Trade unions in Niger

Trade unions in Niger

Trade unions in Niger are free to engage in regular unionist activities, with constitutionally protected provisions for forming and joining trade unions. However, with 95% the working population engaged in subsistence activities, cite book
year = 2005
title = Trade Unions of the World
editor = ICTUR et al,
edition = 6th
publisher = John Harper Publishing
location = London, UK
id = ISBN 0-9543811-5-7] the numbers of trade union members are low.

International Labour Organization

Niger ratified the ILO conventions Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 February 27, 1961, and Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 March 23, 1962.

Trade unions

The Union of Workers' Trade Unions of Niger (USTN) is the largest trade union centre with a membership of 60,000. The Democratic Confederation of Workers of Niger (CDTN) was formed in 2001 as a breakaway union from the USTN. The Nigerien Confederation of Labour (CNT) is the third largest trade union centre.

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