[1] The first president of Congo, Fulbert Youlou wanted a single trade union confederation that was aligned with his political party.
The provisional government of Alphonse Massamba-Débat carried out the original plan, merging the political parties into the MNR and consolidating the confederations into the provisional Congolese Trade Union Confederation (CSC; Confédération Syndicale Congolaise).
After Débat was elected president, leaders of CATC and CGAT were given prominent political posts in the MNR party.
[4] Shortly before the inaugural congress of the CSC, CATC dropped out and subsequently was not represented on the executive.
The executive consisted of 3 representatives from CGAT, 3 from CCSL, 1 from the civil servant association and 1 from the postal workers' federation.