Trade unions in Uganda

Trade unions in Uganda
National organization(s)COFTU, NOTU
Regulatory authorityMinistry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
Primary legislationLabour Unions Act (2006)
Total union membership968,950 (2019)[1]: 1 
Density15% (2019)[1]: 1 
CBA Coverage15% (2018)[1]: iv 
Global Rights Index
4 Systematic violations of rights
International Labour Organization
Uganda is a member of the ILO
Convention ratification
Freedom of Association2 June 2005
Right to Organise4 June 1963

Trade unions in Uganda have existed since the 1930s. For much of Uganda's history trade union activities have been greatly shaped by national politics and by events external to the country's labour movement. The experiences of trade unions in Uganda fall into four periods: during the British colonial period (to 1962), from independence to the rise to power of Idi Amin (1962-1971), the Idi Amin dictatorship (1971-1979) and through to the present.

  1. ^ a b c Uganda: Labour Market Profile 2019 (PDF). Copenhagen: Danish Trade Union Council for International Development and Cooperation. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

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