The Aden Trade Union Congress (ATUC or TUC) was a trade union in the

Aden Colony Aden Colony ( ar, مستعمرة عدن, ), also the Colony of Aden, was a British Crown colony from 1937 to 1963 located in the south of contemporary Yemen. It consisted of the port of Aden and its immediate surroundings (an area of ). Prio ...

, a British protectorate in

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History

The ATUC was founded in 1956 during serious labour unrest in the area. Its organ was Al-'Amal (1957). The Secretary General of the trade union was Abdullah Asnag, a pro-independence Arab nationalist and admirer of Nasser who also advocated union with Yemen. Supported by the

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the ATUC rose in importance when the political disturbances and the violence reached a head and political parties ceased to function. By 1959 it was the only entity representing nationalist aspirations in Aden and it used its leverage to boycott elections as the main grouping of the People's Union. In November 1960 the ATUC boycotted the Aden municipal elections. When Aden Colony became part of the

Federation of South Arabia The Federation of South Arabia ( ar, اتحاد الجنوب العربي ') was a federal state under British protection in what would become South Yemen. Its capital was Aden. It was formed on 4 April 1962 from the 15 protected states of ...

as the State of Aden the unrest continued. In the federation the ATUC had a large influence in the new assembly and to prevent it seizing control of the federation in 1962 the former Colony of Aden had joined the Federation of South Arabia so that Aden's pro-British assembly members could counter the ATUC's influence.Kitchen, Martin (1994). ''Empire and after: a short history of the British Empire and Commonwealth ''(1994 ed.) Centre for Distance Education, Simon Fraser University. p. 126-27 On 30 November 1967 the State of Aden became part of the independent People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, also known as South Yemen, and the ATUC became the main trade union of that state. When South Yemen united with the

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, also known as North Yemen, on 22 May 1990, the Aden Trade Union Congress merged with the

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in order to form the Yemeni Confederation of Labor Unions. The ATUC was affiliated to the

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20th-century establishments in the Colony of Aden South Yemen Trade unions in Yemen Trade unions established in 1956 Trade unions disestablished in 1990 {{Yemen-stub

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