(SACCAWU)South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Un

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SACCAWU (South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union) was founded in 1975 as CCAWUSA (Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa) From inception was one of the most militant, engaged in a wave of strikes given the repressive and gross, brutal naked exploitative nature of the sectors of her scope at the time and a champion of gender equality and parental rights: “Women Are Workers Too – Children Are Workers Of Tomorrow”; were but part of the chanting and rallying slogans in pursuit and advancement of this noble cause. In 1989, in response to the clarion call and one of COSATU’s founding principles of One Industry One Union – One Country One Federation, merged with other unions in the sector to form SACCAWU.