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).
The secretary of AATUF was Amadou N'diaye. The assistant secretary general was Ochola Ogaye Mak'Anyengo.Western-Educated Elites in Kenya, 1900-1963: The African American Factor By Jim C. Harper. Routledge; 1 edition (September 10, 2012) 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.
In April 1973 AATUF merged with the ATUC and the Pan-African Workers' Congress, to form the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU).
Affiliates The following unions were affiliated in 1965:
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 Agyeman, Opoku, The Failure of Grassroots Pan-Africanism: The Case of the All-African Trade Union Federation, .
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