Fundamentals of Trade Unionism, and Challenges of the Trade Union Movement in West Africa*
during the paper presentation, after group work on the topic INTRODUCTION I wish to start by expressing my utmost appreciation to the Friedrich Ebert Stfiftung in Cotonu and Abuja for the invitation to present this paper. It is a great opportunity to discuss with young men and women from a diverse array of trade unions in the West African sub-region, on pertinent issues that the working class faces, at this critical juncture in human history. Similarly, I must particularly commend the FES Republic of Benin Office for its consistency in organising the Summer University, which I had the pleasure of attending several years back, as a youth. I must say that the school is a very intensive one with rich discourse, and presents an opportunity for young trade unionists to establish or consolidate networks of friends and comrades that would be of immense value in themselves, and for our work as emerging trade union leaders. This, I say from practical experience. The theme of thi...