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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...
s and union federations by country.
Global
- Industrial Workers of the WorldIndustrial Workers of the WorldThe Industrial Workers of the World is an international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split brought on by internal conflict...
- International Transport Workers' FederationInternational Transport Workers' FederationThe International Transport Workers' Federation is a global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2009 the ITF had 654 member organizations in 148 countries, representing a combined membership of 4.5 million workers....
- International Trade Union ConfederationInternational Trade Union ConfederationThe 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...
- International Workers AssociationInternational Workers AssociationThe International Workers' Association is an international federation of anarcho-syndicalist labour unions and initiatives based primarily in Europe and Latin America....
- World Federation of Trade UnionsWorld Federation of Trade UnionsThe 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...
Sectoral global union federations
- Building and Wood Workers' InternationalBuilding and Wood Workers' InternationalThe Building and Wood Workers' International is the global union federation of democratic and free trade unions in the building, building materials, wood, forestry and allied industries. Established in 2005 by a merger of the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers and the World...
- Education InternationalEducation InternationalEducation International is a global union federation of teachers' trade unions. Currently, it has 401 member organizations in 172 countries and territories, representing over 30 million education personnel from pre-school to university...
- FIFProFIFProThe Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels , usually known by the abbreviation FIFPro, is a worldwide representative organization for professional football players. At the moment there are 43 national players associations who are members of FIFPro...
- International Affiliation of Writers GuildsInternational Affiliation of Writers GuildsThe International Affiliation of Writers Guilds is an international trade union federation representing guilds of professional screenwriters and playwrights. Some affiliates also belong to national trade union federations....
- International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' UnionsInternational Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' UnionsInternational Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions is a global union federation of trade unions. As of November 2007, ICEM represented 467 industrial trade unions in 132 countries, claiming a membership of over 20 million workers.The organization represents workers...
- International Federation of JournalistsInternational Federation of JournalistsInternational Federation of Journalists, IFJ, is a global union federation of journalists' trade unions—the largest in the world. The organization aims to protect and strengthen the rights and freedoms of journalists...
- International Metalworkers' FederationInternational Metalworkers' FederationInternational Metalworkers' Federation is a global union federation of metalworkers' trade unions, founded in Zürich, Switzerland in August 1893...
- International Transport Workers' FederationInternational Transport Workers' FederationThe International Transport Workers' Federation is a global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2009 the ITF had 654 member organizations in 148 countries, representing a combined membership of 4.5 million workers....
- International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' FederationInternational Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' FederationThe International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation is a global union federation. , it has 217 member organizations in 110 countries, representing a combined membership of over 10 million workers....
- International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association
- Public Services InternationalPublic Services InternationalPublic Services International is a global union federation of public sector trade unions. It 620 affiliated unions, in 160 countries, representing 20 million workers...
- Union Network InternationalUnion Network InternationalUNI Global Union is a global union federation for skills and services, gathering national and regional trade unions. It was launched on January 1, 2000. Its more than 900 affiliated unions in 140 countries have 20 million members...
Albania
- Confederation of Trade Unions (Albania)Confederation of Trade Unions (Albania)The Confederation of Trade Unions is a National federation of Trade unions in Albania.It was led by Kastriot Muco until November 2004 and has an estimated membership of 100,000. Actual president Kol Nikolli took over the lead of the institution after a narrow victory in the CTUA Congress elections...
- United Independent Albanian Trade UnionsUnited Independent Albanian Trade UnionsThe Union of the Independent Trade Unions of Albania , is a National Confederation of Trade unions in Albania. It was established in 1991 and held its first national conference in February, 1992...
Angola
- General Centre of Independent and Free Unions of AngolaGeneral Centre of Independent and Free Unions of AngolaThe General Centre of Independent and Free Unions of Angola is a national trade union centre of Angola. With a membership of 50,000, it is led by Manuel Maria Difuila as Presidente.-External links:* entry in ITUC address book....
- Independent Union of Maritime and Related WorkersIndependent Union of Maritime and Related WorkersThe Independent Union of Maritime and Related Workers is a small, independent Trade union centre of Angola.-External links:* - SIMA at the ITF...
- National Union of Angolan WorkersNational Union of Angolan WorkersThe National Union of Angolan Workers is a national Trade union centre of Angola.The UNTA was organized first in the Belgian Congo, in the 1950s, and moved to Angola after independence in 1975. It is led by Manuel Viage as general secretary....
Antigua and Barbuda
- Antigua Trades and Labour UnionAntigua Trades and Labour UnionThe Antigua Trades and Labour Union is a national Trade union of Antigua and Barbuda. It was formed in 1939 and is closely related to the Antigua Labour Party.It has a membership of 7,000 and is led by Wigley George as president....
- Antigua Workers' UnionAntigua Workers' UnionThe Antigua Workers' Union or is a national Trade union centre of Antigua and Barbuda. It was formed in 1967 after a split from the ATLU. The AWU created the Progressive Labour Movement in 1970....
- Antigua and Barbuda Public Service AssociationAntigua and Barbuda Public Service AssociationThe Antigua and Barbuda Public Service Association is a national Trade union of Antigua and Barbuda. First recognized in the 1980s, the ABPSA is a small organization with competition from other unions in the public service sector.-External links:...
- Leeward Islands Airline Pilots AssociationLeeward Islands Airline Pilots AssociationThe Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association is a trade union in the Leeward Islands and is registered in both Antigua and Barbados.Currently, all of LIALPA's members fly for LIAT Limited, a regional airline based in Antigua, West Indies, recently privatised from the Caribbean...
Argentina
- Argentine Workers' CenterArgentine Workers' CenterThe Argentine Workers' Central Union is a trade-union federation in Argentina. Its general secretary is Hugo Yasky. It was formed in 1991 when a number of trade unions disaffiliated from the General Confederation of Labor . Though the CTA is a multi-tendency organization, it is led by unionists...
- Consejo Coordinador Argentino SindicalConsejo Coordinador Argentino SindicalThe Consejo Coordinador Argentino Sindical is a National trade union center of Argentina. It is led by Victor R. Huerta.The CCAS is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Federación Agraria ArgentinaFederación Agraria ArgentinaThe Argentine Agrarian Federation is a private institution that serves as a business organization for small and medium agricultural producers in Argentina. It was founded on 15 August 1912 after the first employers' strike of agrarian farmers demanding protection from the exploitation of big...
- General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)The General Confederation of Labour of the Argentine Republic is a national trade union centre of Argentina founded on September 27, 1930, as the result of the merge of the USA and the COA trade union centres...
Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan Trade Unions ConfederationAzerbaijan Trade Unions ConfederationThe Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation is a National trade union center of Azerbaijan. It has a membership of 1,338,000 and is led by Sattar S. Mehbaliyev as chairman.-External links:* entry in ITUC address book....
- Committee for Oil Industry Workers' RightsCommittee for Oil Industry Workers' RightsThe Committee for Oil Industry Workers' Rights is a National trade union center of Azerbaijan. It was established in 1996....
- Journalists Trade Union of AzerbaijanJournalists Trade Union of AzerbaijanJournalists Trade Union of Azerbaijan - is a trade union of journalists in Azerbaijan. The trade union organization was established in 1997 by a group of professional journalists in Azerbaijan....
Bahrain
- Bahrain Workers' Union
- General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in BahrainGeneral Federation of Workers Trade Unions in BahrainThe General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain is a national trade union federation in Bahrain. It was established in 2002 when the King created the Workers Trade Union Law granting workers the right to organize collectively....
- Bahrain Alba Labour Union
Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Free Trade Union CongressBangladesh Free Trade Union CongressThe Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress in a national federation of trade unions in Bangladesh. It was established in 1983....
- Bangladesh Ganotantrik Sramik Federation
- Bangladesh Jatio Sramik League
- Bangladesh Jatiyo Sramik Jote
- Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal
- Bangladesh Labour Federation
- Bangladesh Mukto Sramik Federation
- Bangladesh Sanjukta Sramik Federation
- Bangladesh Trade Union Kendra
- Jatio Sramik Federation
- Jatyo Sramik League
- Samajtantrik Sramik Front
Barbados
- Barbados Workers' UnionBarbados Workers' UnionThe Barbados Workers' Union is a trade union in Barbados. It was established in October, 1941. It has 25,000 members and represents them directly, negotiating with individual companies in each sector....
- Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of BarbadosCongress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of BarbadosThe Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados is a national trade union centre. Affiliated unions include: the National Union of Public Workers, Barbados Workers' Union, Barbados Secondary Teachers Union, Barbados Union of Teachers, Barbados Association of Principals of Public...
- Leeward Islands Airline Pilots AssociationLeeward Islands Airline Pilots AssociationThe Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association is a trade union in the Leeward Islands and is registered in both Antigua and Barbados.Currently, all of LIALPA's members fly for LIAT Limited, a regional airline based in Antigua, West Indies, recently privatised from the Caribbean...
- National Union of Public WorkersNational Union of Public WorkersThe National Union of Public Workers is a trade union in Barbados. It represents 10,000 workers, mainly in the public sector. It was established in 1944, and registered as a trade union in 1964. In 1971 it changed its name from the Barbados Civil Service Association ....
Belarus
- Belarus Free Trade Union
- Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions
- Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus
Belgium
- General Federation of Belgian LabourGeneral Federation of Belgian Labour-External links:* Official site.*...
- Confederation of Christian Trade UnionsConfederation of Christian Trade Unions-External links:* Official site....
- General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium
Belize
- National Trade Union Congress of BelizeNational Trade Union Congress of BelizeThe National Trade Union Congress of Belize is a central trade union federation representing the majority of workers in Belize. The NTUCB is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation. It is an umbrella organization for seven unions in Belize...
