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WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN IMATU THE TRADE UNION OF CHOICE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT?
“The Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union, IMATU is a young, vibrant and most progressive trade union operating in the municipal and allied sector of the South African workplace. We boast some 70 000 members spread across all municipalities in South Africa, from the largest metropolitan city core to the rural “platteland” of the country. Wherever a local municipality or district municipality exists, you are bound to find a local branch of IMATU.
IMATU might be a young trade union (we were formed on 8 March 1996 at the inaugural congress in Bloemfontein), and anyone who lacks knowledge about the background of the formation of the union might be momentarily pardoned for thinking it lacks experience. Not so- the formation of the union “IMATU” stems from the succession of The South African Association of Municipal Employees (SAAME), the Johannesburg Municipal Employees Association (JMEA), the National Union of Employees of Local Authorities (NUELA), the Durban Municipal Employees Association (DMES) and the South African Local Authorities and Allied Workers Union (SALAAWU).
IMATU shop stewards and staff are empowered and qualified to render service to our members on all aspects of administration, finance and the law of labour relations at the workplace. We pride ourselves to be associated with the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) of which its recently elected President also resides as President of Imatu (Mr. Danie Carstens).
IMATU offers a home to all levels of employment and because we are not politically aligned to any party in South Africa, we can focus on the one central goal we have adopted in our dynamic, democratic constitution: excellence in the service delivery to our members!
Look at some of the following services and benefits that we offer:
- Representation at the SALGBC which means that your interests as a group and an individual, employed in local government is protected- and we negotiate your salary increase, service benefits and conditions of service for you
- Representation at the workplace in Local Labour Forums, grievance procedures, disciplinary hearings or just general representation when it becomes unbearable to work under “those” conditions
- A loan scheme with favourable repayment terms
- Group financial schemes and group insurance benefits
- Social activities at branches throughout the Regions
If you have not yet taken up membership of our dynamic, vibrant trade union, now is the time to click on the “membership” icon on the website and enable us to join you to our world- the only trade union of choice in the municipal and allied workplace- IMATU.
See you soon…”
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