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

• Pan-African Trade Union Confederation

Unions in Ethiopia

• Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (Federation of Trade Unions)

Unions in Algeria

• Union générale des travailleurs algériens (UGTA)

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

• Confédération des Syndicats du 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

• Union Générale des Travailleurs de Djibouti
• Union Djiboutienne du Travail

Unions in Eritrea

• National Confederation of Eritrean Workers (NKEA)

Trade unions in Gabon

• Confédération Gabonaise des Syndicats Libres

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

• União Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Guiné

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

• Central Organization of Trade Unions

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

• Congress of Lesotho Trade Unions
• Lesotho Congress of Democratic Unions
• Lesotho Trade Union Congress

Unions in Libya

• National Trade Unions' Federation

Unions in Madagascar

• Sendika Kristianina Malagasy
• Fivondronamben'ny Mpiasa Malagasy
• Union des Syndicats Autonomes de Madagascar

Unions in Malawi

• Malawi Congress of Trade Unions

Unions in Mali

• Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Mali
• Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du 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

See: List of trade unions in Mozambique

Trade unions in Namibia

See: List of 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

• Sierra Leone Labor Congress
• Sierra Leone Confederation of Trade Unions

Unions in Zimbabwe

• African Trade Union Congress
• Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions

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
  • Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa
  • Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union
  • Public Servants Association of South Africa
  • United Association of South Africa
• National Council of Trade Unions

Unions in Sudan

• Sudanese Workers' Trade Union Federation

Unions in Swaziland

• Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions

Unions in Tanzania

• Trade Union 'Congress of Tanzania
• Zanzibar Trade Union Congress

Trade unions in Togo

• Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs du Togo
• Union Nationale des Syndicats Indepéndants du Togo
• Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Togo

Unions in Chad

• Confédération Libre des Travailleurs du Tchad
• Union des Syndicats du Tchad

Unions in Tunisia

• Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT)

Unions in Uganda

• National Organization of Trade Unions ,
• Central Organization of Free Trade Unions, Uganda (COFTU)

Unions in the Central African Republic

• Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique
• Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique
• Union Syndicale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique