List of trade unions in Africa
The list of trade unions in Africa contains trade unions and confederations in Africa in alphabetical order by country.
Across Africa
Unions in Ethiopia
- Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (Federation of Trade Unions)
Unions in Algeria
Unions in Angola
- Central Geral de Sindicatos Independentes e Livres de Angola (CGSILA)
- Sindicato Independente dos Marítimos de Angola (SIMA)
- União Nacional de Trabalhadores Angolanos (UNTA)
Unions in Benin
- Confédération des syndicats autonomes du Bénin
- Confédération générale des travailleurs du Bénin
- Union Nationale des Syndicats des travailleurs du Bénin
Unions in Botswana
-
Botswana Federation of Trade Union , umbrella organization of:
- Air Botswana Employees' Union
- Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board Workers' Union
- Botswana Bank Employees' Union
- Botswana Beverages & Allied Workers' Union
- Botswana Central Bank Staff Union
- Botswana Commercial & General Workers' Union
- Botswana Construction Workers' Union
- Botswana Diamond Sorters & Valuators' Union
- Botswana Hotel Travel & Tourism Workers' Union
- Botswana Housing Corporation Staff Union
- Botswana Institute of Development Management Workers' Union
- Botswana Manufacturing & Packaging Workers' Union
- Botswana Meat Industry Workers' Union
- Botswana Mining Workers' Union
- Botswana National Development Bank Staff Union
- Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union
- Botswana Power Corporation Workers' Union
- Botswana Private Medical & Health Services Workers' Union
- Botswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' Union
- Botswana Saving Bank Employees' Union
- Botswana Telecommunication Employees' Union
- Botswana Vaccine Institute Staff Union
- Botswana Wholesale, Furniture & Retail Workers' Union
- National Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' Union
- Rural Industry Promotions Company Workers' Union
- University of Botswana Non-Academic Staff Union
Unions in Burkina Faso
- Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs du Burkina
- Organization Nationale des Syndicats Libres
- Confédération Syndicale Burkinabé
Trade unions in Burundi
Unions in Ivory Coast
- Centrale des Syndicats Libres de Côte d'Ivoire
- Fedération des Syndicats Autonomes de Côte d'Ivoire
- Union Générale des Travailleurs de Côte d'Ivoire
Unions in Djibouti
Unions in Eritrea
Trade unions in Gabon
Trade unions in Gambia
- Gambia Amalgamated Trade Union
- Bathurst Trade Union
- Gambia Labor Union
- Gambia Motor Drivers and Mechanics Union
- Motor Drivers 'and Mechanics' Union
- Gambia Press Union
- Red International of Labor Union
- Gambia Teachers' Union
- Gambia Workers' Union
- Gambian Workers' Confederation
Unions in Ghana
- Ghana Federation of Labor (GFL) (trade union federation)
- Trades Union Congress of Ghana
- National Consultive Forum of Ghana Labor
- People's / Workers' Defense Committee (PWDC)
- Association of Labor Unions (ALU)
Unions in Guinea
- Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs de Guinée (CNTG) (Confederation of Guinean Workers)
- Union Générale des Travailleurs de Guinée
- Organization Nationale des Syndicats Libres de Guinée
- Union Syndicale des Travailleurs de Guinée
Trade unions in Guinea-Bissau
Unions in Cameroon
- Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Cameroun
- General Confederation of Free Workers of Cameroon
- Union des Syndicats Libres du Cameroun
Trade unions in Cape Verde
- Conferência Cabo-Verdiana de Sindicatos Livres
- Uniao Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Cabo verde - Central Sindical
Unions in Kenya
Unions in the Republic of the Congo
- Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Congo
- Confédération Syndicale du Congo
- Confédération des Syndicats Libres Autonomes du Congo
- Confédération Syndicale Congolaise
Unions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Confédération Générale du Travail du Congo
- Confédération Démocratique du Travail
- Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Congo
Unions in Lesotho
Unions in Libya
Unions in Madagascar
- Sendika Kristianina Malagasy
- Fivondronamben'ny Mpiasa Malagasy
- Union des Syndicats Autonomes de Madagascar
Unions in Malawi
Unions in Mali
Unions in Morocco
- Confédération Démocratique du Travail
