The Trade Union Competence Centre (TUCC) is the FES’ regional trade union project for sub-Saharan Africa. Our work is based on a fundamental understanding of what we wish to achieve through our trade union work.
Held under the theme "Mobilising Africa's Development Financing at Scale in a Fragmented World," the meetings provided an important platform for trade unions to advocate for decent work, labour rights, social protection, and...
In April 2026, trade unions, rider representatives, and organisers from across Africa gathered in Nairobi to strengthen collective action on platform work. Supported by FES TUCC, the meetings highlighted the urgent need to...
The Advisory and Advocacy Group is turning regional dialogue into action, demonstrating how cross-movement alliances can advance a worker-centred and equitable transition to a low-carbon future.
Despite sustained economic growth in many African countries, structural transformation, decent work, and social justice remain elusive.
Sub-Sahara Africa has recently experienced a new wave of investments by multinational corporations (MNCs), in particular from global South countries such as South Africa, China, Brazil and India.
The world of work is changing and unions not only need to capture the effects of new technologies, but also find responses to these rapid changes brought about by the 4IR.
The sub-Saharan Africa region faces a serious energy crisis, with 80% of the people relying on traditional biomass for meeting their household needs and more than 50% lacking access to electricity.
Transforming unions into truly representative organizations and promoting their ability to advance the interests of workers require that unions organise their work informed by the idea of leveraging power.
In sub-Saharan Africa, informal employment is the rule rather than the exception: Informal workers make up 89% of the workforce in the region – the current state of labour in Africa is informal!
Global Union Federations (GUFs) in Sub-Sahara Africa.
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Mr. Alexander Geiger
Trade Union Competence Centre Sub-Saharan Africa (TUCC)
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