The Pan-African Workers' Congress was an international confederation of trade unions.
The organisation was founded in 1956, to bring together the African affiliates of the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (IFCTU). It was initially known as the African Confederation of Believing Workers, then in 1959 became the Pan-African Union of Believing Workers. It was initially based in Brazzaville, then later moved its headquarters to Banjul. By 1966, it had fourteen affiliates, which claimed a total of 187,894 members. The federation was led by president David Soumah, and general secretary Gilbert Pongault.
In April 1973, the federation merged with the All-African Trade Union Federation and the African Trade Union Confederation, to form the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity.
In 1993, the IFCTU's successor, the World Confederation of Labour, established the Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Unions as new confederation of its African affiliates.
Affiliates The following federations were affiliated in 1965:
Union Country Lesotho Council of Workers Basutoland Christian Union of Burundi Burundi Union of Trade Unions of Believing Workers of the Cameroon Cameroon Union of Congolese Workers Democratic Republic of the Congo Dahomean Confederation of Believing Workers Dahomey Gambia Labour Union Gambia Christian Confederation of Malagasy Trade Unions Madagascar Mauritius Trades Union Congress Mauritius Nigeria Workers' Council Nigeria Workers' Union Rwanda National Confederation of Believing Workers Senegal Seychelles Christian Workers' Union Seychelles Togolese Confederation of Believing Workers Togo
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