The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is a trade union in South Africa. It was founded in May, 2000 and has a membership of 82,000.
SATAWU is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), and the International Transport Workers' Federation.
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