- Christian Workers' UnionChristian Workers' UnionThe Christian Workers' Union is a trade union in Belize. It was founded in 1963. As of 2006, CWU claimed a membership of 2,500. It was a member of the International Trade Union Confederation, but withdrew in November 2009....
- United General Workers UnionUnited General Workers UnionUnited General Workers Union, a central trade union organization in Belize. Founded in 1979 through the merger of Belize General Development Workers' Union and the Southern Christian Union. During the 1980s UGWU was seen as the most leftist trade union organization in the country....
- General Workers' Union (Belize)General Workers' Union (Belize)British Honduras Workers and Tradesmen's Union, the first central trade union organization in Belize. Founded in 1939 by Antonio Soberanis Gómez. Registered as a legal trade union in 1943. Shortly thereafter it changed its name to General Workers Union....
Benin
- Autonomous Trade Unions Centre
- General Confederation of the Workers of Benin
- National Union of the Unions of the Workers of Benin
Bolivia
- Bolivian Workers' CenterBolivian Workers' CenterThe Bolivian Workers' Center is the chief trade union federation in Bolivia. It was founded in 1952 following the national revolution that brought the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement to power. The most important affiliate of the COB was the Union Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers...
- Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de BoliviaConfederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de BoliviaThe Single Union Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia is a union of peasants in Bolivia.The CSUTCB was formed in 1979 in opposition to government-sponsored peasant unions. Under the leadership of the Tupac Katari Revolutionary Movement, the CSUTCB became an independent organization...
- Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de BoliviaFederación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de BoliviaThe Union Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers is a labor union in Bolivia that represents miners. Bolivia's miners are commonly regarded as the country's most class-conscious workers. The FSTMB has played an important role in Bolivia's recent history....
- Corriente de Renovación Independiente y Solidaridad LaboralCorriente de Renovación Independiente y Solidaridad LaboralThe Corriente de Renovación Independiente y Solidaridad Laboral is a trade union in Bolivia. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republika Srpska
Botswana
- Botswana Federation of Trade Unions
- Air Botswana Employees' UnionAir Botswana Employees' UnionThe Air Botswana Employees' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board Workers' UnionBotswana Agricultural Marketing Board Workers' UnionThe Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Bank Employees' UnionBotswana Bank Employees' UnionThe Botswana Bank Employee's Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Beverages & Allied Workers' UnionBotswana Beverages & Allied Workers' UnionThe Botswana Beverages & Allied Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Central Bank Staff UnionBotswana Central Bank Staff UnionThe Botswana Central Bank Staff Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Commercial & General Workers' Union
- Botswana Construction Workers' UnionBotswana Construction Workers' UnionThe Botswana Construction Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Diamond Sorters & Valuators' UnionBotswana Diamond Sorters & Valuators' UnionThe Botswana Diamond Sorters & Valuators' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Hotel Travel & Tourism Workers' UnionBotswana Hotel Travel & Tourism Workers' UnionThe Botswana Hotel Travel & Tourism Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Housing Corporation Staff UnionBotswana Housing Corporation Staff UnionThe Botswana Housing Corporation Staff Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Institute of Development Management Workers' UnionBotswana Institute of Development Management Workers' UnionThe Botswana Institute of Development Management Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Manufacturing & Packaging Workers' Union
- Botswana Meat Industry Workers' UnionBotswana Meat Industry Workers' UnionThe Botswana Meat Industry Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Mining Workers' Union
- Botswana National Development Bank Staff UnionBotswana National Development Bank Staff UnionThe Botswana National Development Bank Staff Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Postal Services Workers' UnionBotswana Postal Services Workers' UnionThe Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Power Corporation Workers' UnionBotswana Power Corporation Workers' UnionThe Botswana Power Corporation Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Private Medical & Health Services Workers' UnionBotswana Private Medical & Health Services Workers' UnionThe Botswana Private Medical & Health Services Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' UnionBotswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' UnionThe Botswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Saving Bank Employees' UnionBotswana Saving Bank Employees' UnionThe Botswana Saving Bank Employees' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Telecommunication Employees' UnionBotswana Telecommunication Employees' UnionThe Botswana Telecommunication Employees' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Vaccine Institute Staff UnionBotswana Vaccine Institute Staff UnionThe Botswana Vaccine Institute Staff Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Botswana Wholesale, Furniture & Retail Workers' Union
- National Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' UnionNational Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' UnionThe National Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- Rural Industry Promotions Company Workers' UnionRural Industry Promotions Company Workers' UnionThe Rural Industry Promotions Company Workers' Union is a trade union affiliate of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions in Botswana....
- University of Botswana Non-Academic Staff Union
- Air Botswana Employees' Union
Brazil
- Central Autônoma de TrabalhadoresCentral Autónoma de TrabalhadoresThe Central Autónoma de Trabalhadores is a trade union federation in Brazil. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-External links:* website....
- Central Única dos TrabalhadoresCentral Única dos Trabalhadores-See also:*Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores*Força Sindical-External links:...
- Confederação Brasileira de Trabalhadores CristâosConfederação Brasileira de Trabalhadores CristâosThe Confederação Brasileira de Trabalhadores Cristâos is a trade union centre in Brazil. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-References:...
- Confederação Geral dos TrabalhadoresConfederação Geral dos TrabalhadoresThe Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores is the second-largest federation of labor unions in Brazil. Founded in 1986, the CGT is close to the centrist Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement .-External links:*...
- Coordenação Nacional de LutasCoordenação Nacional de LutasCoordenação Nacional de Lutas , Conlutas, is a Brazilian left-wing trade union confederation. Formed in 2004, through efforts led partly by the United Socialist Workers' Party, it consists of 17 unions ; most of them are civil service workers' unions.-External links:* website....
- Força SindicalForça SindicalThe Força Sindical is a trade union centre in Brazil. It was formed in 1991 by Luis Antônio Medeiros, a leader from the Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores.The FS is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-External links:...
Bulgaria
- Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of BulgariaConfederation of Independent Trade Unions of BulgariaThe Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria is a trade union confederation in Bulgaria. It was formed in February, 1990 out of the Central Council of Trade Unions ....
- Confederation of Labour PodkrepaConfederation of Labour PodkrepaThe Confederation of Labour Podkrepa is a trade union centre in Bulgaria. It was founded February 8, 1989 and has a membership of approximately 150,000....
- National Trade Union Promyana
Burkina Faso
- National Confederation of Workers of BurkinaNational Confederation of Workers of BurkinaThe National Confederation of Workers of Burkina is a trade union centre in Burkina Faso. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-References:*...
- National Organisations of Free Trade UnionsNational Organisations of Free Trade UnionsThe National Organisations of Free Trade Unions is a trade union centre in Burkina Faso. It was founded in 1960, evolving out of the Confédération africaine des syndicats libres...
- Trade Union Confederation of Burkina
Cameroon
- Confederation of Cameroon Trade Unions
- General Confederation of Free Workers of Cameroon
- Union of Free Trade Unions of Cameroon
Canada
Labour Union Of Canada- Canadian Labour CongressCanadian Labour CongressThe Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in English Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated.- Formation :...
- NationalAffiliates
- ACTRAACTRAThe Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists is a Canadian labour union representing performers in English-language media. It has 22,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media....
- British Columbia Teachers' FederationBritish Columbia Teachers' FederationThe British Columbia Teachers' Federation is the labour union that represents all public school teachers in the province of British Columbia, Canada.-Governance Structure:...
- Canadian Association of University TeachersCanadian Association of University TeachersThe Canadian Association of University Teachers is a federation of independent associations and trade unions representing approximately 65,000 teachers, librarians, researchers and other academic professionals and general staff at 120 universities and colleges across Canada.-Principal Aims:The...
- Canadian Auto WorkersCanadian Auto WorkersThe Canadian Auto Workers is one of Canada's largest and highest profile social unions. While rooted in Ontario's large auto plants of Windsor, Brampton, Oakville, St...
- Canadian Office and Professional Employees UnionCanadian Office and Professional Employees UnionThe Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union is a Canadian labour union representing approximately 35,000 white-collar workers, in both the private and public sectors, in 44 locals across Canada....
- Canadian Postmasters and Assistants AssociationCanadian Postmasters and Assistants AssociationThe Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association or CPAA represents rural postal workers for the Canada Post Corporation. The trade union belongs to the Canadian Labour Congress as the federation's smallest National Union....
- Canadian Union of Postal WorkersCanadian Union of Postal WorkersThe Canadian Union of Postal Workers or CUPW is a public sector trade union representing postal workers employed at Canada Post as well as private sector workers outside Canada Post.-Activities:...
- Canadian Union of Public EmployeesCanadian Union of Public EmployeesThe Canadian Union of Public Employees is a Canadian trade union serving the public sector - although it has in recent years organized workplaces in the non-profit and para-public sector as well...
- Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of CanadaCommunications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of CanadaSee also Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol SCEPCommunications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, abbreviated CEP in English and SCEP in French, is a largely private sector labour union with 150,000 members...
- Elementary Teachers' Federation of OntarioElementary Teachers' Federation of OntarioThe Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario is a labour union representing all public elementary school teachers in the Canadian province of Ontario. The union has 66 local chapters in the province, and over 76,000 members...
- National Union of Public and General EmployeesNational Union of Public and General EmployeesThe National Union of Public and General Employees is a Canadian trade union. Taken in total it is the second largest union in Canada. Most of its 340,000 members work in the provincial public service sector...
- Canadian Federation of Nurses' UnionCanadian Federation of Nurses' UnionThe Canadian Federation of Nurses Union is a trade union centre in Canada. It represents the interests of Canadian nurses within the Canadian Labour Congress.The CFNU is a member of the International Council of Nurses.-External links:*...
- Ontario English Catholic Teachers' AssociationOntario English Catholic Teachers' AssociationThe Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association is an organization that represents teachers in publicly funded Roman Catholic schools in Ontario, Canada. It is an affiliated with the Ontario Teachers’ Federation, the Canadian Teachers’ Federation and Education International...
