Trade unions in West Africa
Subtitle: historical and contemporary perspectives
By: Craig Phelan (ed)
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bern; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9783034301176
Subjects: Labor unions; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: West African trade unionism past and present / Craig Phelan; title: The Confédération générale du travail (CGT) in West Africa: the difficulties of constructing trade union internationalism / Anne-Catherine Wagner; title: The 1947-48 railway strike in West Africa / James Jones; title: Trade unions and nationalism in French Guinea, 1945-58 / Elizabeth Schmidt; title: Trade unions in The Gambia, 1929-2010 / David Perfect; title: Trade unionism among teachers in Benin since 1945 / Azizou Chabi Imorou; title: Trade unions, democratic transition and organisational challenge: the Ghana Trades Union Congress, 1989-2009 / Kwamina Panford; title: Political pluralism and the trade union movement in Mali / Ousmane Oumarou Sidibe; title: Trade unions and the informal economy in Ghana / Akua Britwum; title: Trade unions and politics in Guinea since independence / Mohamed Saliou Camara; title: On social partnership in West Africa / George Minet.