, sẽn pa zemsd ne logtoɛɛmb la sẽn pa zemsg ne b tẽnsã ye.
Sẽn da yaa b rãmb sʋka yaa Afrika Kibar Tʋʋmd Tʋʋmd Koɛɛg Tʋʋmd Soog (FOSATU),[1] sẽn yaa b sẽn boond tɩ National Federation of Workers,[2] la b sẽn yaa b toor-toorã, sẽn yaa b fãa sẽn yaa b taoor dãmba.[3][4][5][6]
A Elijah Barayi yaa sull ning sẽn yaa taoor soaba la a Jay Naidoo yaa sull ning ning sẽn yaa tẽnga sɛkrɛtɛɛr pipi wã. [1]
Yaa woto la b yãk b sẽn na n maan n wilg b sẽn na maan bũmb ning n na n sõng b sullã:[2]
- Sẽn na yɩl n naan naan naan naan maan-kʋʋd sull a yembr kiuug a yoob pʋgẽ.
- B sẽn na n maan bũmb ning sẽn na yɩl tɩ b tõog n maan tʋʋm-kãsems ne pagbã, b segd n lʋɩɩs b toog ne b tʋʋm-kãsenga.
- B sẽn na n bool tɩ b yiis b sodaasã tẽn-tẽnsã pʋsẽ, tɩ b yiis politikã sẽn da be bãens rãmbã fãa.
- B sẽn na n ket n bool tɩ b maan b sẽn tõe fãa n maan bũmb ninsã, b na n kɩtame tɩ b bas tɩ b maan bũmb nins b sẽn datã.
- B sẽn dat tɩ b paam sor n maan mog-n-taar la b maan zab-n-taase.
- Sẽn na yɩl n yãk minimã sã n yaa sõma.
- Sẽn na yɩl n paas koe-moondbã sẽn na n zab ne b tʋʋm-teedã b tẽngẽ wã.
Yʋʋmd 1987 wã, yʋʋmd 1987 wã mɛi 5 - 6 wã, b maana mogrã, sẽn yaa COSATU sẽn get b sãbgã sẽn yaa b sẽn get b sẽn getã.
Soog-m-menga zabre
[tekre | teke sidgem]Yʋʋmd 1987 soabã, kiuug rasem 7 daarã, rũnna wã, b sẽn da wa n maand b sẽn da pa tõe n maan bũmb n sõng-b tɩ b maan b tʋʋm-teedã, b sẽn maan b sẽn pa tõe n yɩ sõma wã, b ra pa le maand bũmb n na n maan bũmb tɩ b ra pa tõe n paam n maan bũmb ye. Yʋʋmd 1987 wã, yʋʋmd 1987 wã zu-loees 14-18 wã, b tigma siglgã a yiib-n-soabã, tɩ b yãk tɩ b yãk siglgã sẽn yaa "Sɩɩgã sẽn get b mensã" wã.[2]
Yʋʋmd 1989 wã, yʋʋmd 12 n tãag zĩ-likr kiuug rasem 16 wã, b tigma tigis-kãseng a tãab soabã. A yãka yam n bool COSATU sullã neb tɩ b naag taab n maan "tʋʋm sẽn pa kaoosd" sẽn na yɩl n zab ne apartheidã, yʋʋm 1989 wã sẽn deng Afirik Dĩngri wã.[7]
Yʋʋmd 1989 tʋʋlg kiuug rasem 26 wã, COSATU, sẽn yaa United Democratic Front la Mass Democratic Movement, sɩngame n na n maan zab ne nin-sabls sẽn pa segd n maan b toorẽ tʋʋm ye.[2]
Soog-m-menga tuumd baase
[tekre | teke sidgem]Yʋʋmd 2012 wã, COSATU kongre yãka yam n na n zĩnd dũni gill sendɛkã federasiõ wã pʋgẽ, n kell n yɩ a sull a taab sẽn be Beoog tẽnsẽ wã.
Yʋʋmd 2016 wã, tigis ning sẽn zĩnd Durban wã pʋgẽ, b yãka a Michael Mzwandile Makwayiba, COSATU sull ning sẽn yaa NEHAWU taoor soaba, t'a yɩ dũni koambã federasiõ taoor soaba.