- Fédération Démocratique du Travail
- Union Générale des Travailleurs du Maroc
- Union Marocaine du Travail
- Union Nationale Marocaine du Travail
Trade unions in Mauritania
- Confédération Libre des Travailleurs de Mauritanie
- Confédération Générale des Travailleurs de Mauritanie
- Union des Travailleurs de Mauritanie
Unions in Mauritius
- Federation of Civil Service Unions
- Federation of Progressive Unions
- Mauritius Labor Congress
- Mauritius Trade Union Congress
- National Trade Unions Confederation
- Organization of Artisans' Unity
- Local Authorities Employees Union
- Confederation of Independent Trade Union
Unions in Mozambique
Trade unions in Namibia
Unions in Niger
- Confédération Démocratique des Travailleurs du Niger
- Union Général des Travailleurs Nigériens
- Confédération Nigérienne du Travail
- Union des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Niger
Unions in Nigeria
- Nigeria Labor Congress
- Nigeria Union of Teachers
- Academic Staff Union of Universities
- National Union Air Transport Employee
- Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN)
- Trade Union Congress of Nigeria , (TUC)
Trade unions in Rwanda
- Trade Union Center of Workers of Rwanda
- Union of Workers in Industry, Garages, Construction Firms, Mines and Printers
Unions in Zambia
-
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions , umbrella organization of:
- Hotel Catering Workers Union of Zambia
- National Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers
- National Union of Plantation & Agricultural Workers
- Food and Canning Workers Union
- Winding Engine Workers Union
- Mine Workers Union (Zambia's first union, founded 1949)
- Worker Union of Tazara
- Railway Workers Union of Zambia
- National Energy Sector and Allied Workers Union
- Electricity Workers Union
- National Union of Public Service Workers
- Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia
- Zambia United Local Authority Workers Union
- Copperbelt University Workers Union
- University of Zambia and Allied Workers Union
- Zambia National Union of Teachers
- Zambia Union of Journalists
- National Union of Communication Workers
- Zambia Typographical and Allied Workers Union
Unions in Sao Tome and Principe
- União Geral dos Trabalhadores de São Tomé and Príncipe
- Organizaçâo Nacional dos Trabalhadores de São Tomé and Príncipe - Central Sindical
Unions in Senegal
- Union démocratique des travailleurs de Dakar Dem Dikk
- Union Démocratique des Travailleurs de Sénégal
- Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs Sénégalais
- Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes de Sénégal
Unions in Sierra Leone
Unions in Zimbabwe
Unions in South Africa
- Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU)
-
Congress of South African Trade Unions (trade union umbrella organization). Affiliate unions:
- Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (CEPPWAWU)
- South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU)
- Communication Workers Union (CWU)
- Southern African Clothing and Textile Worker's Union (SACTWU)
- Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
- South African Democratic Nurses' Union (SADNU)
- Democratic Nursing Organization of South Africa (DENOSA)
- South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU)
- Musicians Union of South Africa (MUSA)
- South African Football Players Union (SAFPU)
- National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU)
- South African Medical Association (SAMA)
- National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
- South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU)
- National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA)
- South African State and Allied Workers' Union (SASAWU)
- Performing Arts Workers' Equity (PAWE)
- SASBO - The Finance Union
- Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU)
- South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU)
- South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers Union (SAAPAWU)
- Federation of Unions of South Africa
- National Council of Trade Unions
Unions in Sudan
Unions in Swaziland
Unions in Tanzania
Trade unions in Togo
- Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs du Togo
- Union Nationale des Syndicats Indepéndants du Togo
- Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Togo