All-African Trade Union Federation

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All-African Trade Union Federation
Merged into OATUU
Founded1959
Dissolved1973
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AffiliationsIndependent


The All-African Trade Union Federation (AATUF) was a Pan-African trade union organisation.

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The confederation was formed in November 1959 on the initiative of president Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana. The first independent organisation aiming to unite all African trade unions, it asked its affiliates not to hold membership of the two major global union confederations, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions or the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions. However, many potential members disagreed with this approach, and instead formed the rival African Trade Union Confederation (ATUC). [1]

The secretary of AATUF was Amadou N'diaye. The assistant secretary general was Ochola Ogaye Mak'Anyengo. [2] Its headquarters were initially in Accra, and later in Dar es Salaam. By 1966, it had 31 affiliates, which claimed a total of 3,773,150 members. [3]

In April 1973 AATUF merged with the ATUC and the Pan-African Workers' Congress, to form the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU). [1] [4]

Affiliates

The following unions were affiliated in 1965: [3]

UnionCountry
General Union of Algerian WorkersAlgeria
National Union of Angolan Workers in ExileAngola
Bechuanaland General Workers' OrganisationBechuanaland
Basutoland Federation of LabourBasutoland
Federation of Workers of BurundiBurundi
General Union of Central African WorkersCentral African Republic
National Union of Chadian WorkersChad
Congolese Trade Union ConfederationRepublic of the Congo
General Confederation of Congolese WorkersDemocratic Republic of the Congo
General Union of Workers of DahomeyDahomey
African General Confederation of LabourGabon
Gambia Labour UnionGambia
Ghana Trades Union Congress Ghana
National Confederation of Workers of GuineaGuinea
National Union of Workers of Portuguese GuineaGuinea Bissau
National Union of Workers of MaliMali
Mauritius Trade Union FederationMauritius
Moroccan Labour UnionMorocco
Nigeria Trades Union Congress Nigeria
National African Federation of UnionsRhodesia
Senegalese Confederation of WorkersSenegal
Labour Secretariat of the Pan-African Congress South Africa
South African Congress of Trade Unions South Africa
South West African Workers' UnionSouth West Africa
Federation of Sudanese Workers' UnionsSudan
Swaziland Congress of Trade UnionsSwaziland
National Union of Tanganyika WorkersTanzania
Federation of Uganda Trade UnionsUganda
United Arab Republic Federation of LabourUnited Arab Republic
Federation of Voltan Workers' Trade UnionsUpper Volta
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions Zambia

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 van der Velden, Sjaak (2021). Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9781538134610.
  2. Western-Educated Elites in Kenya, 1900-1963: The African American Factor By Jim C. Harper. Routledge; 1 edition (September 10, 2012)
  3. 1 2 Coldrick, Percy; Jones, Philip (1979). The International Directory of the Trade Union Movement. New York: Facts on File. p. 246247. ISBN   0871963744.
  4. Staff writer (2024). "Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU)". UIA Global Civil Society Database. uia.org. Brussels, Belgium: Union of International Associations. Yearbook of International Organizations Online. Retrieved 24 December 2024.