Yʋʋmd 2012 poore, a Cosatu sullã neb wʋsg ra pa le tar a ye ye.[8][9]
tũud-n-taas
[tekre | teke sidgem]COSATU sõdgda tʋʋm nins sẽn pʋgdã tɩ b yaa b tũud-n-taas:[10]
Former affiliates
[tekre | teke sidgem]Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Left | Reason not affiliated | Membership (1985)[13] | Membership (1993)[14] |
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Amalgamated Black Workers' Union | ABWU | 1984 | 1986 | Merged into TGWU | 1,000 | N/A |
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of South Africa | ACTWUSA | 1987 | 1989 | Merged into SACTWU | N/A | N/A |
Brick, Clay and Allied Workers' Union | BRICKAWU | 1987 | Merged into CAWU | 748 | N/A | |
Cape Town Municipal Workers' Association | CTMWA | 1928 | 1987 | Merged into SAMWU | 11,097 | N/A |
Chemical Workers' Industrial Union | CWIU | 1974 | 1999 | Merged into CEPPWAWU | 20,700 | 41,462 |
Cleaning Services and Allied Workers' Union | CSAWU | Merged into TGWU | 850 | N/A | ||
Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union | CDWU | 1,600 | N/A | |||
Construction and Allied Workers' Union | CAWU | 1987 | 2001 | Merged into NUM | N/A | 24,300 |
Food and Allied Workers Union | FAWU | 1986 | 2016 | Disaffiliated | N/A | 121,534 |
Food and Canning Workers' Union | FCWU | 1941 | 1986 | Merged into FAWU | 26,455 | N/A |
General and Allied Workers' Union | GAWU | 1980 | 1987 | Merged into NEHAWU | 19,076 | N/A |
General Workers' Union | GWU | 1977 | 1986 | Merged into TGWU | 20,000 | N/A |
General Workers' Union of South Africa | GWUSA | 1981 | 1987 | Dissolved | 2,905 | N/A |
Health and Allied Workers' Union | HAWU | 1987 | Merged into NEHAWU | 1,111 | N/A | |
Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union | HARWU | 1926 | 1990 | Merged into SACCAWU | N/A | |
Institute of Public Servants | IPS | N/A | N/A | |||
Liberated Metalworkers' Union of South Africa | LIMUSA | 2015 | 2021 | Merged into NUM | N/A | N/A |
Metal and Allied Workers' Union | MAWU | 1973 | 1987 | Merged into NUMSA | 38,789 | N/A |
Motor Assembly and Component Workers' Union of South Africa | MACWUSA | 1982 | 1987 | Merged into NUMSA | 3,100 | N/A |
Municipal Workers' Union of South Africa | MWUSA | 1982 | 1987 | Merged into SAMWU | 9,249 | N/A |
Musicians Union of South Africa | MUSA | 1994 | 2014 | Merged into CWUSA | N/A | N/A |
National Automobile and Allied Workers' Union | NAAWU | 1980 | 1987 | Merged into NUMSA | 20,338 | N/A |
National General Workers' Union of South Africa | NGWUSA | 1984 | 6,037 | N/A | ||
National Iron, Steel and Metal Workers' Union | NISMAWU | 1980 | 1986 | Merged into MAWU | 976 | N/A |
National Post Office and Allied Workers' Union | NAPAWU | 2,163 | N/A | |||
National Unemployed Workers Co-ordinating Committee | NUWCC | 1987 | 1991 | Dissolved | N/A | N/A |
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa | NUMSA | 1987 | 2014 | Expelled[15] | 100,000 | 253,796 |
National Union of Printers and Allied Workers | NUPAWO | 1984 | 1987 | Merged into PPWAWU | N/A | |
National Union of Textile Workers | NUTW | 1973 | 1987 | Merged into ACTWUSA | 23,241 | N/A |
Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union | PPWAWU | 1974 | 1999 | Merged into CEPPWAWU | 11,856 | 37,951 |
Performing Arts Workers' Equity | PAWE | 2014 | Merged into CWUSA | N/A | N/A | |
Post and Telecommunication Workers' Association | POTWA | 1986 | 1996 | Merged into CWU | N/A | 23,081 |
Retail and Allied Workers' Union | RAWU | 1984 | 1986 | Merged into FAWU | 3,830 | N/A |
South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers Union | SAAPAWU | 1995 | 2004 | Merged into FAWU | N/A | N/A |
