ITUC recently rejected an affiliation request from the Confederation of Trade Unions of Chad, but remains open to the Independent Confederation of Trade Unions of Chad.
[1] The ITUC ranked Chad a score of 4 on the Global Rights Index in 2024, due its frequent repression of trade union leaders including arrests, union busting and restrictions on strikes.
In 1975 strikes were made illegal and in 1976 public-sector employees were barred from joining unions (both repealed in the 1996 Constitution).
[1] In 1988, UNATRAT was re-launched as National Union of Unions of Chad (UNST; French: Nationale des Syndicats du Tchad) which dissolved shortly after in 1990 when President Déby rose to power.
Dissidents formed the present day Free Confederation of Chadian Workers (CLTT; French: Confédération Libre desTravailleurs du Tchad), affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour,[α] while loyalists to the new Déby regime staged a general strike, in order to reinstate UNST.