Liberian Federation of Trade Unions

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The Liberian Federation of Trade Unions (abbreviated LFTU) was a trade union centre in Liberia.

In 1977 the Liberian president William R. Tolbert Jr. had urged the different trade union centres to unite into a single body. [1] Thus the Liberian Federation of Trade Unions (LFTU) was founded, uniting the Labor Congress of Liberia and the Congress of Industrial Organizations of Liberia. [1] [2] Nevertheless the United Workers Congress of Liberia and the United Mine Workers Union refused to join LFTU. [1]

The LFTU president was A. Benedict Tolbert, son of president Tolbert. [3] [4] Amos Gray served as the secretary general of LFTU. [5]

LFTU was a member of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. [6] LFTU was given ICFTU membership at the 70th Executive Board meeting of ICFTU, held in Hamburg in May 1978. [7] ICFTU was represented at the inauguration ceremony of LFTU on October 12, 1977. [7] ICFTU sponsored a number of organizational trainings for LFTU. [7]

As of January 1979 ICFTU estimated the LFTU membership at 10,000. [6]

In August 1979 LFTU and UWC signed an agreement to work towards a merger and draft a joint constitution. [8] The two centres were due to merge before the end of 1979, but merger talks were delayed after the death of mother and niece of the LFTU secretary-general Gray. [9] In 1980 LFTU and UWC merged, forming the Liberian Federation of Labor Unions (LFLU). [2] The ICFTU membership of LFTU was passed on to LFLU. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 A. P. Coldrick; Philip Jones (1979). The international directory of the trade union movement. Macmillan. p. 297.
  2. 1 2 Martin Upham (1991). Trade Unions of the World. Longman Group UK Limited. p. 286.
  3. ↑ H. Boima Fahnbulleh (2004). Voices of Protest: Liberia on the Edge, 1974-1980. Universal-Publishers. p. 144. ISBN   978-1-58112-503-0.
  4. ↑ IFPAAW Snips. International Federation of Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers. 1977.
  5. ↑ AFL-CIO.; AFL-CIO. Constitutional Convention (1979). Proceedings of the AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention. AFL-CIO. p. 509.
  6. 1 2 3 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (1983). Congress Proceedings. pp. 32, 187.
  7. 1 2 3 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (1979). Report of the World Congress. pp. 24, 159.
  8. ↑ Social and Labour Bulletin. International Labour Office. 1980. p. 40.
  9. ↑ African Trade Union News. Regional Economic Research and Documentation Center. 1978. p. 90.
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