South African Allied Workers' Union | SAAWU | 1978 | 1987 | Merged into NEHAWU | 25,032 | N/A |
South African Domestic Workers' Association | SADWA | 1981 | 1986 | Merged into SADWU | 4,500 | N/A |
South African Domestic Workers' Union | SADWU | 1986 | 1998 | Dissolved | N/A | 16,172 |
South African Football Players Union | SAFPU | 1997 | 2016 | Disaffiliated | N/A | N/A |
South African Mineworkers' Union | SAMWU | 1983 | 1987 | Dissolved | 3,029 | N/A |
South African Railways and Harbours Union | SARHWU | 1936 | 2000 | Merged into SATAWU | 8,220 | 41,081 |
South African Scooter Transport and Allied Workers' Union | SASTAWU | 1981 | 1986 | Merged into TGWU | 4,700 | N/A |
South African State and Allied Workers' Union | SASAWU | 2000 | 2015 | Disaffiliated | N/A | N/A |
South African Textile and Allied Workers' Union | SATAWU | 1984 | 1988 | Merged into GAWU | 1,900 | N/A |
South African Tin Workers' Union | SATWU | 1937 | 581 | N/A | ||
Sweet, Food and Allied Workers' Union | SFAWU | 1974 | 1986 | Merged into FAWU | 19,596 | N/A |
Transport and General Workers' Union | TGWU | 1973 | 2000 | Merged into SATAWU | 11,000 | 38,036 |
United Mining, Metal and Allied Workers of South Africa | UMMAWOSA | 1983 | 1987 | Merged into NUMSA | 8,335 | N/A |
Afrika Kibla Metall Raab Tigims Tigimsã digimsg
[tekre | teke sidgem]Yʋʋmd 2014 noob kiuug rasem 8 wã, a Irvin Jim sẽn yaa COSATU sull sẽn yaa kãsenga sɛkrɛtɛɛrã,[16] NAMSA, wilgame tɩ b yiisda sull ning sẽn yaa COSATO wã n yaool n yãk n yãk a sẽn na n yãk a soab n yãk a soaba.[15][17] NAMSA ningame tɩ b kɩɩs COSATU rĩungã.[18]
Yʋʋmd 2014 noob kiuug rasem 6 wã, Zu-soabã sẽn yaa Gooteng sẽn be zĩ-zãnga, kɩtame tɩ NUMSA sẽn da rat n maan noor tɩ b pa bool b sẽn na n yãk b sẽn na yɩl n maan bũmb ning fãa wã, b tõdgame. [19]
Yʋʋmd 2014 noob kiuug rasem 10 wã, b wilgame tɩ b sẽn na n yiis NUMSA wã yĩnga, b pa na n kẽes b toog COSATU sullẽ ye. B boolame tɩ b tigim tigis-kãsenga sẽn yaa sõma. [1]
A Jim yeelame tɩ yaa "tʋmdbã raarã sẽn yaa likã". [16]
Goosneema
[tekre | teke sidgem]A sẽn yaa a Zeova Kaset rãmbã taoor soaba, a wilgame tɩ b segd n saka b mens ne b taabã.
Baa ne neb kẽer sẽn yaa b zo-rãmba sẽn wilg tɩ b pa segd n bas politikã, neb a taab yeelame tɩ b sẽn yãkd a taab n na n sõng a COSATU wã, b na n paama pãng politik a sẽn na n sõng-a wã yĩnga. [20]
Tʋʋmdã la siglgã taoor lʋɩtb sull
[tekre | teke sidgem]Afrika-Nedgã tara HIV/AIDS kibs sẽn yaa kãsenga dũniyã gill zugu, la yʋʋm 2005 wã, b wilgame tɩ neb milyõ 5.5 n tar HIV wã, yaa neb nins sẽn tar-a wã sẽn yaa 12,4%. [21][22] Yʋʋmd 2020 wã, Afrika rɩtg ne zĩn-dʋʋgẽ wã neb milyõ 20.6 n tar HIV.[23]
Sẽn paase, b sẽn da wa n get tɩ b na n tõog n sõng b tẽed-n-taasã tɩ b bãng b sẽn tõe n maan to-to wã, b yeelame tɩ b pa tõe n paam tɩ b paam tɩ b bãng tɩ b naaga b sẽn na n maan to wã ye. A yʋʋmd 1998 wã, b yãka yam n na n sõng tɩ b paam sẽk tɩ b tõog n maan tɩbsgã. A yeelame: "Tõnd sẽn da yaa tʋʋm-tʋmdbã taoor soaba, b ra miime tɩ b sẽn paam tɩbsgã sẽn pa tõe n dɩk tɩbgã yĩnga, b ra kʋʋame".[24]
Baa ne COSATU sẽn da yaa a taab ne ANC wã, a pa zemsd ne goosneema wã ye. A ra ratame tɩ nebã paam tɩ b paam tɩ b yũ ra-kãnga.[25]
A Abahlali baseMjondolo kõo kaset sẽn tar pãng tɩ b teel yʋʋmd 2010 wã sẽn yɩ zãma wã tʋʋm-tʋmdbã mogrã.[26]
nin-buiidu
[tekre | teke sidgem]B sẽn yã tɩ b yaa nin-buiidã, b wilgame tɩ b yaa neb sẽn maand b toorẽ la b yaa b sẽn maand b to-to wã. B sẽn yã n yã tɩ b sẽn maan b to-tõe wã yaa b sẽn maan to-to n na n maan to-tõnd n na n wilg b sẽn na n maan bũmb ning n sõng b taabã.