- Ontario Secondary School Teachers' FederationOntario Secondary School Teachers' FederationThe Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation is a trade union which represents 60,000 members across Ontario, Canada.Founded in 1919, its membership includes public high school teachers, occasional teachers, teaching assistants, psychoeducational consultants, social workers, child and youth...
- Public Service Alliance of CanadaPublic Service Alliance of CanadaThe Public Service Alliance of Canada is one of Canada’s largest national labour unions, with members in every province and territory. In fact, it is the biggest union in the Canadian Federal Public Sector...
- Telecommunications Workers UnionTelecommunications Workers UnionThe Telecommunications Workers Union is a trade union in Canada for people working for telephone and cable companies. Although the TWU has members from Shaw Cable in the Vancouver area of British Columbia, Canada, the majority of TWU members are employees of Telus .- Early organization at BC Tel:...
- ACTRA
- International Affiliates
- Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalAir Line Pilots Association, InternationalThe Air Line Pilots Association, International , is the collective bargaining representative for over 59,000 pilots of 39 U.S. and Canadian airlines. ALPA was formed in 1931 and is a member of the AFL-CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress...
- Amalgamated Transit UnionAmalgamated Transit UnionThe Amalgamated Transit Union is a labor union in the United States and The Amalgamated Transit Union Canadian Council in Canada, representing workers in the transit system and other industries...
- American Federation of MusiciansAmerican Federation of MusiciansThe American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada is a labor union of professional musicians in the United States and Canada...
- Amalgamated Transit UnionAmalgamated Transit UnionThe Amalgamated Transit Union is a labor union in the United States and The Amalgamated Transit Union Canadian Council in Canada, representing workers in the transit system and other industries...
- Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International UnionBakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International UnionThe Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union is a labor union in the United States and Canada. It has a membership of 100,000...
- CWA-Canadian Media GuildCanadian Media GuildThe Canadian Media Guild is a trade union representing employees at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , the Canadian Press, Thomson Reuters, Agence France-Presse, S-Vox, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, CW Television, CJRC Radio in Gatineau, Que., and TVOntario.It is a local of The...
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and CanadaInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage EmployesThe International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or I.A.T.S.E., is a labor union representing technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, motion...
- International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron WorkersInternational Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron WorkersThe International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers is a union in the United States and Canada, which represents primarily construction workers, as well as shipbuilding and metal fabrication employees.-Origins:...
- International Association of Fire FightersInternational Association of Fire FightersThe International Association of Fire Fighters is a labor union representing professional firefighters in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada. The IAFF is headquartered in...
- International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos WorkersInternational Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos WorkersThe International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers is a trade union in the United States and Canada...
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace WorkersInternational Association of Machinists and Aerospace WorkersThe International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is an AFL-CIO/CLC trade union representing approx. 646,933 workers as of 2006 in more than 200 industries.-Formation and early history:...
- International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersInternational Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersThe International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is a labor union which represents workers in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Panama and several Caribbean island nations; particularly electricians, or Inside Wiremen, in the construction industry and linemen and other...
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and HelpersInternational Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and HelpersThe International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers is a trade union in the United States and Canada. It is for boilermakers and related occupations, and is affiliated with both the AFL-CIO and CLC....
- International Federation of Professional and Technical EngineersInternational Federation of Professional and Technical EngineersThe International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers , AFL-CIO & CLC, is a diverse labor union representing more than 80,000 women and men in professional, technical, administrative and associated occupations in the United States and Canada. Their members are employed by federal,...
- International Longshore and Warehouse UnionInternational Longshore and Warehouse UnionThe International Longshore and Warehouse Union is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii and Alaska, and in British Columbia, Canada. It also represents hotel workers in Hawaii, cannery workers in Alaska, warehouse workers throughout...
- International Longshoremen's AssociationInternational Longshoremen's AssociationThe International Longshoremen's Association is a labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways...
- International Union of Bricklayers and Allied CraftworkersInternational Union of Bricklayers and Allied CraftworkersThe International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers is a labor union in the United States and Canada which represents bricklayers, pointers/cleaners/caulkers, stone and marble masons, cement masons, plasterers, tilesetters, terrazzo and mosaic workers...
- International Union of Operating EngineersInternational Union of Operating EngineersThe International Union of Operating Engineers is a trade union within the AFL-CIO representing primarily construction workers who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers who maintain heating and other systems in buildings and industrial complexes, in the...
- International Union of Painters and Allied TradesInternational Union of Painters and Allied TradesThe International Union of Painters and Allied Trades is a union representing about 140,000 painters, glaziers, wall coverers, flooring installers, convention and trade show decorators, glassworkers, sign and display workers, and drywall finishers in the United States and Canada...
- Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International AssociationOperative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International AssociationThe Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada is a trade union of plasterers and cement masons in the construction industry in the United States and Canada. Members of the union finish interior walls and ceilings of buildings and apply...
- Seafarers' International Union of CanadaSeafarers' International Union of CanadaThe Seafarers International Union of Canada is a Canadian labour union of mariners working aboard Canadian flag vessels. SIU Canada is an affiliate union of Seafarers International Union.-External links:*...
- Service Employees International UnionService Employees International UnionService Employees International Union is a labor union representing about 1.8 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States , and Canada...
- Sheet Metal Workers International Association
- TeamstersTeamstersThe International Brotherhood of Teamsters is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of several local and regional locals of teamsters, the union now represents a diverse membership of blue-collar and professional workers in both the public and private sectors....
- United Auto WorkersUnited Auto WorkersThe International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers , is a labor union which represents workers in the United States and Puerto Rico, and formerly in Canada. Founded as part of the Congress of Industrial...
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of AmericaUnited Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of AmericaThe United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America is one of the largest building trades union in the United States. One of the unions that formed the American Federation of Labor in 1886, it left the AFL-CIO in 2001.-Early years:...
- United Food and Commercial Workers Union
- United Mine Workers of America
- United SteelworkersUnited SteelworkersThe United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union is the largest industrial labor union in North America, with 705,000 members. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, U.S., the United Steelworkers represents workers in the United...
- United Transportation UnionUnited Transportation UnionThe United Transportation Union is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. It is a broad-based, transportation labor union representing about 125,000 active and retired railroad, bus, mass transit, and airline workers in the United States....
- United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting IndustryUnited AssociationThe United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the United Association is a trade union of journeymen and apprentices of the plumbing, pipefitting, and sprinkler fitting industry of...
- UNITE HEREUNITE HEREUNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with more than 265,000 active members The union's members work predominantly in the hotel, food service, laundry, warehouse, and casino gaming industries...
- Air Line Pilots Association, International
- NationalAffiliates
- Independent Unions/Other Affiliations
- Canadian Actors' Equity AssociationCanadian Actors' Equity AssociationCanadian Actors' Equity Association is an association of performers in English Canada who are engaged in live performances before paying audiences in theatre, opera and dance...
- Christian Labour Association of CanadaChristian Labour Association of CanadaThe Christian Labour Association of Canada is a labour union which represents workers in the construction, health care and food industries. The association was established in 1952 to represent workers on the basis of "Christian social principles"...
- Major League Baseball Players AssociationMajor League Baseball Players AssociationThe Major League Baseball Players Association is the union of professional major-league baseball players.-History of MLBPA:The MLBPA was not the first attempt to unionize baseball players...
- Manitoba Teachers' SocietyManitoba Teachers' SocietyThe Manitoba Teachers' Society is the provincial trade union body for the teachers of Manitoba, Canada. It was founded in 1919, and currently has around 15,000 members...
- National Hockey League Players' Association
- Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
- Writers Guild of CanadaWriters Guild of CanadaThe Writers Guild of Canada represents more than 1,800 professional writers working in film, television, radio, and multimedia production in Canada...
- Canadian Actors' Equity Association
Caribbean
- Caribbean Congress of LabourCaribbean Congress of LabourThe Caribbean Congress of Labour is a regional trade union federation. It represents 500,000 members in 33 affiliated unions across 17 Caribbean nations....
- Caribbean Public Services AssociationCaribbean Public Services AssociationThe Caribbean Public Services Association is a trade union Federation in the Caribbean which links public sector unions in the region.-See also:* List of trade unions...
- Caribbean Union of TeachersCaribbean Union of TeachersThe Caribbean Union of Teachers is a federation of teaching trade unions in the Caribbean. Its affiliated unions are:* Anguilla Teachers Union* Antigua & Barbuda Union of Teachers* Bahamas Union of Teachers* Barbados Secondary Teachers Union...
Central African Republic
- Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique
- National Confederation of Central African Workers
- Union of Central African Workers
People's Republic of China
- All-China Federation of Trade UnionsAll-China Federation of Trade UnionsThe All-China Federation of Trade Unions , is the sole national trade union federation of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest trade union in the world with 134 million members in 1,713,000 primary trade union organizations...
- All-China Federation of Railway Workers' UnionsAll-China Federation of Railway Workers' UnionsThe All-China Federation of Railway Workers’ Unions is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China.-External links:*...
- National Committee of the Chinese Agricultural, Forestry and Water Conservancy Workers' UnionNational Committee of the Chinese Agricultural, Forestry and Water Conservancy Workers' UnionThe National Committee of the Chinese Agricultural, Forestry and Water Conservancy Workers’ Union is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China.-External links:*...
- National Committee of the Chinese Aviation Workers' UnionNational Committee of the Chinese Aviation Workers' UnionThe National Committee of the Chinese Aviation Workers’ Union is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China.-External links:*...
- National Committee of the Chinese Banking Workers' UnionNational Committee of the Chinese Banking Workers' UnionThe National Committee of the Chinese Banking Workers’ Union is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China.-External links:*...
