Confédération dahoméenne des travailleurs croyants

CDTC

Confédération dahoméenne des travailleurs croyants
Headquarters	Bourse du Travail, Cotonou[1]
Location	Benin
Members	1,000 (1966 est.)
Affiliations	International Federation of Christian Trade Unions, UPTC, ATUC

Confédération dahoméenne des travailleurs croyants ('Dahomeyan Confederation of Believing Workers, abbreviated CDTC) was a national trade union centre in the Republic of Dahomey (now known as Benin). CDTC emerged from the Dahomeyan branch of Confédération africaine des travailleurs croyants, which had been formed by the West African branches of the French trade union centre CFTC.^[2]

CDTC was affiliated to the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions, Union panafricaine des travailleurs croyants and the African Trade Union Confederation.^[3]

CDTC was banned through the government decree 494 P.R./M.A.I.S.D. on November 17, 1962 as the Dahomeyan government opted for a one-party system.^[4][5] The organization was, however, revived. As of 1966, the organization was estimated to have membership of around 1,000.^[1][3]

References

1. Africa Year Book and Who's Who 1977. London: Africa Journal Ltd, 1977. p. 261
2. Rapport au gouvernement de la République du Dahomey sur la situation de l'emploi et l'organisation de service de la main-d'oeuvre. International Labour Office. Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, 1962. p. 90
3. United States. Labor Digests on Countries in Africa. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1966. p. 3
4. Afrique contemporaine, Vol. 2, eds. 5–10. Direction de la documentation, Centre d'etudes et de documentation sur l'Afrique et l'outre mer (France). p. 24
5. Meynaud, Jean, and Anisse Salah Bey. Trade Unionism in Africa. Lond: Methuen, 1967. p. 168

See also

• Confédération africaine des travailleurs croyants de l'A.E.F