General Federation of Trade Unions (Syria)
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The General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) is the sole national trade union center
in Syria
, it was founded in 1948. By a 1968 decree establishing a single-trade-union system, all trade unions in the country are required to be affiliated to the GFTU, and the GFTU has the power to dissolve the executive committee of any union.
The union is closely linked with the Baath Party
, and the president of the GFTU, Shaaban Azzouz, is a member of the party.
The GFTU is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions
, and the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions
The union has currently went on strike on January 22, 2003 because the Syrian Petroleum and Natural Gas company didn't equip the workers with safety tools which lead them to build a new plant right beside it.
National trade union center
A national trade union center is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a single country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. When there is more than one national center, it is often because of ideological differences—in some...
in Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
, it was founded in 1948. By a 1968 decree establishing a single-trade-union system, all trade unions in the country are required to be affiliated to the GFTU, and the GFTU has the power to dissolve the executive committee of any union.
The union is closely linked with the Baath Party
Baath Party
The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party was a political party mixing Arab nationalist and Arab socialist interests, opposed to Western imperialism, and calling for the renaissance or resurrection and unification of the Arab world into a single state. Ba'ath is also spelled Ba'th or Baath and means...
, and the president of the GFTU, Shaaban Azzouz, is a member of the party.
The GFTU is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions
World Federation of Trade Unions
The World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
, and the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions
The union has currently went on strike on January 22, 2003 because the Syrian Petroleum and Natural Gas company didn't equip the workers with safety tools which lead them to build a new plant right beside it.