Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Angola ('National Federation of Workers of Angola', abbreviated FNTA) was a small Angolan trade union organization in exile, based in Kinshasa. FNTA was founded in mid-1964 by dissidents from UNTA.[1][2][3] S. David N'Dombasie was the general secretary of FNTA.[4] FNTA was largely based in the Bazombo ethnic group.[4]
Soon after its foundation, FNTA began seeking financial support from trade union bodies abroad (as did many other exiled groups in Kinshasa).[2] FNTA appealed to the American AFL-CIO for material support.[4]
FNTA joined hands with UGTA and CGTA in denouncing the UNTA-led coalition CUACSA, following a CUACSA statement denouncing the other Kinshasa-based unions.[5]
As of 1967, FNTA had ceased to exist.[2]
References
- ^ Mielke, Siegfried. Internationales Gewerkschaftshandbuch. Opladen: Laske + Budrich, 1983. p. 205
- ^ a b c Marcum, John A. The Angolan Revolution. Vol. 2, Exile Politics and Guerrilla Warfare (1962-1976). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT, 1978. pp. 158-159, 393
- ^ Santos, Eduardo dos. Pan-africanismo de ontem e de hoje. 1968. p. 10
- ^ a b c Marcum, John A. The Angolan Revolution. Vol. 2, Exile Politics and Guerrilla Warfare (1962-1976). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT, 1978. p. 376
- ^ Marcum, John A. The Angolan Revolution. Vol. 2, Exile Politics and Guerrilla Warfare (1962-1976). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT, 1978. p. 160
