Federation of South African Trade Unions
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:trade_unionist
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gptkbp:abbreviation |
FOSATU
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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
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gptkbp:dissolved |
1985
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gptkbp:focus |
industrial unionism
shop-floor democracy |
gptkbp:founded |
1979
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gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Johannesburg
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Federation of South African Trade Unions
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gptkbp:ideology |
non-racialism
worker control |
gptkbp:keyEvent |
formation of COSATU
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gptkbp:mergedInto |
gptkb:Congress_of_South_African_Trade_Unions
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gptkbp:notableEvent |
major strikes in the 1980s
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gptkbp:notableLeader |
gptkb:Joe_Foster
Moses Mayekiso Moss Ndiki |
gptkbp:predecessor |
Trade Union Advisory Coordinating Council
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gptkbp:purpose |
representing workers
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gptkbp:website |
N/A (defunct)
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:South_African_Food_and_Canning_Workers'_Union
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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