ICFTU African Regional Organisation

Infobox Union
name= ICFTU-AFRO
country= Africa
affiliation= ICFTU
members= 15 million (2004)ref|members
full_name= ICFTU African Regional Organisation
native_name=


founded= 1957 (1993)
current=
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dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office= Nairobi, Kenya
people= Andrew Kailembo, general secretary
website= [http://www.icftuafro.org/ www.icftuafro.org]
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The ICFTU African Regional Organisation (ICFTU-AFRO) is a regional organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, representing trade unions from countries in Africa. There are 56 national trade union federations affiliated to ICFTU-AFRO, from 45 countries, and representing a total of 15 million workers.

The ICFTU-AFRO held its first congress in 1957, but the current organisation was not fully formed until 1993. The organisation has six main departments, handling conflict resolution, economic & social policy, education, gender & equality, HIV/AIDS, and humand & trade union rights. In its own words,

:ICFTU-AFRO seeks to fight poverty, unemployment and all forms of discrimination, exploitation, arbitrary unrests, detention without trial and unlawful dismissals.

ee also

* International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
* ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation
* ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers
* European Trade Union Confederation
* List of federations of trade unions

References

* [http://www.icftuafro.org/afronews.asp 2004 ICFTU-AFRO news archives]

External links

* [http://www.icftuafro.org/ ICFTU-AFRO website]