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Adama Touré (SONABEL Trade Unionist)
Adama Touré was a Burkinabé trade unionist. He worked as an agent at Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso (SONABEL). As of the 1980s, he was the Secretary of the Trade Union of Technicians and Workers of Burkina (STOB, ''Syndicat des travailleurs et ouvriers du Burkina'') and Secretary for External Relations for the Burkinabé Trade Union Confederation (CSB).Ludo Martens, Hilde Meesters. Sankara, Compaoré et la révolution burkinabè'. Editions Aden, 1989. p. 30 He was a leader of the Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD) and a member of the Central Executive Bureau of the African Independence Party (PAI). After the rift between LIPAD and the militaries in August 1984, Toure was dismissed from public service for 'defamation of the CNR' (National Revolutionary Council).Quarterly Economic Review of Togo, Niger, Benin, Burkina, Issue 1'. EIU, 1985. p. 21 In October 1984 Toure was arrested. He was released from detention on 3 February 1986, along with the PAI gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and Employee benefits, benefits, improving Work (human activity), working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The union representatives in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members through internal democratic elections. The trade union, through an elected leadership and bargaining committee, bargains with the employer on behalf of its members, known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société Nationale D'électricité Du Burkina Faso
Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso (SONABEL) is the national electricity company of Burkina Faso. The company represents Burkina Faso in the West African Power Pool The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in West Africa, Western Africa under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The members of WAPP are working to establish a .... File:SONABEL siege Ouaga.jpg, SONABEL headquarters in Ouagadougou File:Centrale thermique SONABEL1.jpg, The fuel powered power plant Ouaga I, in the quarter of Paspanga, Ouagadougou File:Centrale Thermique SONABEL2.jpg, Ouaga II, build in the neighborhood of Ouaga I References External links Official website Electric power companies of Burkina Faso {{energy-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkinabé Trade Union Confederation
The Burkinabé Trade Union Confederation (CSB) is a trade union centre in Burkina Faso. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC; ; ; ) is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation was formed on 1 November 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) a .... References * International Trade Union Confederation National trade union centers of Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriotic League For Development
Patriotic League for Development (, LIPAD) was an open mass front of the African Independence Party (PAI) in Burkina Faso. LIPAD was founded in September 1973 and was led by Hama Arba Diallo. The militants of LIPAD were generally called ''lipadistes''. LIPAD had its main influence in the trade union movement. The general secretary of the Voltaic Trade Union Confederation (CSV), Soumane Touré, was also the head of the LIPAD section in Ouagadougou. LIPAD opted for 'Popular Revolution of National Liberation' (RPLN). Initially LIPAD offered vital support to the revolution of Thomas Sankara. In May 1983 pro-LIPAD students conducted massive demonstrations demanding his release. But when Sankara opted for the 'Popular and Democratic Revolution' promoted by ULC, LIPAD withdrew its support. The Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Independence Party (Burkina Faso)
The African Independence Party () was a communist party in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), led by Philippe Ouédraogo. It was founded as the Voltan Section of the African Independence Party (PAI) on 15 August 1963. In 1973, PAI launched the Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD) as its open mass front. LIPAD became an important movement during the revolution of 1983 and through LIPAD PAI took part in the Thomas Sankara government for one year. Then relations with Sankara soured and LIPAD was expelled from the government. In the 1992 parliamentary elections, PAI was part of the pro-government Popular Front. PAI won two seats. In 1999, the PAI split, and Soumane Touré formed a parallel PAI. The PAI led by Touré, which joined the government, obtained the legal recognition of the name PAI. The PAI led by Ouédraogo registered an electoral party, the Party for Democracy and Socialism, in 2002, in order to contest the elections An election is a formal group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adama Touré (PAI General Secretary)
Adama Abdoulaye Touré (1936 – 26 October 2012) was a Burkinabé politician. Touré was a radical student activist and became a leading member of the communist African Independence Party (PAI), and would become the leader of the party in Burkina Faso. He was a teacher at a military academy and played a significant role in forming the ideological outlook of military leaders who would govern the country after the 1983 revolution. He served as Minister of Information in the revolutionary government 1983–1984, but was imprisoned after the split between PAI and the military. He was known by the nickname " Lénine". Youth Touré was born in 1936 in Kampti (today in Poni Province, then in Ivory Coast, French West Africa). He attended primary school from 1944 to 1950. He studied the Modern Colleges of Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou from 1951 to 1959, and obtained a baccalaureate degree. He was elected as the representative of the pupils at the Modern College of Bobo-Dioulasso in 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soumane Touré
Soumane Touré (14 March 1948 – 25 March 2021) was a Burkinabé politician and trade unionist. He was a prominent student activist during his youth and joined the communist African Independence Party (PAI). He served as the general secretary of the Burkinabé Trade Union Confederation (CSB) for many years and was a prominent leader of the Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD) mass movement. He was arrested on several occasions by different governments and even sentenced to death in 1987, only escaping execution through an intervention by then president Thomas Sankara. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2002 and ran for president in 2005. Early life and education Touré was born on 14 March 1948 in Diébougou (Bougouriba Province, then in French Upper Volta). He attended high school at in Bobo-Dioulasso, where he led a student protest movement against poor school management, poor living conditions and shortages of food for students. After completing his high sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkinabe Trade Unionists
Burkinabe (Fulfulde: ''Burkinabè'', French: ''burkinabè'' or ''burkinabé'') may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa * A person from Burkina Faso, or of Burkinabe descent. For information about the Burkinabe people, see: ** Demographics of Burkina Faso ** Culture of Burkina Faso ** List of Burkinabes * Burkinabe cuisine Burkinabe cuisine, the cuisine of Burkina Faso, is similar to the cuisines in many parts of West Africa, and is based on staple foods of sorghum, millet, rice, fonio, maize, peanuts, potatoes, beans, yams and okra. Rice, maize and millet are the ... * See also * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burkinabe Language and nationality disambiguation pages Demonyms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Independence Party (Burkina Faso) Politicians
The African Independence Party (, PAI) was a communist party in French West Africa (AOF). PAI was founded in Thiès, Senegal in 1957. Later as AOF was dissolved into independent countries the local PAI sections became independent parties, often keeping the name PAI. PAI was the first party in AOF to unequivocally demand independence from French rule.Chafer, Tony. ''The end of empire in French West Africa : France's successful decolonization?''. Oxford: Berg, 2002. p. 210 In Senegal PAI was banned on August 1, 1960. In Senegal the following parties trace/traced their origin back to PAI: *Party of Independence and Labour (PIT, technically the original PAI) * African Independence Party – Renewal (legally registered as PAI) * Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party * Senegalese Communist Party (short-lived pro-Chinese faction) In Upper Volta/Burkina Faso PAI was established in 1963. PAI attained importance through its mass front Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Possibly Living People
Possibility is the condition or fact of being possible. Latin origins of the word hint at ability. Possibility may refer to: * Probability, the measure of the likelihood that an event will occur * Epistemic possibility, a topic in philosophy and modal logic * Possibility theory, a mathematical theory for dealing with certain types of uncertainty and is an alternative to probability theory * Subjunctive possibility, (also called alethic possibility) is a form of modality studied in modal logic. ** Logical possibility, a proposition that will depend on the system of logic being considered, rather than on the violation of any single rule * Possible world, a complete and consistent way the world is or could have been Other * Possible (Italy), a political party in Italy * Possible Peru, a political party in Peru * Possible Peru Alliance, an electoral alliance in Peru Entertainment *'' Kim Possible'', a US children's TV series :* Kim Possible (character), the central charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
