All-African Trade Union Federation

All-African Trade Union Federation
Merged intoOATUU
Founded1959
Dissolved1973
Location
AffiliationsIndependent


The All-African Trade Union Federation (AATUF) was a Pan-African trade union organisation.

The confederation was formed in November 1959 on the initiative of president Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana. The first independent organisation aiming to unite all African trade unions, it asked its affiliates not to hold membership of the two major global union confederations, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions or the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions. However, many potential members disagreed with this approach, and instead formed the rival African Trade Union Confederation (ATUC).

The secretary of AATUF was Amadou N'diaye. The assistant secretary general was Ochola Ogaye Mak'Anyengo. Its headquarters were initially in Accra, and later in Dar es Salaam. By 1966, it had 31 affiliates, which claimed a total of 3,773,150 members.

In April 1973 AATUF merged with the ATUC and the Pan-African Workers' Congress, to form the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU).

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