The Co-ordinating Council of South African Trade Unions (CCSATU) was a national trade union federation of white workers in South Africa.
The South African Trades and Labour Council (SAT&LC) included all unions, but a minority of its affiliates opposed the affiliates of unions of black workers. Five unions of white workers resigned from the SAT&LC in 1947, and in 1948 they founded the Co-ordinating Council of South African Trade Unions. It was supportive of apartheid, and its development was encouraged by the National Party. [1] [2]
In 1957, the federation affiliated to the South African Confederation of Labour (SACOL). By 1962, it had 13 affiliates, with a total of 40,221 members. As SACOL became more centralised, CCSATU declined in importance, and it appears to have dissolved around 1980. [1]
| Union | Membership (1962) [3] |
|---|---|
| Association of State Sawmill and Forestry Workers of South Africa | 539 |
| Bank Employees' Association | 2,326 |
| Cement and Clay Workers' Organisation of South Africa | 226 |
| Die Spoorbond | 12,223 |
| European Building Workers' Union | 5,499 |
| European Textile Workers' Industrial Union of South Africa | 204 |
| Glass Manufacturing Workers' Union | 445 |
| Match Workers' Union of South Africa | 252 |
| Orange Free State Road Builders' Union | 745 |
| Provincial Co-workers' Association | 2,300 |
| Provincial Domestic Staff Association | 132 |
| South African Iron and Steel Trades Association | 15,000 |
| Transvaal Transport Workers' Union | 330 |
References
- ^ a b Miller, Shirley (1982). Trade Unions in South Africa 1970-1980: a directory and statistics. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit. ISBN 0799204692.
- ^ Lichtenstein, Alex (March 2004). "'The Hope for White and Black'? Race, Labour and the State in South Africa and the United States, 1924-1956". Journal of Southern African Studies. 30 (1).
- ^ Wirtz, W. Willard (1966). Directory of Labor Organizations: Africa. Washington DC: Bureau of International Labor Affairs. pp. 39.25–39.28.