In an important move, delegates at the second national congress committed FOSATU to building a united working class movement and to unite with other non-racial trade unions.
Archive record
Congress votes for unity

- Origin date
- February 1985
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Congress votes for unity. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106853
South African History Online (2016) 'Congress votes for unity', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106853 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Congress votes for unity [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106853, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Congress votes for unity." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106853. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Congress votes for unity." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106853.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
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