Pan-African Workers' Congress


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. 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:
UnionCountry
Lesotho Council of WorkersBasutoland
Christian Union of BurundiBurundi
Union of Trade Unions of Believing Workers of the CameroonCameroon
Union of Congolese WorkersDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Dahomean Confederation of Believing WorkersDahomey
Gambia Labour UnionGambia
Christian Confederation of Malagasy Trade UnionsMadagascar
Mauritius Trades Union CongressMauritius
Nigeria Workers' CouncilNigeria
Workers' UnionRwanda
National Confederation of Believing WorkersSenegal
Seychelles Christian Workers' UnionSeychelles
Togolese Confederation of Believing WorkersTogo