- National Committee of the Chinese Defense Industry, Postal and Telecommunications Workers' UnionNational Committee of the Chinese Defense Industry, Postal and Telecommunications Workers' UnionThe National Committee of the Chinese Defense Industry, Postal and Telecommunications Workers’ Union is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China.-External links:*...
- National Committee of the Chinese Educational, Scientific, Cultural, Medical and Sports Workers' Union
- National Committee of the Chinese Energy and Chemical Workers' UnionNational Committee of the Chinese Energy and Chemical Workers' UnionThe National Committee of the Chinese Energy and Chemical Workers’ Union is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China.-External links:*...
- National Committee of the Chinese Financial, Commercial, Light Industry, Textile and Tobacco Workers' Union
- National Committee of the Chinese Machinery, Metallurgical and Building Material Workers' UnionNational Committee of the Chinese Machinery, Metallurgical and Building Material Workers' UnionThe National Committee of the Chinese Machinery, Metallurgical and Building Material Workers’ Union is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China.-External links:*...
- National Committee of the Chinese Seamen and Construction Workers' UnionNational Committee of the Chinese Seamen and Construction Workers' UnionThe National Committee of the Chinese Seamen and Construction Workers’ Union is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China.-External links:*...
- All-China Federation of Railway Workers' Unions
Colombia
- Central Union of WorkersCentral Union of WorkersThe Central Union of Workers is a trade union centre in Colombia. It was formed in 1986, and in 2002 was the country's largest union federation, with 546,000 members.ICTUR reports that nearly 800 members of CUT were murdered between 1987 and 1992....
- Confederation of Workers of ColombiaConfederation of Workers of ColombiaThe Confederation of Workers of Colombia is a trade union centre in Colombia. It was formed in 1936, and is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation....
- General Confederation of Democratic WorkersGeneral Confederation of Democratic WorkersThe General Confederation of Democratic Workers is a trade union centre in Colombia. It was founded in 1988.The CGTD is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- SINALTRAINALSINALTRAINALThe National Union of Food Industry Workers is a Colombian food industry trade union.The group has repeatedly tried to form unions in Colombia for workers of Panamco, a Colombian Coca-Cola bottling company, and have documentation of many members or leaders being murdered, kidnapped, and tortured...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Confédération Générale du Travail du Congo
- Democratic Confederation of Labour (DRC)
- National Union of Congolese WorkersNational Union of Congolese Workers-External links:*...
Republic of the Congo
- Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Congo
- Confédération Syndicale du Congo
- Confédération des Syndicats Libres Autonomes du Congo
- Congolese Trade Union Confederation
Costa Rica
- Central de Trabajadores de Costa RicaCentral de Trabajadores de Costa RicaThe Central de Trabajadores de Costa Rica is a trade union centre in Costa Rica.It is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions....
- Central del Movimiento de Trabajadores CostarricensesCentral del Movimiento de Trabajadores CostarricensesThe Central del Movimiento de Trabajadores is a trade union centre in Costa Rica.Originally created as the Federation of Christian Workers and Peasants of Costa Rica in 1964, it became the Central de Trabajadores Costarricenses in 1972, and the CMTC in the 1990s.It is affiliated with the...
- Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores (Costa Rica)Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores (Costa Rica)The Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores is a national trade union centre in Costa Rica formed in 1980 as a result of the merger of the Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Públicos and the Confederación General de Trabajadores. The CUT had 54 affiliated unions in 2004. It is affiliated to the...
- Confederación du Trabajadores de Costa RicaConfederación du Trabajadores de Costa RicaThe Confederación de Trabajadores de Costa Rica is a trade union centre in Costa Rica.It is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.-References:...
- Costa Rican Confederation of WorkersCosta Rican Confederation of WorkersThe Costa Rican Confederation of Workers is a trade union centre in Costa Rica. It was formed in 1991 by the merger of three union centres.The CTRN is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-External links:*...
Croatia
- Association of Croatian Public Sector UnionsAssociation of Croatian Public Sector Unions-External links:*...
- Croatian Trade Union Association
- Independent Trade Unions of Croatia
- Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia
- Workers' Trade Union Association of CroatiaWorkers' Trade Union Association of CroatiaThe Workers' Trade Union Association of Croatia is a trade union centre in Croatia. It was founded in 1994 under the name Trade Union Association of Public Sector Employees .It is affiliated with the European Federation of Public Service Employees....
Cyprus
- Cyprus Turkish Unions FederationCyprus Turkish Unions FederationThe Cyprus Turkish Unions Federation is a trade union centre in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation, and the European Trade Union Confederation.-External links:* official website....
- Cyprus Union of Bank Employees
- Cyprus Workers' Confederation
- Democratic Labour Federation of Cyprus
- Pancyprian Federation of Labour
- Pancyprian Public Servants' Trade Union
- Revolutionary Trade Unions Federation
Czech Republic
- Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions
- Christian Labour Confederation
- Federation of Professional Unions
Côte d'Ivoire
- Centrale des Syndicats Libres de Côte d'Ivoire
- Federation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Côte d'Ivoire
- General Workers Union in Côte d'Ivoire
Denmark
- Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC)Danish Confederation of Professional AssociationsThe AC – The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations was founded in 1972 and is an umbrella organisation for 9 Danish trade unions.The AC has a membership of 197,900 and cooperates with the two other Danish trade union centers, i.e...
- Danish Association of Chartered SurveyorsDanish Association of Chartered SurveyorsThe The Danish Association of Chartered Surveyors is a trade union in Denmark. It has a membership of 1400....
- Danish Medical AssociationDanish Medical AssociationThe Danish Medical Association is a trade union in Denmark. It has a membership of 21,800, and is affiliated with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations....
- Danish Union of ArchitectsDanish Union of ArchitectsThe Danish Union of Architects is a trade union in Denmark. It has a membership of 4500, and is affiliated with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations....
- Danish Union of LibrariansDanish Union of LibrariansThe Danish Union of Librarians is a trade union in Denmark. It has a membership of 5500, and is affiliated with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations....
- Danish Association of Chartered Surveyors
- FTF – Confederation of Professionals in DenmarkFTF – Confederation of Professionals in DenmarkFTF – Confederation of Professionals in Denmark was founded in 1952 and is an umbrella organisation for 86 Danish trade unions....
- Danish Association of Pharmaconomists
- Danish Nurses OrganisationDanish Nurses Organisation-External links:**...
- Danish Union of Teachers
- Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)Danish Confederation of Trade UnionsLO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions was founded in 1898 and is an umbrella organisation for 18 Danish trade unions....
- Danish Food and Allied Workers' Union
- Danish Timber Industry and Construction Workers' Union
- Danish Union of MetalworkersDanish Union of MetalworkersThe Danish Union of Metalworkers is a trade union in Denmark. It is an affiliate of the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, the European Metalworkers' Federation and the International Metalworkers' Federation....
- Danish Union of Professional Technicians
- Danish Union of Public Employees
- Fagligt Fælles Forbund
- National Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees
Dominica
- Dominica Amalgamated Workers' UnionDominica Amalgamated Workers' UnionThe Dominica Amalgamated Workers' Union is a trade union in Dominica. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Dominica Public Service UnionDominica Public Service UnionThe Dominica Public Service Union is a trade union in Dominica. It was originally founded in 1938 as the Dominica Civil Service Association....
- National Workers' Union (Dominica)National Workers' Union (Dominica)The National Workers' Union is a trade union in Dominica. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Waterfront and Allied Workers' UnionWaterfront and Allied Workers' UnionThe Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union is a trade union in Dominica. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
Dominican Republic
- Central General de Trabajadores (Dominican Republic)Central General de Trabajadores (Dominican Republic)The Central General de Trabajadores is a trade union centre in the Dominican Republic. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Confederación de Trabajadores UnitariaConfederación de Trabajadores UnitariaThe Confederación de Trabajadores Unitaria is a trade union centre in the Dominican Republic. It was formed by the merging of four previous unions. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
Ecuador
- Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas Unitarias de TrabajadoresConfederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas Unitarias de TrabajadoresThe Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas Unitarias de Trabajadores is a trade union centre in Ecuador. It has a membership of over 86,000. As of 2006, CEDOCUT organized 92 trade unions, 1.71% of the total number of unions in the country...
- Confederación de Trabajadores del EcuadorConfederación de Trabajadores del EcuadorThe Confederación de Trabajadores del Ecuador is a trade union centre in Ecuador. CTE was founded on July 9, 1944, on the initiative of the Communist Party of Ecuador and the Socialist Party of Ecuador. The organization was awarded legal recognition on March 3, 1945...
- Ecuador Confederation of Free Trade Union OrganizationsEcuador Confederation of Free Trade Union OrganizationsThe Ecuador Confederation of Free Trade Union Organizations is a trade union centre in Ecuador. CEOSL was founded on May 1, 1962, inspired by North American trade unions. It later distanced itself from its North American sponsors during the 1980s and 1990s, though...
- Frente Unitario de los TrabajadoresFrente Unitario de los TrabajadoresThe Frente Unitario de Trabajadores is a central organizing body for the main trade union centres in Ecuador.In 1980 FUT was formed by the unification of Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas Unitarias de Trabajadores , Ecuador Confederation of Free Trade Union Organizations , and...
El Salvador
- Central Autónoma de Trabajadores SalvadoreñosCentral Autónoma de Trabajadores SalvadoreñosCentral Autónoma de Trabajadores Salvadoreños is a trade union center in El Salvador. It was founded in 1966 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-References:...
- Central de Trabajadores DemocráticosCentral de Trabajadores DemocráticosCentral de Trabajadores Democráticos is a trade union centre in El Salvador. It was founded in the 1980s, and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Federación Nacional Sindical de Trabajadores SalvadoreñosFederación Nacional Sindical de Trabajadores SalvadoreñosThe Federación Nacional Sindical de Trabajadores Salvadoreños is a trade union centre in El Salvador. It was founded in November 1972 to bring unity to the country's labor movement, but did not achieve formal legal recognition until 1974...
