01 January 2019

NEW YEAR STATEMENT BY THE AMALGAMATED TRADE UNION OF SWAZILAND

A well-known American film critic writer Pauline Kael said – “Where there’s a will, there’s a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to Read more »

11 December 2018

The Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland (ATUSWA) is not going to pretend that it does not have an interest in the affairs of SMAWU, a union that Amalgamated with others to form ATUSWA. The fact that the Industrial Court of Appeal confirmed that there was an amalgamation, but only find fault on the manner in which the amalgamation happened confirms that workers took a decision to unite under the banner of our glorious organization and that is where our interest lies. It must be emphasized that the individuals who took ATUSWA to court were and are not members of SMAWU but a group of hyenas that want to feast of the carcass of SMAWU and ultimately workers.
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25 October 2018

On the 24^th of October 2018, the leadership of the union received a judgement of Industrial Court of Appeal under case No. 06/2018, a matter between smawu and ATUSWA. This was as a result of an appeal that was noted after the Industrial Court of Swaziland dismissed an application by a group of individuals who took ATUSWA to court after they were disciplined by the union and in response sought to undo the gains that have been made by workers. Read more »

18 October 2018

The Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland welcomes the decision of Swazi Africa (PTY) LTD of accepting to implement the 11 percent wage increase as agreed between our glorious worker organization and various Textile and Apparel Industry employers in September 2018. Our members at Swazi Africa were left out on the agreed increases as a result of the fact that the company was ill-advised by fake lawyers and or labour consultants who advised same that the recognition agreement entered into between the company and SPRAWU, a union which amalgamated with others to form ATUSWA was null and void. The legally flawed advice was that since SPRAWU is defunct, Read more »

26 September 2018

The Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland (ATUSWA) together with the employers under the Textile and Apparel industry who employ over 13000 workers combined, have taken a giant step towards the formation of a Joint Negotiations Council after concluding a Read more »

20 September 2018

The Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland (ATUSWA), the only workers organization representing Swazi workers in the Textile and Apparel Industry is dismayed after learning that a gang of stingy employers within the industry are planning to meet the Commissioner of Read more »

19 September 2018

The Royal Eswatini Police (REP) following a command, has on this day the 19th day of September 2018 arrested and brutalized organizers and members of the union in Nhlangano.
Cde Sbonelo Tsabedze and Nhlanhla Tsabedze who are full-time organizers of the union were arrested today while coordinating workers who had assembled by Read more »

13th September 2018

The Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland (ATUSWA), the only workers union recognized and organizing the Textile and Apparel sector is geared up for an Industry strike action Read more »

31 August 2018

A situation that could have been contained was exacerbated as a result of amongst other things by poor and or lack of capacity to deal with conflicts at work Read more »