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The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is the biggest metalworkers trade union in South Africa with more than 216 000 members. Formed in 1987, it merged five different unions, some of whom had formed in the 1960s and 1970s.
It is an active affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the biggest trade union federation in South Africa.
MAWU was the first union formed in Durban from the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund. ack then it was illegal for black workers to belong to a registered trade union so workers joined Benefit Funds - a cover for trade unions. Thousands of workers joined the fund after the Durban strikes in 1972 and 1973. MAWU was formed in 1973, and the Transvaal branch in 1975.
It is an active affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the biggest trade union federation in South Africa.
MAWU was the first union formed in Durban from the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund. ack then it was illegal for black workers to belong to a registered trade union so workers joined Benefit Funds - a cover for trade unions. Thousands of workers joined the fund after the Durban strikes in 1972 and 1973. MAWU was formed in 1973, and the Transvaal branch in 1975.