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Democratic Organization Of African Workers' Trade Unions
The Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Unions was a regional organisation of the World Confederation of Labour. It has a membership of 35 unions and eight 'pan-African federations' in 29 countries. In 2007, the federation merged with the ICFTU African Regional Organisation, forming the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation. Pan-African federations * Fédération Panafricaine des Travailleurs de l’Industrie (FPTI) * Fédération Panafricaine des Syndicats des Services Publics (FPSSP) * Fédération Panafricaine des Travailleurs de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation (FEPATAA) * Fédération Panafricaine des Syndicats de l’Education (FEPASE) * Fédération Panafricaine des Employés (FPE) * Fédération Panafricaine des Travailleurs du Transport (FPTT) * Fédération Panafricaine des Travailleurs du Textile et de l'Habillement (FPTTH) * Fédération Panafricaine des travailleurs de la Construction et du Bois (FPTCB) Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area.Sayre, April Pulley (1999), ''Africa'', Twenty-First Century Books. . With billion people as of , it accounts for about of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest amongst all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Despite a wide range of natural resources, Africa is the least wealthy continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, behind Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including geography, climate, tribalism, colonialism, the Cold War, neocolonialism, lack of democracy, and corruption. Despite this low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and the large and young population make Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Kikongi
Fernand Kikongi di Mwisa (1 September 1935 – 1 April 2009) was a Congolese trade union leader. Born in Kinshasa, Kikongi was educated at the School of Social Studies in Leuven, before returning to Zaire, where he became the general secretary of the National Union of Congolese Workers, and then president of the Congolese Trade Union Confederation. Internationally, he was elected as president of the Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Unions, and then from 1997 was president of the World Confederation of Labour The World Confederation of Labour (WCL) was an international labour organization founded in 1920 and based in Europe. Totalitarian governments of the 1930s repressed the federation and imprisoned many of its leaders, limiting operations until the .... He retired in 2001 and suffered a lengthy illness, dying in 2009. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kikongi, Fernand 1935 births 2009 deaths Democratic Republic of the Congo trade unionists People f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Confederation Of Labour
The World Confederation of Labour (WCL) was an international labour organization founded in 1920 and based in Europe. Totalitarian governments of the 1930s repressed the federation and imprisoned many of its leaders, limiting operations until the end of World War II. In 2006 it became part of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), ending its existence as an independent organization. History Founding The WCL was founded at The Hague in 1920 under the name of the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (IFCTU) as a confederation of trade unions associated with the Christian Democratic parties of Europe."History." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICFTU African Regional Organisation
The ICFTU African Regional Organisation (AFRO) was a regional organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), representing trade unions from countries in Africa. History The organisation held its first congress in Accra in January 1957, but had little organisation in its early years. In 1965, the ICFTU's secretariat placed the organisation under the direct control of the ICFTU General Secretary, and it did not regain its autonomy until 1972. At that year's congress, F. T. Tekie of Ethiopia was elected as General Secretary of AFRO, but he was arrested in 1974. but the current organisation was not fully formed until 1993. In 2007, the ICFTU merged with the World Confederation of Labour (WCL). AFRO merged with the WCL's Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Union, forming the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation. Leadership General Secretaries :1964: Momadou Jallow :1965: ''Post vacant'' :1972: Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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