ABSTRACT
This chapter will investigate the trade union situation and condition in the countries where APADEP questionnaire research was conducted. The trade union situation differed considerably from country to country, historically and currently, in structure and in functioning. The chapter will therefore begin by sketching briefly the history and actual trade union situation in the countries where the questionnaire survey was conducted: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.1 The main part of the chapter will examine the conditions under which the trade union representatives and activists in these countries operate.
