:Trade unions in Cape Verde

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|national = CCSL, UNTC-CS

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|membership_number = 30,000 (est.)

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|country = Cape Verde

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|ILO-87date = 1 February 1999

|ILO-98date = 3 April 1979

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Trade unions in Cape Verde have operated in three distinct periods: prior to the country's independence from Portugal in 1975, from 1975 to 1990 under the single-party rule of the PAIGC/PAICV and since 1990 under a pluralistic party and trade union environment. While the constitution protects the right to organise and form unions without restriction, the right to strike is curtailed.{{Cite journal|last=Baker|first=Bruce|date=2006|title=Cape Verde: The Most Democratic Nation in Africa?|journal=The Journal of Modern African Studies|volume=44|issue=4|pages=493–511|issn=0022-278X|jstor=4486701|doi=10.1017/S0022278X06002060|s2cid=144361839 |url=https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/files/3988977/BBaker%202006%20Cape%20Verde.pdf }}{{Rp|502}} Two national trade union centres presently exist: the Cape Verde Confederation of Free Trade Unions (CCSL) and the National Union of Workers of Cape Verde - Central Union (UNTC-CS).