BDLive reports that the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) is set to cut ties with labour federation Cosatu at the former’s national conference in August.  

Six of Fawu’s eight structures held special provincial congresses recently at which they ratified a decision to leave Cosatu.  The Western Cape was the only province not to endorse the decision.  KwaZulu-Natal has not yet held its congress because of divisions over whether to stay or go.  The union organises retail and farm workers in the food sector and has a membership of 129,000.  It was among the Cosatu unions that supported the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) during the latter’s fight to remain in the federation.

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