Gambia Workers' Confederation
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| name = GWC
| location_country = The Gambia
| affiliation = ITUC
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| full_name = Gambia Workers' Confederation
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| founded = 1985
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| headquarters = Banjul, the Gambia
| key_people = Pa Moudou K.B. Faal, secretary general
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The Gambia Workers' Confederation is a trade union centre in The Gambia. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.
History
The Gambia Worker's Confederation was founded in 1985 with M.E. Jallow as its first secretary general, notably the secretary general of the banned, Gambia Workers' Union.{{Cite journal|last1=Hughes|first1=Arnold|last2=Perfect|first2=David|date=1989|title=Trade Unionism in the Gambia|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/723036|journal=African Affairs|volume=88|issue=353|pages=549–572|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098216 |jstor=723036 |issn=0001-9909|url-access=subscription}} The next secretary general was Pa Moudo Faal.
ICTUR reports that secretary general Pa Moudou K.B. Faal was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in both December 1996 and April 1997 when he planned to travel abroad.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/124095662|title=Trade unions of the world.|date=2005|publisher=John Harper Pub|isbn=0-9551144-2-X|edition=6th|location=London [U.K.]|oclc=124095662}}
References
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Category:Trade unions in the Gambia
Category:International Trade Union Confederation
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