ICFTU African Regional Organisation

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ICFTU African Regional Organisation
Merged into African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation
Founded1957 (1993)
Dissolved2007
HeadquartersLome, Togo
Location
Members15 million (2004)
Affiliations ICFTU
Website www.icftuafro.org

The ICFTU African Regional Organisation (AFRO) was a regional organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), representing trade unions from countries in Africa.

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History

The organisation held its first congress in Accra in January 1957, but had little organisation in its early years. In 1965, the ICFTU's secretariat placed the organisation under the direct control of the ICFTU General Secretary, and it did not regain its autonomy until 1972. At that year's congress, F. T. Tekie of Ethiopia was elected as General Secretary of AFRO, but he was arrested in 1974. [1]

but the current organisation was not fully formed until 1993. [1] In 2007, the ICFTU merged with the World Confederation of Labour (WCL). AFRO merged with the WCL's Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Union, forming the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation. [2]

Affiliates

The following federations were affiliated in 1965: [3]

UnionCountry
General League of Angolan Workers in ExileAngola
West Cameroon Trades Union CongressCameroon
General Labour Federation of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Confederation of Free Trade Unions of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions Ethiopia
National Confederation of Gabonese WorkersGabon
Gambia Workers' Union Gambia
General Union of Workers of Guinea BissauGuinea Bissau
Congress of Industrial OrganisationsLiberia
National Federation of Trade UnionsLibya
Confederation of Malagasy WorkersMadagascar
Trades Union Congress of MalawiMalawi
Mauritius Labour Congress Mauritius
United Labour Congress Nigeria
Somali Confederation of LabourSomalia
Central Government Workers' UnionSudan
General Federation of Tunisian WorkersTunisia
Uganda Trades Union CongressUganda
National Organisations of Free Trade Unions Upper Volta

Leadership

General Secretaries

1964: Momadou Jallow [1]
1965: Post vacant [1]
1972: Fisseha Tsion Tekie [1]
1974: George Palmer (acting) [1]
1979: Amos Gray [1]
1993: Andrew Keilembo [1]

Presidents

1960: Haroun Popoola Adebola [1]
1964: Humphrey Luande [1]
1965: Post vacant [1]
1972: Alhaji Yunusa Kaltungo [1]
1979: Boniface Kabore [1]
1988: Sadok Allouche [1]
1993: Madia Diop [1]
2005: Mody Guiro

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Carew, Anthony (2000). The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Oxford: Peter Lang. p. 579. ISBN   9783906764832.
  2. ↑ "Trade unions urged to close ranks". Ghana Web. 27 November 2007.
  3. ↑ Coldrick, Percy; Jones, Philip (1979). The International Directory of the Trade Union Movement. New York: Facts on File. pp. 244–245. ISBN   0871963744.
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