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SACCAWU

South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union
Founded	1975
Headquarters	Johannesburg, South Africa
Location	South Africa
Members	107,000
Key people	Patrick Hailane, President Mduduzi Mbongwe, General Secretary
Affiliations	COSATU

The South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU) is a trade union representing retail, distribution and hospitality workers in South Africa.

History

The union was founded in 1975, as the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers' Union (CCAWUSA). The first General Secretary was the union stalwart, Emma Mashinini, and Makhulu Ledwaba was elected as the first President of CCAWUSA. It initially grew strongly, but an unsuccessful strike in 1984 for higher wages in large hotels led to most of the hospitality workers leaving, while the small Federal Council of Retail and Allied Workers also split away. In, 1985 it was a founding affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Both Mashinini and Ledwaba played an instrumental role in the establishment of COSATU, with Ledwaba elected as 2nd Vice-President of COSATU.

COSATU called for "One Industry One Union" and CCAWUSA began merger negotiations with the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union (HARWU). CCAWUSA became divided on ideological lines, one group close to the African National Congress, but in 1990, COSATU negotiated a truce, with HARWU also merging in. The union renamed itself as the "South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers' Union".

SACCAWU is an affiliate of COSATU as well as an affiliate of two International Unions, UNI-Global Unions where the General Secretary Bones Skulu serve on the executive as well as serving as President of UN- Africa, and Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco International Network (UIF).

SACCAWU has eight regions; Eastern Cape, Free State/Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, Northern, North West-Vaal, Western Cape, and Witwatersrand regions.

General Secretaries

1975: Emma Mashinini

1986: Vivian Mtwa

1991: Papi Kganare

1995: Bones Skulu

2023: Mduduzi Mbongwe

Presidents

1975: Makhulu Ledwaba

1988: Duma Nkosi

1990s: Amos Mothapo

2013: Louise Thipe

2023: Patrick Hailane

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References

1. Bennett, Mark (Autumn–Winter 1987). "Trade unions sector by sector". Indicator South Africa. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
2. ^ Horwitz, Allan. "HARWU: The Aborted Attempt to Build a National South African Catering Union (1984 – 1990) by Allan Horwitz, June 2018". South African History Online. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
3. Baskin, Jeremy (1991). Striking back: A history of COSATU. London: Verso. p. 55. ISBN 0860913457.

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