Estonia
Fiji
- Fiji Islands Council of Trade UnionsFiji Islands Council of Trade UnionsThe Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions was established in August, 2002 as a breakaway from and rival to the FTUC.Fifteen unions, which were formerly affiliated to the FTUC, initially joined the new umbrella organisation. The move follows the unions’ disatissfaction with the FTUC led by Senator...
- Fiji Trades Union CongressFiji Trades Union CongressThe Fiji Trades Union Congress is a trade union organization in Fiji, originally founded in 1952 under the leadership of Pandit Ami Chandra as the Fiji Industrial Workers Congress . As the FIWC the organisation was the third federation in Oceania, after the ACTU and the NZCTU, to join the ICFTU. ...
- Federation of Cane Growers (Fiji)Federation of Cane Growers (Fiji)The Federation of Cane Growers was formed as an umbrella organisation to negotiate the new cane contract due to take effect from 1960 with the Colonial Sugar Refining Company.- Negotiations for 1960 cane contract :...
- Indian Cane Growers Association (Fiji)Indian Cane Growers Association (Fiji)The Indian Cane Growers Association was formed on 28 September 1919 and was based in Ba Province, one of the cane growing districts in the Western Division of Fiji. It was led by Theodore Riaz and included some well-to-do Indian cane farmers from Ba, like Ramgarib Singh and Randhir Singh...
- Kisan SanghKisan SanghKisan Sangh was the first farmers' union formed in Fiji on 27 November 1937. This was the result of one man's determination to improve the plight of Fiji's Indian cane farmers...
- Labasa Kisan SanghLabasa Kisan SanghThe Kisan Sangh had been active in the Western Division of Fiji since 1937 but had not seen the need to expand its activities to other sugar cane growing districts because of transportation problems and the fact that the other districts combined had far fewer cane farmers thatn the Western Division...
- Maha SanghMaha SanghAkhil Fiji Krishak Maha Sangh was a sugar cane farmers' union formed on 15 June 1941 in opposition to the existing union, the Kisan Sangh. Supporters of Kisan Sangh tried to stop the formation of the Maha Sangh but were unsuccessful. The people responsible for the formation of a second sugar cane...
- National Farmers Union (Fiji)National Farmers Union (Fiji)The National Farmers Union is one of Fiji's largest trade unions. It was launched in Labasa in July 1978 under the auspices of the Fiji Trades Union Congress, with Mahendra Chaudhry as its first General Secretary...
- Rewa Planters UnionRewa Planters UnionRewa Planters Union was formed on 14 July 1943 at a meeting attended by 1500 cane farmers from Rewa Province, Fiji. The union was formed in reaction to the strike of cane farmers taking place in the Western Division. The Government had appointed a commission to inquire into the farmers' grievances...
- Vishal SanghVishal SanghVishal Sangh was a cane farmers union established in Fiji on 1 September 1946, by mainly Sikh farmers, who refused to re-join the Kisan Sangh after its reunification following the split of the Kisan Sangh into two factions in 1943...
Finland
The three major confederations:- Central Organisation of Finnish Trade UnionsCentral Organisation of Finnish Trade UnionsThe Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, usually referred to by the acronym SAK is the largest trade union confederation in Finland...
- Finnish Confederation of Salaried EmployeesFinnish Confederation of Salaried EmployeesThe Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees is a trade union confederation in Finland. It has a membership of 650,000 and represents salaried employees in Finland....
STTK - Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in FinlandConfederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in FinlandThe Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland is a trade union confederation in Finland. It represents employees with university-level, professional or other high-level training. It has a membership of 448,000....
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Individual trade unions
- Union of Salaried EmployeesUnion of Salaried EmployeesThe Union of Salaried Employees is a trade union in Finland. With 125,000 members TU is the major trade union for workers in industry and industrial services, technics, economy and information. It is affiliated with the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees.-External links:**...
- Union of Health and Social Care Services
- Finnish Union of Practical NursesFinnish Union of Practical NursesThe Finnish Union of Practical Nurses is a trade union in Finland. It has a membership of over 63,000 and is affiliated with the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees.-External links:*...
- Finnish Association of Graduate EngineersFinnish Association of Graduate EngineersFinnish Association of Graduate Engineers TEK is a Finnish trade union of university-educated engineers, architects and scientists. In addition, the TEK is a learned society and the professional body of the engineering profession, and a member of the Finnish Federation of Learned Societies...
- Finnish Association of Architects
- Association of Employees in Government Educational AdministrationAssociation of Employees in Government Educational AdministrationAssociation of Employees in Government Educational Administration is the smallest of the member trade unions of Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland with 141 members. The union consists of members of the civil servants working in the educational sector of the provincial...
Major confederations
- Confédération Générale du TravailConfédération générale du travailThe General Confederation of Labour is a national trade union center, the first of the five major French confederations of trade unions.It is the largest in terms of votes , and second largest in terms of membership numbers.Its membership decreased to 650,000 members in 1995-96 The General...
- Force OuvrièreForce OuvrièreThe General Confederation of Labor - Workers' Force is one of the five major union federations in France. In terms of following, it is the third behind the CGT and the CFDT....
- Confédération Française Démocratique du TravailConfédération Française Démocratique du Travail-External links:*...
- Confédération Française des Travailleurs ChrétiensConfédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens-External links:*...
- Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des CadresConfédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des CadresThe French Confederation of Management – General Confederation of Executives is one of the five major French confederations of trade unions....
Other important unions
- Solidaires Unitaires DémocratiquesSolidaires Unitaires DémocratiquesThe Solidaires or Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques is a French group of trade unions.-Political position:They tend to favor progressive or even radical views and work with the alter-globalization or anti-globalization movement....
- Fédération Syndicale UnitaireFédération Syndicale UnitaireThe Fédération syndicale unitaire is the main trade union in the education sector in France and the largest trade union in the public sector. It has 162,000 members, of whom 88% are teachers....
- Union Nationale des Syndicats AutonomesUnion nationale des syndicats autonomesThe National Union of Autonomous Unions is one of the French confederations of trade unions, but they do not have the présomption irréfragable de représentativité of the General Confederation of Labour , French Democratic Confederation of Labour , Workers' Force , French Confederation of Christian...
Other unions
- Confédération Nationale du TravailConfédération nationale du travail- History :The CNT-F or National Confederation of Labour is a French anarcho-syndicalist union.It was founded in 1946 by Spanish anarcho-syndicalists in exile, and former members of Confédération Générale du Travail-Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire , its name is derived from the Spanish CNT, the...
- Action Police CFTCAction Police CFTCAction Police CFTC is a very small police union in France, affiliated with the Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens Christian trade union confederation. Its general secretary is Michel Thooris....
- Sud-PTTSud-PTTSud-PTT is a French trade union created in fall 1988 after the exclusion of more radical elements from the CFDT-PTT. CFDT is a union generally considered as the most open for negotiation and reforms. It is sometimes criticized for this approach, sometimes by its own members...
- Syndicat de la MagistratureSyndicat de la MagistratureThe Syndicat de la Magistrature is the French second largest magistrates trade union - in terms of membership - after the more conservative Union syndicale des magistrats....
Germany
- Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) German Confederation of Trade UnionsGerman Confederation of Trade UnionsThe Confederation of German Trade Unions is an umbrella organisation for eight German trade unions, in total representing more than 7 million people . It was founded in Munich, 12 October 1949.The DGB coordinates joint demands and activities within the German trade union movement...
- IG Bauen-Agrar-UmweltIG Bauen-Agrar-UmweltThe IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt is a trade union in Germany with a membership of 350000 . It is one of 8 industrial affiliates of the DGB...
- IG Bergbau, Chemie, EnergieIG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie-External links:*...
- Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft
- IG MetallIG MetallIG Metall is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany. Analysts of German labor relations consider it a major trend-setter in national bargaining. As a metalworkers' union, it represents workers in the motor vehicle industry...
- Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten
- Trade Union of the PoliceTrade Union of the PoliceThe Gewerkschaft der Polizei is a trade union in Germany. It represents 181,000 police employees, and is one of eight industrial affiliations of the German Confederation of Trade Unions...
- TRANSNET GewerkschaftTRANSNET GewerkschaftTRANSNET, which stands for Transport, Service, and Networks, was a trade union in Germany and one of eight industrial affiliations of the German Confederation of Trade Unions.Since autumn 2005 TRANSNET worked together with the "rival" union GDBA....
- ver.diVer.di-External links:* * on the ver.di homepage...
- IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt
- Deutscher Beamtenbund (dbb) German Civil Service Federation
- komba gewerkschaftKomba gewerkschaftThe komba gewerkschaft is a German trade union in Berlin. It organises over 80.000 local administration workers....
- Gewerkschaft Deutscher LokomotivführerGewerkschaft Deutscher LokomotivführerThe Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer is a German trade union present in train companies. It has a membership of 34,000 , concentrated in the former East Germany.-2007 strike:...
- komba gewerkschaft
- Christlicher Gewerkschaftsbund (CGB) *German Christian Workers' Federation
- Free Workers' Union of GermanyFree Workers' Union of GermanyThe Free Workers' Union of Germany was an anarcho-syndicalist trade union, which existed from the renaming of the Free Association of German Trade Unions on September 15, 1919 to its official disbandment in January 1933 after the Nazis came into power, although many of its members continued to be...
- Free Workers' UnionFree Workers' UnionThe Free Workers' Union is a small anarcho-syndicalist union in Germany. It is the German section of the International Workers Association , to which the larger and better known Confederación Nacional del Trabajo in Spain also belongs...
