ICFTU-AFRO

ICFTU African Regional Organisation
Founded	1957 (1993)
Members	15 million (2004)[1]
Country	Africa
Affiliation	ICFTU
Key people	Andrew Kailembo, general secretary
Office location	Nairobi, Kenya
Website	www.icftuafro.org

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.

[edit] See 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

[edit] References

• ^ 2004 ICFTU-AFRO news archives

[edit] External links

• ICFTU-AFRO website

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