Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union

The Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union (IMATU) is a trade union in South Africa. It has a membership of 107,000 and is the largest politically independent trade union in the local government sector.

IMATU

Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union
Founded	8 March 1996
Headquarters	Pretoria, South Africa
Location	South Africa
Members	105,000 (2022)[1]
Key people	Johan Koen, General Secretary, Keith Swanepoel President
Affiliations	None
Website	www.imatu.co.za

The Union was founded on 8 March 1996, with the merger of five unions:^[2]

• Durban Municipal Employees' Association
• Johannesburg Municipal Employees' Association
• National Union of Employees of Local Authorities
• South African Association of Municipal Employees
• South African Local Authorities and Allied Workers' Union

It originally affiliated to the Federation of South African Labour Unions,^[3] then to its successor, the Federation of Unions of South Africa,^[4] but it is now independent.

External links

• Official website

References

1. Lawrence, Andrew (2014). Employer and Worker Collective Action. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107071759.
2. Jacobs, Mario (2013). What factors contributed to the failure of the 2011 municipal strike? (PDF). Cape Town: University of Cape Town. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
3. "South Africa". Foreign Labour Trends. 1997.
4. "FEDUSA: Working for the nation" (PDF). South African History Online. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

• Organized labour portal