- Free Workers' Union of Germany
- Deutsche Angestellten Gewerkschaft (DAG) German Salaried Employees' UnionGerman Salaried Employees' UnionThe German Salaried Employees' Union, in German Deutsche Angestellten-Gewerkschaft was an independent trade union based in Hamburg...
Historical Unions
- Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices UnionGibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices UnionThe Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1963.-See also:* List of trade unions* Transport and General Workers' Union* TGWU amalgamations...
- Gibraltar Confederation of LabourGibraltar Confederation of LabourThe Gibraltar Confederation of Labour was a trade union established in the British colony of Gibraltar in 1947, and promoted by the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights . Its first president was Albert Risso, at the time president of the AACR. During 1948, Albert Fava was its general...
- Gibraltar Labour Trades UnionGibraltar Labour Trades UnionThe Gibraltar Labour Trades Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1963.-See also:* List of trade unions* Transport and General Workers' Union* TGWU amalgamations...
Guatemala
- Central General de Trabajadores de GuatemalaCentral General de Trabajadores de GuatemalaThe Central General de Trabajadores de Guatemala is a national trade union center in Guatemala. It is descended from the Central Nacional de Trabajadores, which operated clandestinely after the disappearance of 21 of its leaders arrested on June 21, 1980.The CGTG is affiliated with the...
- Confederación de Unidad Sindical de GuatemalaConfederación de Unidad Sindical de GuatemalaThe Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala is a national trade union center in Guatemala. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-References:...
- Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de GuatemalaUnión Sindical de Trabajadores de GuatemalaThe Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala is a national trade union center in Guatemala.-References:...
Guinea
- General Union of the Workers of Guinea
- National Confederation of Guinean Workers
- National Organization of Free Unions of Guinea
- United Trade Union of Guinean Workers
Guyana
- Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' UnionGuyana Agricultural and General Workers' UnionThe Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union is the largest trade union in Guyana. It was founded in 1946 as the Guiana Industrial Workers' Union...
- Guyana Airline Pilots AssociationGuyana Airline Pilots Association-External links:* * ....
- Guyana Labour UnionGuyana Labour UnionThe Guyana Labour Union is a trade union centre in Guyana, previously known as the British Guiana Labour Union. BGLU emerged as a labour union amongst black dockworkers. It was led by Hubert Critchlow, a popular cricket player. BGLU soon expanded into a colony-wide labour movement...
- National Workers' Union (Guyana)National Workers' Union (Guyana)The National Workers' Union is a trade union in Guyana. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Guyana Teachers' Union
- Guyana Public Service Union
- Clerical and Commercial Workers Union
Haiti
- Confederation des Travailleurs HaïtiensConfederation des Travailleurs HaïtiensThe Confederation des Travailleurs Haïtiens was founded in 1998 to provide a space for Haitian workers to organize collectively and promote a progressive agenda, such as opposing the privatization plans of international financial institutions...
- Coordination Syndicale Haïtienne (CSH)
- Haitian Trade Union CoordinationHaitian Trade Union CoordinationThe Haitian Trade Union Coordination is a trade union structure in Haiti. It collects together 14 established unions.See Coordination Syndicale Haïtienne . This was the primary labor organization that backed the overthrow of Haiti's democratically elected government...
- May 1st - Workers' Fight FederationMay 1st - Workers' Fight FederationBatay Ouvriye is a national workers' movement in Haiti known to be active at least since 1994.-Politics:While it negotiated the first contract in the Free Trade Zone in Haiti, it agitated for workers' rights while making ideological attacks upon Haiti's democratically elected progressive Fanmi...
- Batay Ouvriye
Honduras
- Central General de Trabajadores (Honduras)Central General de Trabajadores (Honduras)The General Workers Central , also known as the General Workers Confederation and the General Confederation of Labor, is a national trade union center in Honduras. It is traditionally associated with the National Party of Honduras....
- Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores de HondurasConfederación Unitaria de Trabajadores de HondurasThe Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores de Honduras is a national trade union center in Honduras. It was formed in 1992....
- Federación Unitaria de Trabajadores de HondurasFederación Unitaria de Trabajadores de HondurasThe Federación Unitaria de Trabajadores de Honduras is a national trade union center in Honduras. It is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions. Unions affiliated to FUTH include Union of Beverage and Related Industry Workers ....
- Honduras Workers' ConfederationHonduras Workers' ConfederationThe Confederation of Honduran Workers is the largest national trade union center in Honduras. It was formed in 1964. The CTH is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-History:...
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Federation of Trade UnionsHong Kong Federation of Trade UnionsThe Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions is a pro-Beijing labour and political group in Hong Kong. It is the largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 341,000 members in 181 affiliates and 62 associated trade unions.-Policies:...
- Hong Kong Confederation of Trade UnionsHong Kong Confederation of Trade UnionsThe Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions is a pro-democracy labour and political group in the Hong Kong. It was established in 1990...
- Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council
- Hong Kong Journalists AssociationHong Kong Journalists AssociationThe Hong Kong Journalists Association was established in 1968 for practising journalists in Hong Kong "to enhance press freedom and the integrity of news coverage"...
- Hong Kong Professional Teachers' UnionHong Kong Professional Teachers' UnionThe Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union , is a pro-democracy trade union in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1973. The president of the group is Cheung Man Kwong, who has been in this position since 1990...
- Joint Organization of Unions - Hong Kong
Hungary
- Autonomous Trade Union Confederation
- Democratic Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- Forum for the Cooperation of Trade Unions
Iceland
- Confederation of State and Municipal Employees of Iceland
- Icelandic Federation of LabourIcelandic Federation of Labour-External links:* *...
India
see Indian Trade UnionsIndian Trade Unions
In India the Trade Union movement is generally divided on political lines. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, trade unions had a combined membership of 24,601,589 in 2002...
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- Kerala Gazetted Officers' UnionKerala Gazetted Officers' UnionThe Kerala Gazetted officers' Union is a common platform for the gazetted officers of Kerala having democratic and seculiarist views. KGOU started functioning in the state of Kerala during 1984, separating from KGOA after the martyrdom of Smt. Indira Gandhi, then prime minister of India...
- Indian Railway Trade Unions
- All KARNATAKA Kannadigara Workers union .
- Karnataka Auto driver Union
- Karnataka Workers Union
- All India Railway Men's Federation www.airfindia.com
- Northern Railway Men's Union www.nrmu.net
- Bank Employees Federation of India
- Kerala Gazetted Officers' Union
- Centre of Indian Trade UnionsCentre of Indian Trade UnionsCentre of Indian Trade Unions , CITU is a National level Trade Union in India politically attached to the Communist Party of India . The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assembly of workers and classes of India...
- Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor UnionBengal Chatkal Mazdoor UnionBengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union is a trade union of jute mill workers in West Bengal, India. The union is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. The general secretary of BCMU is Gobinda Guha and the president is Niren Ghosh....
- Calcutta Tramways Workers' and Employees' UnionCalcutta Tramways Workers' and Employees' UnionCalcutta Tramways Workers' and Employees' Union is a trade union of workers at the Kolkata tramway. CTW&EU is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. CTW&EU was founded in 1975....
- Cochin City Motor Thozhilali UnionCochin City Motor Thozhilali UnionCochin City Motor Thozhilali Union, a trade union of transportation worker in Cochin, India. CCMTU is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. The president of CCMTU is T.S. Shanmughadas....
- Darjeeling District Newspaper Sellers' UnionDarjeeling District Newspaper Sellers' UnionDarjeeling District Newspaper Sellers' Union, a trade union of newspaper sellers in the Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India. DDNSU is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. The union president is Nantu Paul....
- Forward Seamens Union of IndiaForward Seamens Union of IndiaForward Seamens Union of India is a trade union, affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, organizing Indian sailors....
- Maharashtra Sugarcane Cutting and Transport Workers UnionMaharashtra Sugarcane Cutting and Transport Workers UnionMaharashtra Sugarcane Cutting and Transport Workers Union, a trade union at the sugarfields of Maharashtra, India. MSCTWU is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. The president of the union is Dr. D.L. Karad....
- Otis Elevators Employees UnionOtis Elevators Employees UnionOtis Elevators Employees Union, a trade union of elevator installers and repairers at the Otis company, Maharashtra, India. OEEU is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. In 1998 OEEU organized 490 out of 700 field employees....
- Siliguri Dokan Sramik Karmachari Union
- Steel Plant Employees UnionSteel Plant Employees UnionThe Steel Plant Employees Union is a trade union at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in Visakhapatnam, India. SPEU is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. The SPEU president is V. Dhanaraju....
- Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union
- Hind Mazdoor Kisan PanchayatHind Mazdoor Kisan PanchayatHind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat , is a national trade union confederation in India. Its national president is George Fernandes.- Literature :...
- Konkan Railway Corporation Employees UnionKonkan Railway Corporation Employees UnionKonkan Railway Corporation Employees Union, a trade union of employees of the Konkan Railway, India. KRCEU is affiliated to the Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat.In the union elections in 2005 KRCEU got 32% of the votes, and lost its hold of the union....
- Municipal Mazdoor UnionMunicipal Mazdoor UnionMunicipal Mazdoor Union, a trade union of municipal workers in Mumbai. MMU is affiliated to the Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat....
- Konkan Railway Corporation Employees Union
- Hind Mazdoor Sabha
- All India Jute Textile Workers' FederationAll India Jute Textile Workers' FederationAll India Jute Textile Workers' Federation, a trade union of jute mill workers in India. The union is affiliated to the Hind Mazdoor Sabha....
- Coimbatore District Textile Workers UnionCoimbatore District Textile Workers UnionCoimbatore District Textile Workers Union, a trade union in the textile industry in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India. CDTWU is affiliated to the Hind Mazdoor Sabha. The general secretary of CDTWU is A. Subramaniam and the president is Rajamani ....
