The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is a socialist trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 2017, and is the second largest of the country's main trade union confederations, with 21 affiliated trade unions organising 800,000 workers.
Politics The federation describes its key political principles as worker control and democracy, anti-imperialism and socialism.South African Federation of Trade Unions
Affiliates Current affiliates The following unions were affiliated in 2021:
Union Abbreviation Founded Membership (2018) Academic and Professional Staff Association APSA 1997 Chemical, Wood and Allied Workers' Union CWAWU 2010 Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers' Union CSAAWU 2007 Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers' Union of South Africa DEMAWUSA 2015 12,000 Democratic Postal and Communications' Union DEPACU 2014 Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers' Union DETAWU 2015 10,000 Food and Allied Workers Union FAWU 1986 23,300 General Industries Workers' Union of South Africa GIWUSA 1989 21,500 Information Communication Technology Union ICTU 2012 Municipal and Allied Trade Union of South Africa MATUSA 2015 National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa NUMSA 1987 328,827 National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers NUPSAW 1998 48,000 South African Correctional Services Workers' Union SACOSWU 2009 South African Industrial, Commercial and Allied Workers' Union SAICWU 2016 Tirisano Transport and Services Workers' Union TASWU 2004 Transport, Retail and General Workers' Union THORN 2010
Former affiliates Union Abbreviation Founded Left Reason not affiliated Membership (2018) National Transport Movement NTM 2012 2018 Disaffiliated 52,250 Private Schools and Allied Workers' Union PRISAWU 2015 South African Policing Union SAPU 1996 Finance Union of Workers FUWO South African Liberated Public Sector Workers' Union SALIPSWU 2015 Finance Union of Workers FUWO Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union YNITU
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