- To regulate relations between employees and their employers and to promote the interests of such employees;
- To build a strong and democratic organisation of workers at the workplace through active shop steward councils which will be able to participate in various platforms of dialogue, in the spirit and principle of democracy.
- To work towards uniting all workers in improving their remuneration and working conditions;
- To strive for the right to take collective action and to take secondary action
- To resist privatisation, casualisation, retrenchment and strive for full employment;
- To end all forms of discrimination in employment;
- To strive for proper and accessible training to develop the skills of all workers;
- To promote safe and healthy working conditions;
- To promote or oppose any laws or administrative measures that affect the rights and/or interests of our members;
- Subject to the further provisions of this Constitution, to render legal assistance to members in matters relating to their employment and to institute legal proceedings for and on behalf of the Union and/or its members;
- To affiliate with or confer or enter into co-operative arrangements with any other trade union, trade union federation, or labour organisation, with the object of securing joint action on any matter;
- To enter into collective bargaining forums for the purpose of negotiating and entering into collective agreements with employers and associations of employers;
- To encourage the settlement of disputes through conciliatory methods;
- To raise and acquire funds by means of subscriptions, levies, donations, loans, or by any other lawful manner, which the National Executive Committee may deem fit;
- To buy, take on lease, hire or otherwise acquire or sell, pledge or mortgage any movable or immovable property;
- To deal with such other lawful matters as deemed to be in the interests of the union;
- To protect the job security of members, to advance their employment prospects, and to serve their individual and collective interests;
- To recruit and unite workers in order to improve their economic and social welfare;
- To strive for proper and accessible training to develop the skills of all workers, leaders and staff;
- To establish relationships with other trade unions, trade union federations, labour organisations, and service providers for the benefit of members of the union;
- To build working class solidarity and bilateral relations with trade unions internationally;
- To develop policies and procedures that are clearly defined to promote good governance;
- To develop human resource policies that will enhance the development and motivation of staff according to prescribed legislation;
- To promote HIV/AIDS awareness, and wellness in general, gender equality, job creation/security and a corruption-free society;
- To promote communication channels and transparency between workers, leaders and staff;
- To strengthen and grow the labour movement by organising and developing young workers