- Kudremukh Shram Shakthi SanghatanKudremukh Shram Shakthi SanghatanKudremukh Shram Shakthi Sanghatan , a trade union at the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd., Karnataka, India. KSSS is affiliated to Hind Mazdoor Sabha. The general secretary of KSSS is S. Venkataraya, and the President is M. Lokayya Shetty.-Further reading:*, Business Line, 2000*, Times of India,...
- MCF Employees' UnionMCF Employees' UnionMCF Employees' Union, a trade union at the Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilisers, in Karnataka, India. MCFEU is affiliated to Hind Mazdoor Sabha....
- All India Jute Textile Workers' Federation
- Indian Federation of Trade Unions
- Darjeeling Jela Dokan Sramik UnionDarjeeling Jela Dokan Sramik UnionDarjeeling Jela Dokan Sramik Union , a trade union of shop workers in Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India. DJDSU is affiliated to the Indian Federation of Trade Unions....
- Darjeeling Jela Dokan Sramik Union
- Indian National Trade Union CongressIndian National Trade Union CongressIndian National Trade Union Congress is the trade union wing of the Indian National Congress. It was founded May 3, 1947, and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, INTUC had a membership of 3892011 in...
- Labour Progressive FederationLabour Progressive FederationLabour Progressive Federation, trade union federation in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The LPF is politically attached to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, LPF had a membership of 611,506 in 2002....
- NLC Workers Progressive UnionNLC Workers Progressive UnionNLC Workers Progressive Union, a trade union amongst miners employed at the Neyveli Lignite Corporation, in Tamil Nadu, India. NLCWPU is affiliated to the Labour Progressive Federation. The president of NLCWPU is S. Dhandapani....
- NLC Workers Progressive Union
- National Federation of Atomic Energy Employee
- AEEA (IGCAR)
- BARCFEA (BARC facilities)
- GSO SA (GSO)
- TAPEU (MAPS)
- MAPSA (MAPS)
- DPS (DAE)
- EA (MRPU)
- CATSA
- Confederation Of Atomic & Space Scientists/Technologists, COAST
- AARCO, Kalpakkam
- CATSOA, Indore
- Trade Union Coordination CommitteeTrade Union Coordination CommitteeTrade Union Coordination Committee, a central trade union federation in India. TUCC is politically attached to All India Forward Bloc. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, TUCC had a membership of 732760 in 2002....
- Bengal Hawkers AssociationBengal Hawkers AssociationThe Bengal Hawkers Association is a trade union of hawkers in West Bengal, India. BHA is affiliated with the Trade Union Coordination Committee. BHA was founded in 1950, and is the oldest hawkers union in the state....
- Bengal Hawkers Association
- Association of Motion Pictures & TV Programme Producer of IndiaAssociation of Motion Pictures & TV Programme Producer of IndiaThe Association of Motion Pictures & TV Programme Producer of India is a trade union in India.-See also:* Federation of Western India Cinema Employees* Foundation for the Promotion of Film Arts* Cinema of India...
- BSNL Employees Union Central Headquarters New Delhi
- Federation of Western India Cine EmployeesFederation of Western India Cine EmployeesFederation of Western India Cine Employees is a film industry worker's union in Mumbai, India. As of 2002 it had 50,000 members.-Affiliations:FWICE is a member of UNI APRO, itself part of Union Network International ....
- Indian National Trade Union CongressIndian National Trade Union CongressIndian National Trade Union Congress is the trade union wing of the Indian National Congress. It was founded May 3, 1947, and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, INTUC had a membership of 3892011 in...
- Kerala Private Pharmacist's Association (KPPA)
- Kerala Gazetted Officers' FederationKerala Gazetted Officers' FederationKerala Gazetted Officers' Federation is an organization of government employees in Kerala, India. It is politically connected to the Janatha Dal....
- Kerala State Transport Employees FrontKerala State Transport Employees FrontKerala State Transport Employees Front is a trade union of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation employees in Kerala, India. It is affiliated to the Kerala Trade Union Congress ....
- Maharashtra General Kamgar UnionMaharashtra General Kamgar UnionMaharashtra General Kamgar Union, a trade union federation in Maharashtra, India. MGKU was led by late Datta Samant. After the assassination of Samant, the presidency of MGKU was taken over by his brother Dada Samant....
- Mazdoor Mukti MorchaMazdoor Mukti MorchaMazdoor Mukti Morcha , the Punjab affiliate of the All India Agricultural Labour Association, the agriworker wing of Communist Party of India Liberation....
- Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor SanghRashtriya Mill Mazdoor SanghThe Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh is a trade union for textile mills in Mumbai, India....
- Sarv Karamchari Sangh Haryana
- Socialist Trade Union CentreSocialist Trade Union CentreSocialist Trade Union Centre is a trade union federation in Kerala, India. It was started in 2003 by the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana, an Ezhava caste-based movement. Its first affiliated union was the Socialist Motor Thozhilali Union, a union of autorickshaw drivers in Kottayam....
- Trade Union Centre of IndiaTrade Union Centre of IndiaTrade Union Centre of India is a national central trade union organization in India. It is linked to the Communist Party of India . Initially it was founded as the trade union wing of Communist Party of India Red Flag, but in 2005 CPI Red Flag merged with CPI.The 5th All India Conference of TUCI...
- United Trade Union Centre-Lenin Sarani
- All India Defence Employees FederationAll India Defence Employees FederationAll India Defence Employees Federation is a trade union in India that organizes civilian workers in factories and other establishments under the Ministry of Defence. AIDEF is supported jointly by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and the All India Trade Union Congress. AIDEF was founded in...
- Bengal Jute Mill Workers' UnionBengal Jute Mill Workers' UnionBengal Jute Mill Workers' Union is a trade union of jute mill workers in West Bengal, India. The union is affiliated to the All India United Trade Union Centre....
- Bengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor UnionBengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor UnionBengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor Union is a trade union of jute mill workers in West Bengal, India. The union is affiliated to the United Trade Union Congress....
- Murshidabad Self Employed Geriatric Healthcare Workers Association
Indonesia
- Confederation of All Indonesian Workers' UnionConfederation of All Indonesian Workers' UnionThe Confederation of All Indonesian Workers' Union is a national trade union center in Indonesia. It was formed from the All-Indonesia Union of Workers, which was the only legally registered trade union centre in Indonesia during the Suharto era....
- Confederation of Indonesia Prosperous Trade UnionConfederation of Indonesia Prosperous Trade UnionThe Confederation of Indonesia Prosperity Trade Union is a national trade union centre in Indonesia. It was founded in 1992 and claims a membership of 2.1 million. SBSI was the first independent national federation to form during the Suharto dictatorship, suffering considerable state repression...
Iran
- Central Council of Trade UnionsCentral Council of Trade UnionsCentral Council of Workers Unions was an organization of trade unions in Persia. The organization was founded in 1921 by the Communist Party of Persia and socialists. The Central Council became the most important mass organization of the Communist Party at the time...
- Central Council of United Trade UnionsCentral Council of United Trade UnionsThe Central Council of United Trade Unions was a trade union centre in Iran.-Founding:...
- Central Union of Workers and Peasants of IranCentral Union of Workers and Peasants of IranThe Central Union of Workers and Peasants of Iran was a central trade union organization in Iran. EMKA was founded in 1947, after a split from the government-sponsored ESKI. They attempted to work with other unions, such as ESKI, but soon their cooperation turned to open aggression and armed...
- Ettehadiyeh-ye Sendika-ye Kargaran-e IranEttehadiyeh-ye Sendika-ye Kargaran-e IranEttehadiyeh-ye Sendika-ye Kargaran-e Iran was a trade union centre in Iran. It was founded on the initiative of the Ministry of Labour and Propaganda in September 1946, with the explicit purpose of competing with the Tudeh-led Central United Council of the Trade Unions of Workers and Toilers of Iran...
- Iranian Workers' Solidarity NetworkIranian Workers' Solidarity NetworkIranian Workers' Solidarity Network often abbreviated as IWSN, is an international network of Iranian trade union and workers' right activists. Established in 2000, it currently has chapters in 13 countries around the world....
- Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus CompanySyndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus CompanyThe Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company is a trade union centered around the Greater Tehran region. It has a membership of over 17,000 labourers; most of whom work for the United Bus Company of Tehran . Initially established in 1968, its activity has been intermittent...
- Union of Toilers of IranUnion of Toilers of IranThe Union of Toilers of Iran was a trade union organization in Iran. On May 8, 1944, it merged into the larger Central Council of United Trade Unions....
Iraq
- General Federation of Trade Unions
- Iraqi Federation of Trade UnionsIraqi Federation of Trade UnionsThe Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions is the largest union federation in Iraq and the only officially recognized trade union body. It was formed in the aftermath of the Iraq War by several groups, most prominently the Iraqi Communist Party, which wished to disassociate itself from the National...
- Federation of Oil Unions in IraqFederation of Oil Unions in IraqFounded in October 2005 from unions that had begun organizing after the invasion, the Federation of Oil Unions of Iraq is the largest independent union consortium in Iraq, with tens of thousands of members...
Historical Unions
- Electricity Supply Staff Association (Dublin)Electricity Supply Staff Association (Dublin)The Electricity Supply Staff Association was a trade union in Ireland. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1936.-See also:* List of trade unions* Transport and General Workers' Union* TGWU amalgamations...
- Galway Workers' and General Labourers' UnionGalway Workers' and General Labourers' UnionThe Galway Workers and General Labourers Union was established in August 1911 by William O'Halloran and a number of other dock labourers. Within a short period, following discussions with James O'Connor Kessock, it was absorbed by the Liverpool-based National Union of Dock Labourers, later the...
