[1] ICTUR reports that the leaders of the dissolved SWTUF were allowed to keep their personal freedom (a concession not afforded to all Sudanese labour unionists) but were restricted from continued activity.
[2] The SWTUF was closely associated with the Sudan Communist Party (SCP), and its actions were strongly political.
[2] After national independence, the federation had frequent confrontations with the new government, including a successful general strike in October 1958.
[2] Prior to 1989, the SWTUF, in its weakened state, included 42 trade unions, representing more than 1.7 million workers in the public and private sectors.
[2] Following the 1989 coup, the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation temporarily suspended the right to organize and bargain collectively and prescribed punishments, including the death penalty, for violations of its labor decrees.