B sẽn da gʋlsd b tagsgã pʋgẽ wã, b ra yetame tɩ "bõn-wẽng sã n maan ned a yembr, yaa wẽng ne neb a taabã fãa".[27]
Zimbabwe
[tekre | teke sidgem]Yʋʋmd 2004 zĩn-soaba la yʋʋmd 2005 zĩn-noy kiuugã, COSATU tʋma b sull n tɩ tɩ tɩ ges Zimbabwe tẽnga yɛl sẽn da be be wã sẽn deng Zimbabwe tẽnga pʋga, la b rig-b lame naoor a yiibu.
A COSATU sigla n maand maand maand n maand maand zab ne a sẽn be Harare wã.
Yʋʋmd 2016 wã, COSATU wilgame tɩ b teelda #ThisFlag sẽn maand maand maandbã Zimbabwe, n yeel tɩ "Zanu-PF rĩmã sẽn yaa kãn-kãe ne b bɛɛbã sẽn getã yaa wa sẽn maan yʋʋmd 2005 wã, sẽn boond tɩ Operation Restore Order/Murambatsvina wã".[28]
Palestine tuumd
[tekre | teke sidgem]Yʋʋmd 2020 soabã pʋgẽ, COSATU wilgame tɩ b yaa ne Palestini nebã, la b wilgame tɩ b tara sor n na n sõng-b tɩ b tõog n zab ne b sẽn pa tar sor n tõog n zabd ne b sẽn namsd b taabã.[29][30]Yʋʋmd 2021 soabã pʋgẽ, Palestini nebã kɩɩsame tɩ b yãk a Zeova sor n kao bʋʋd yʋʋmd 2021 soabã pʋgẽ. A yeelame tɩ b segd n digda a Zeraad tẽnga neb n yiis b zakẽ.[31]
Israɛll sodaasã zabame n zab Al-Aqsa Masji wã, Ramadan kiuugã sasa, sẽn yaa kiuug sẽn yaa sõng ne Palestini nebã wʋsg yĩnga.
A COSATU kẽnga Etazĩni tẽn-boogã sẽn be Sandton, Johannesburg wã, n wilg tɩ a teelda Palesdẽ nebã. A wilgame tɩ yaa tɩlae tɩ Etazĩni goosneema bãng Palesdɛn soolem sẽn yaa a yembrã la a bãng tɩ Palesdẽn nebã sẽn namsd b nin-tɩrse wã yaa bũmb sẽn ka to ye. [32]
Current officeholders
[tekre | teke sidgem]National Office Bearers:[33]
- President: Zingiswa Losi
- First Deputy-President: Mike Shingange
- Second Deputy-President: Louise Thipe
- Secretary General: Bheki Ntshalintshali
- Deputy General Secretary: Solly Phetoe
- Treasurer: Freda Oosthuysen
Provincial Secretaries:[34]
- Eastern Cape: Xolani Malamlela
- Free State: Monyatso Mahlatsi
- Gauteng: Dumisani Dakile
- KwaZulu-Natal: Edwin Mkhize
- Limpopo: Gerald Twala
- Mpumalanga: Thabo Mokoena
- North West: Job Dliso
- Northern Cape: Orapeleng Moraladi
- Western Cape: Melvyn de Bryn
Gese-m-paase
[tekre | teke sidgem]Karen-m-paase
[tekre | teke sidgem]- Jeremy Baskin, Striking Back: A history of Cosatu, Routledge (September 1991), an account of COSATU's early years from 1985 until the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990
Sebtiisi
[tekre | teke sidgem][[Sulli:
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- ↑ Catchpowle, Lesley (2002). A Case Study of the South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) in the Western Cape (1992-1997) (PDF). Greenwich: University of Greenwich. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Hunter, Qaanitah (8 November 2014). "Numsa expelled from Cosatu". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Numsa will fight expulsion from Cosatu | the Citizen". Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
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- ↑ Pillay, Yogan; Venter, Francois; Hassan, Fatima (30 March 2022). "What is the use of anti-HIV injections when those who need it most can't use it?". Bhekisisa. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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- ↑ "Cosatu breaks ranks with ANC over Zim protests". News24. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ↑ "COSATU condemns Israel impunity and annexation of Palestinian territories". polity.org.za. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ↑ Lynk, Michael (25 March 2022). "Israel's 55-year occupation of Palestinian Territory is apartheid – UN human rights expert". United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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- ↑ Ndlovu, Siyanda (18 March 2021). "Cosatu bashes US foreign policy on Palestine, Israeli territories". The Citizen. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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