Federation of South African Trade Unions

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:abbreviation FOSATU
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Transport_and_General_Workers'_Union
gptkb:National_Union_of_Textile_Workers
South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers' Union
Chemical Workers' Industrial Union
Food and Canning Workers' Union
Furniture Workers' Industrial Union
General Workers' Union
Glass and Allied Workers' Union
Metal and Allied Workers' Union
National Automobile and Allied Workers' Union
South African Allied Workers' Union
South African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union
South African Domestic Workers' Union
South African Municipal Workers' Union
South African Railways and Harbours Union
Sweet, Food and Allied Workers' Union
gptkbp:country gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:dissolved 1985
gptkbp:focus industrial unionism
shop-floor democracy
gptkbp:founded 1979
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Johannesburg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federation of South African Trade Unions
gptkbp:ideology non-racialism
worker control
gptkbp:keyEvent formation of COSATU
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Congress_of_South_African_Trade_Unions
gptkbp:notableEvent major strikes in the 1980s
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Joe_Foster
Moses Mayekiso
Moss Ndiki
gptkbp:predecessor Trade Union Advisory Coordinating Council
gptkbp:purpose representing workers
gptkbp:website N/A (defunct)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:South_African_Food_and_Canning_Workers'_Union
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7