{"id":14786,"date":"2012-09-19T16:39:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T14:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/cosatu-membership-off-2009-target\/"},"modified":"2012-09-19T16:39:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T14:39:44","slug":"cosatu-membership-off-2009-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cosatu-membership-off-2009-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosatu membership off 2009 target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/09ab7_3695210425.jpg\" alt=\"Copy of ST p5secCOSATU55\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">INLSA<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">Delegates arrive singing struggle songs at the COSATU 11th National Congress held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/mercury\/splinter-unions-show-up-the-big-ones-1.1385527\">Splinter unions show up the big ones<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Cosatu is Africa\u2019s largest trade union federation, but its membership is well short of the target of |4 million it set for itself in 2009. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">According to its organisational report, Cosatu\u2019s membership and affiliate make-up have changed drastically since 1994, an indicator of the changing nature of employment patterns in the country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Most of its members are either in the public sector or working in the mining or motoring sectors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">One in every 10 members in Cosatu is a teacher, compared to 1995 when the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) had only 59 000 members. Today, Sadtu is Cosatu\u2019s fourth-largest affiliate and boasts a membership of 251 276. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">According to Cosatu\u2019s organisational report, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) remains Cosatu\u2019s largest affiliate, with 310 382 members, compared to 270 000 in 1994. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Cosatu believes the NUM is \u201cunder attack\u201d in the platinum belt from its former members and other forces and is facing increasing pressure from rival Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu). <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The NUM also holds the purse strings of Cosatu, making the largest contribution to it coffers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The second-largest affiliate is the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), with 291 025 members, up from 170 000 in 1994. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The National Education, Health and Allied Workers\u2019 Union (Nehawu) is the third-largest affiliate with 260 738 members.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">In 1994, the union had only 64 000 members. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Data from the federation\u2019s workers survey showed a \u201cworrying\u201d under-representation of young workers, with the average age of members being 40. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cThis should be a real wake-up call for us, we are clearly not doing enough to attract young workers,\u201d said the report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The gender data was even \u201cworse\u201d, said the report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">There are 193 unions in the country, with 117 of these independent. However, no data on their exact size and membership could be ascertained. According to Stats SA, overall trade union density is 32 percent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Union concentration is highest in mining. Half a million of Cosatu\u2019s members earn less than R2 500 a month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INLSA Delegates arrive singing struggle songs at the COSATU 11th National Congress held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand yesterday. Related Stories Splinter unions show up the big ones Cosatu is Africa\u2019s largest trade union federation, but its membership is well short of the target of |4 million it set for itself in 2009. 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