The Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs Burkinabé (trans. National Confederation of Workers of Burkina; CNTB) is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

centre in

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

. It is affiliated with the

International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation w ...

. CNTB emerged from the '' Confédération africaine des travailleurs croyants''.Kabeya Muase, Charles.
Syndicalisme et démocratie en Afrique noire: l'expérience du Burkina Faso, 1936-1988
'. Abidjan: Inadès édition, 1988. p. 55

References

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International Labour Standards Archived Report
International Trade Union Confederation Trade unions in Burkina Faso Trade unions established in 1950 {{BurkinaFaso-stub