All-African Trade Union Federation
| Merged into | OATUU |
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| Founded | 1959 |
| Dissolved | 1973 |
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| Affiliations | Independent |
The All-African Trade Union Federation (AATUF) was a Pan-African trade union organisation.
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
[edit]The following unions were affiliated in 1965:[3]
| Union | Country |
|---|---|
| General Union of Algerian Workers | Algeria |
| National Union of Angolan Workers in Exile | Angola |
| Bechuanaland General Workers' Organisation | Bechuanaland |
| Basutoland Federation of Labour | Basutoland |
| Federation of Workers of Burundi | Burundi |
| General Union of Central African Workers | Central African Republic |
| National Union of Chadian Workers | Chad |
| Congolese Trade Union Confederation | Republic of the Congo |
| General Confederation of Congolese Workers | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| General Union of Workers of Dahomey | Dahomey |
| African General Confederation of Labour | Gabon |
| Gambia Labour Union | Gambia |
| Ghana Trades Union Congress | Ghana |
| National Confederation of Workers of Guinea | Guinea |
| National Union of Workers of Portuguese Guinea | Guinea Bissau |
| National Union of Workers of Mali | Mali |
| Mauritius Trade Union Federation | Mauritius |
| Moroccan Labour Union | Morocco |
| Nigeria Trades Union Congress | Nigeria |
| National African Federation of Unions | Rhodesia |
| Senegalese Confederation of Workers | Senegal |
| Labour Secretariat of the Pan-African Congress | South Africa |
| South African Congress of Trade Unions | South Africa |
| South West African Workers' Union | South West Africa |
| Federation of Sudanese Workers' Unions | Sudan |
| Swaziland Congress of Trade Unions | Swaziland |
| National Union of Tanganyika Workers | Tanzania |
| Federation of Uganda Trade Unions | Uganda |
| United Arab Republic Federation of Labour | United Arab Republic |
| Federation of Voltan Workers' Trade Unions | Upper Volta |
| Zambia Congress of Trade Unions | Zambia |
Bibliography
[edit]- Agyeman, Opoku, The Failure of Grassroots Pan-Africanism: The Case of the All-African Trade Union Federation, ISBN 0-7391-0620-1.
References
[edit]- ^ a b van der Velden, Sjaak (2021). Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538134610.
- ^ Western-Educated Elites in Kenya, 1900-1963: The African American Factor By Jim C. Harper. Routledge; 1 edition (September 10, 2012)
- ^ a b Coldrick, Percy; Jones, Philip (1979). The International Directory of the Trade Union Movement. New York: Facts on File. p. 246–247. ISBN 0871963744.
- ^ 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.
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