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  2008 

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28-11-2008 » 9000 SACTWU members undergo Union provided VCT
. 21-07-2008 » CCMA Slaps R17 Million fine on non-compliant Textiles Employer
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7-07-2008 » Thank You Madiba for saving jobs in the Clothing and Textiles Industry
. 13-07-2008 » Clothing Bargaining Council wins R4 million award against non-compliant company
. 13-07-2008 » SACTWU Stitches together R190 Million Clothing Industry wage deal
.  10-07-2008 » COSATU Strike - Final Report back
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09-07-2008 » COSATU Strike - Western Cape Update

.  09-07-2008 » SACTWU preliminary report on COSATU protest
.  24-06-2008 » SACTWU reaches 12.32% wage settlement for the Footwear industry
. 06-05-2008 
» Fashion Industry Media Release
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01-05-2008 
» Garment Industry Graduation
 
19-03-2008 » Clothing Industry agrees to more than one day's pay for 21 MARCH 2008 Public Holiday
 
20-02-2008 » SACTWU welcomes reinstatement of 13 dismissed members

.  01-02-2008 » SACTWU mourns the death of Pasquallie


  2007
   
05-12-2007 » SACTWU supports 16 days of activism of no violence and abuse against woman and children
   29-11-2007
 » Union establishes R10 million funeral benefit fund for hiv positive workers
   12-11-2007 » SACTWU Spring Queen & Fashion Pageant - Workers on the Runway
   17-04-2007 » Fashion Imbizo hears positive news on China quota
  
  2006
  15-09-2006 » SACTWU response to delay in clothing and textiles quota implementation date
   08-09-2006 » SACP statement in support of China deal
   05-09-2006 » NUM welcomes quotas on clothing and textiles from China
   04-09-2006 » COSATU welcomes quotas on Chinese clothing and textile imports
   04-09-2006 » SACTWU welcomes cutback on clothing and textile imports from China
   17-08-2006 » NULAW loses its majority in the leather industry
   18-05-2006 » Union calls on public to support buy local campaign
   31-06-2006 » China cutback on clothing and textile exports

  2005
   14-12-2005 » Clothing employers abandon interdict 
   09-06-2005 » SACTWU and NCMA sew together wage agreement
   06-06-2005 » SACTWU wins wage underpayment dispute at Castellano-Betrame
   02-06-2005 » Clothing bosses offer their workers a R2.00 wage increases
   20-05-2005 » UNION completes impressive HIV/AIDS awareness blitz
   29-04-2005 » Save Jobs Coalition
   19-04-2005 » SACTWU welcomes judgements
   06-04-2005 » Business Report letters, 6 April 2005
   21-03-2005 » Letter to the Cape Argus
   17-03-2005 » Save our Jobs - Save Rex Trueform

 Articles

   June 2007:        "Engage, don't capitulate” by Ebrahim Patel. Article on China in the Sunday Times
   August 2006:     "The Textile and Clothing Industry in South Africa” by SALRI Senior Researcher Etienne Vlok in The Future of the Textile and Clothing Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
                            "Jobs Crisis Misdiagnosed” by Ebrahim Patel in Financial Mail
   December 2004: Reply to Terry Bell Article
  November 2002: Interview with Ebrahim Patel on the Global Employment Agenda, ILO Workers group

 Speeches

   August 2007:      COSATU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi addressing SACTWU's 10th National Congress
   August 2007:     “The revolution is on trial: Defend and Deepen a Working Class-led and Socialist Oriented National Democratic Revolution” SACP Message to SACTWU's 2007 National Congress delivered by General Secretary of the SACP, Blade Nzimande
   August 2007:      ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma addressing SACTWU's 10th National Congress
   June 2005:         COSATU 2nd Deputy President and SACTWU 2nd Deputy President, Violet Seboni addressing the SANGOCO workshop on non-agricultural market access (NAMA)
   
November 2004: SACTWU General Secretary Ebrahim Patel addressing the Cape Town Fashion Festival Fashion Night
   November 2004:
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's address to the Cape Town Fashion Festival Imbizo
   
July 2004:          SACTWU General Secretary Ebrahim Patel addressing the 2nd AGM of the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Industry
   
June 2003:         SACTWU General Secretary Ebrahim Patel addressing the ILO on the Scope of the Employment Relationship
   
May 2003:          SACTWU General Secretary Ebrahim Patel addressing the 1st AGM of the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Industry
   February 2001:   SACTWU General Secretary Ebrahim Patel at the launch of the Buy Local Agreement with Sun International
   
August 2000:      SACTWU General Secretary Ebrahim Patel addressing the Clothing and Textile Sector Summit
   
July 2000:          SACTWU General Secretary Ebrahim Patel at the launch of the SACTWU Computer School in partnership with Peninsula Technikon