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Karthi Pillay is the First Deputy President of the Communication Workers' Union (CWU).
Pillay was employed by the then P&T in 1976 as a learner telecommunications electrician and progressed to the current position of technical officer. His union activities within P&T started in the same year. He became Saptea's Pietermaritzburg chairperson in 1978. He retained the position until 1984 after which he served as Saptea's NEC member. In 1994 he was elected the organisation's deputy president, and was tasked with the responsibility of restructuring shopstewards' training and unification. He was a member of the National merger committee and convener of the negotiations technical committee.
Pillay was employed by the then P&T in 1976 as a learner telecommunications electrician and progressed to the current position of technical officer. His union activities within P&T started in the same year. He became Saptea's Pietermaritzburg chairperson in 1978. He retained the position until 1984 after which he served as Saptea's NEC member. In 1994 he was elected the organisation's deputy president, and was tasked with the responsibility of restructuring shopstewards' training and unification. He was a member of the National merger committee and convener of the negotiations technical committee.