SAFTU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has written to Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth requesting her to clarify her facilitation engagement between the Registrar of Labour Relations, the Public Servants Association (PSA) and FEDUSA regarding possible deregistration of PSA.
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has expressed alarm over the Department of Employment and Labour's involvement in the statutory duties of the Registrar of Labour Relations regarding the possible deregistration of the Public Servants Association (PSA).
This comes after the Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, recently convened a facilitation engagement between the Registrar of Labour Relations, the department and trade union representatives, following the registrar’s formal notice of intention to deregister PSA.
The Registrar of Labour Relations gazetted an intention to cancel the registration of the PSA citing failures to submit audited financial statements, maintain compliant membership records, and adhere to sections 95, 98, 99, and 100 of the Labour Relations Act.
The PSA has 60 days to submit written representations to challenge the deregistration. The union maintains that it submitted its amended constitution as directed by a Labour Appeal Court judgment and is prepared to challenge the cancellation in court.
