COSATU
In 1988, he became COSATU's regional secretary for the Western Transvaal. In 1992 he took up the position of National Organizing Secretary. he served as COSATU's Deputy General Secretary from 1993 to 1999.
Vavi took centre stage in the four-month negotiation that preceded the 1997 Jobs Summit. He serves on the International Labour Organisation's commission on globalisation.
In 1999 he succeeded Mbhazima Shilowa (formerly the Gauteng Premier, now one of the leaders of COPE) as general secretary of COSATU.
He addressed the 27 June 2002 XIV International AIDS Conference where he pushed mass education and prevention campaigns.
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