Caribbean Congress of Labour
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The Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) is a regional trade union
federation. It represents 500,000 members in 33 affiliated unions across 17 Caribbean
nations.
The federation represents trade union concerns to the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM), as well as the Association of Caribbean States
(ACS), and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
(OECS).
The CCL works with both the International Trade Union Confederation
(ITUC) and the Inter American Regional Organisation
(ORIT).
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
federation. It represents 500,000 members in 33 affiliated unions across 17 Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
nations.
The federation represents trade union concerns to the Caribbean Community
Caribbean Community
The Caribbean Community is an organisation of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies. CARICOM's main purposes are to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy...
(CARICOM), as well as the Association of Caribbean States
Association of Caribbean States
The Association of Caribbean States was formed with the aim of promoting consultation, cooperation, and concerted action among all the countries of the Caribbean. It comprises twenty-five member states and four associate members...
(ACS), and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States , created in 1981, is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance between countries and dependencies in the Eastern Caribbean...
(OECS).
The CCL works with both the International Trade Union Confederation
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
(ITUC) and the Inter American Regional Organisation
ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers
-External links:* Americas: New Unified ITUC Regional Organisation Founded *...
(ORIT).