Motor Industry Staff Association

The Motor Industry Staff Association (MISA) is a trade union representing workers in the motor industry in South Africa.

The union was founded on 22 September 1949 in Bloemfontein, to represent white collar workers.[1] For many years, it only admitted white workers.[2]

By 1985, the union had affiliated to the Federation of South African Labour Unions,[3] and by 1996 it had grown to 20,000 members.[4] In 1997, it was a founding affiliate of the Federation of Unions of South Africa,[5]

In 2003, the union absorbed the Motor Industry Employees' Union, which represented technical workers in the industry.[6] By 2019, the union had grown to 50,000 members.[1]

References
  1. Keyter, Martle (Summer 2019). "MISA is 90 years young". MISA Data. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. Miller, Shirley (1982). Trade Unions in South Africa 1970-1980: a directory and statistics. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit. ISBN 0799204692.
  3. "Functional federations and consultative councils" (PDF). South African Labour Bulletin. October 1985. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. Von Holdt, Karl (May 1993). "In the number 2 spot" (PDF). South African Labour Journal. 17 (3). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  5. "FEDUSA: Working for the nation" (PDF). South African History Online. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. Johnston, Stuart (28 May 2011). "MISA calls for co-ordinated skills programme" (PDF). AutoLive. No. 1. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.