| Abstract: | Examination of the domestic political role of organized labour in The Gambia between 1960 and 1985. The background is outlined through a brief description of the Gaxnbian political economy and society, those political developments since 1960 which have strongly affected trade unionism and the position of organized labour in 1960. The political role and impact of Gambian unions is then assessed through consideration of a number of variables which Elliot Berg and Jeffrey Butler, in their article on 'Trade unions' of 1964, argued would indicate the relative political strength or weakness of African trade unions. Berg and Butler were later heavily criticized for being too pessimistic about the political importance of organized labour. Their pessimism seems generally justified in the Gambian case before independence. After independence, organized labour did retain political importance and could organize general strikes, contrary to Berg and Butler's assumptions. Notes, ref., sum. in French. |
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