The Garment Workers' Union of the Western Province (GWU-WP) was a trade union representing workers in the clothing industry in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
It gradually expanded its remit to cover Cape Town, Simonstown and Wynberg, and therefore became the GWUWP.
[1] The union focused on providing friendly benefits to its members, including creches, educational bursaries and housing loans.
Due to its non-combative attitude, it was supported by many employers, and grew to be the largest union in South Africa.
The following year, it was interested in becoming part of the new Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of South Africa, but was rejected due to its non-combative position.