- Irish Mental Hospital Workers' UnionIrish Mental Hospital Workers' UnionThe Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union was a trade union in Ireland. It was formed in 1912 as a split from the National Asylum Workers' Union, and it merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1926.-History:...
- Irish Transport and General Workers' UnionIrish Transport and General Workers' UnionThe Irish Transport and General Workers Union, an Irish trade union, was founded by James Larkin in 1908 as a general union. Initially drawing its membership from branches of the Liverpool-based National Union of Dock Labourers, from which Larkin had been expelled, it grew to include workers in a...
- Irish Union of Hairdressers and Allied WorkersIrish Union of Hairdressers and Allied WorkersThe Irish Union of Hairdressers and Allied Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom representing hairdressers, barbers, and hairdressers assistants. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1969.-See also:* List of trade unions...
- Power Loom Tenters' Trade Union of IrelandPower Loom Tenters' Trade Union of IrelandThe Power Loom Tenters' Trade Union of Ireland was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1937.-See also:* List of trade unions* Transport and General Workers' Union* TGWU amalgamations...
- Workers' Union of IrelandWorkers' Union of IrelandThe Workers' Union of Ireland , later the Federated Workers' Union of Ireland, was an Irish trade union formed in 1924. In 1990, it merged with the Irish Transport and General Workers Union to form the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union .- Formation :The WUI was formed in 1924...
Current Unions
- Unite - the Union
- AmicusAmicusAmicus was the United Kingdom's second-largest trade union, and the largest private sector union, formed by the merger of Manufacturing Science and Finance, the AEEU agreed in 2001, and two smaller unions, UNIFI and the GPMU...
- Association of Higher Civil & Public Servants
- Association of Irish Traditional Musicians
- Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland
- Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union
- Bakery and Foodworkers Amalgamated Union
- British Actors Equity Association
- Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union
- Building and Allied Trades Unions
- Chartered Society of PhysiotherapyChartered Society of PhysiotherapyThe Chartered Society of Physiotherapy , is the professional body and trade union for physiotherapists in the United Kingdom.Formed by four nurses in 1894, the Society now has more than 50,000 members.-Membership:There are four levels of membership:...
- Civil and Public Services UnionCivil and Public Services UnionThe Civil and Public Services Union , is an Irish trade union for clerical and administrative grades in the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. It is a member of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions....
- Communication Workers' Union (Ireland)
- Communication Workers' Union (UK)
- CONNECTConnect (trade union)Connect is a former British trade union representing approximately 20,000 workers in the communications industry. Connect's President is Denise McGuire The final general secretary was Adrian Askew...
- Electricity Supply Board's Officer's Association
- FDA
- Federated Union of Government Employees
- Fire Brigades UnionFire Brigades UnionThe Fire Brigades Union is a trade union in the United Kingdom for wholetime Firefighters , Retained Duty System and Emergency Control Room staff...
- GMBGMB UnionThe GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 600,000 members. Its members are drawn from many sectors, with particular strength amongst manual workers in local government and the health service...
- Graphical Paper and Media Union
- Guinness Staff Union
- Independent Workers Union of IrelandIndependent Workers Union of IrelandThe Independent Workers Union of Ireland is a trade union in Ireland with its headquarters in Cork City. It was formed by Irish workers dissatisfied with the trade union movement in Ireland which it states, has "become nothing more than an arm of the state and management." It has 1,000 paying...
- Irish Bank Officials' AssociationIrish Bank Officials' AssociationThe Irish Bank Officials Association is a trade union representing staff in the finance sector in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and those employed by Irish financial organisations in Great Britain and overseas....
- Irish Federation of University Teachers
- Irish Medical OrganisationIrish Medical OrganisationThe Irish Medical Organisation is a Professional association for Doctors in the Republic of Ireland which also acts as a Trade Union representing doctors in negotiations with the Irish government....
- Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade UnionIrish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade UnionThe Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union is a trade union in the Republic of Ireland. It primarily organises workers in education, health, local government and the civil service...
- Irish National Teachers' OrganisationIrish National Teachers' OrganisationThe Irish National Teachers' Organisation , in Irish Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann, which was founded in 1868, is the largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland. The head office...
- Irish Nurses OrganisationIrish Nurses OrganisationThe Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation was founded in 1919. It is the largest Irish professional union for nurses and midwives with 35,000 members....
- MANDATEMandate (trade union)The Mandate trade union was formed in 1994 with the amalgamation of IDATU and INUVGATA trade unions.It describes itself as:It is affiliated with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.-History:...
- NAPONational Association of Probation OfficersThe National Association of Probation Officers is the trade union that represents probation officers and Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service reporters in the United Kingdom.NAPO was formed in 1912...
- National League of the Blind
- National Union of JournalistsNational Union of JournalistsThe National Union of Journalists is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1907 and has 38,000 members. It is a member of the International Federation of Journalists .-Structure:...
- National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades
- National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport WorkersNational Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport WorkersThe National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers is a trade union in the United Kingdom which unionises transport workers. It has more than 80,000 members, and its current general secretary is Bob Crow...
- National Union of Sheet Metal Workers of Ireland
- Northern Ireland Public Service AllianceNIPSANIPSA or the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance is a trade union based in Northern Ireland. It is the largest white collar trade union in Northern Ireland. It is organised into two distinct groupings, the Civil Service Group and the Public Officers Group...
- Operative Plasterers and Allied Trades Society of Ireland
- Prison Officers AssociationPrison Officers AssociationThe POA: The Professional Trades Union for Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers is a trade union in the United Kingdom "for prison, correctional and secure psychiatric workers." It currently has a membership of 33,500...
- ProspectProspect (trade union)Prospect is a United Kingdom trade union which represents engineers, managers, scientists and other specialists in both the public and private sectors. It was formed on 1 November 2001 by the merger of the trade unions the Institution of Professionals Managers and Specialists and the Engineers and...
- Professional Footballers' Association of Ireland
- Psychiatric Nurses Association
- Public and Commercial Services UnionPublic and Commercial Services UnionThe Public and Commercial Services Union is the sixth largest trade union in the United Kingdom. Most of its members work in government departments and other public bodies although some work for private companies.- Membership and organisation :...
- Public Service Executive Union
- Sales, Marketing and Administrative Union of Ireland
- Seaman's Union of Ireland
- Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical UnionSIPTUSIPTU , or in Irish: CSTGT is Ireland's largest trade union, with around 200,000 members. Most of these members are in the Republic of Ireland, although the union does have a Northern Ireland branch...
- Teachers' Union of IrelandTeachers' Union of IrelandTeachers' Union of Ireland , in Irish Aontas Múinteoirí Éireann, is a trade union representing teachers in post-primary schools and lecturers in third level Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology...
- Technical Engineering and Electrical UnionTechnical Engineering and Electrical UnionThe Technical Engineering and Electrical Union is an engineering union in IrelandThe union represents a broad range of workers throughout industry and public service...
- Transport Salaried Staffs' AssociationTransport Salaried Staffs' AssociationThe Transport Salaried Staffs' Association is a trade union for "white collar" workers in the transport industry in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland...
- Union of Construction, Allied Trades and TechniciansUnion of Construction, Allied Trades and TechniciansThe Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians is a British and Irish trade union which represents, as of December 2009, 127,433 workers in construction and allied trades, an increase of nearly 17,000 since 2003....
- Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied WorkersUnion of Shop, Distributive and Allied WorkersThe Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Consisting of over 405,000 members, USDAW is the UK's fourth largest and fastest growing trade union. Membership has increased by more than 17% in the last five years and by nearly a third in the last decade...
- University and College UnionUniversity and College UnionThe University and College Union is a British trade union formed by the merger in 2006 of the Association of University Teachers and the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education ....
- UNISONUNISONUNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service...
- Veterinary Ireland
- Veterinary Officers Association
Italy
- Italian General Confederation of LabourItalian General Confederation of Labour-External links:**...
- Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade UnionsItalian Confederation of Workers' Trade UnionsThe Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori is an Italian trade union association representing various Roman Catholic-inspired groups linked with Christian Democracy....
- Italian Labour UnionItalian Labour UnionThe Italian Labour Union , in italian 'Unione Italiana del Lavoro', is a national trade union center in Italy. It was founded in 1950 as Socialist split from CGIL. It represents more than 1,9 million workers....
- Italian Confederation of Free Workers' Unions
- CONFSAL
- Confederazione del Comitati di BaseConfederazione del Comitati di BaseThe Confederazione del Comitati di Base is a rank and file trade union center in Italy. It was formed in the late 1980s from members who were dissatisfied with the leadership of the three main Italian confederations...
- CUB
- General Labour Union (Italy)
- SIN.PA.
- DIRFORDIRFORDIRFOR stands for Sindacato nazionale dei dirigenti e direttivi forestali, an Italian trade union of the Forestry Police....
- Unione Sindacale ItalianaUnione Sindacale ItalianaUnione Sindacale Italiana is an anarcho-syndicalist trade union. It is the Italian section of the International Workers Association , and the name of USI is...
- CGU
- Autonomous South Tyrolean Trade Union
Jamaica
- Bustamante Industrial Trade UnionBustamante Industrial Trade UnionThe Bustamante Industrial Trade Union is a trade union center in Jamaica established by Sir Alexander Bustamante. It is affiliated to the global union federation - International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association....
- Jamaica Airline Pilots AssociationJamaica Airline Pilots Association-External links:* * *...
- Jamaica Association of Local Government OfficersJamaica Association of Local Government OfficersThe Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers is a 5,000-member public sector trade union in Jamaica which represents workers in local and national government, governmental corporations, quasi-government bodies and other agencies created by statute...
- Jamaica Confederation of Trade UnionsJamaica Confederation of Trade UnionsThe Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union center in Jamaica. It is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation.-Origins:...
- Jamaica Civil Service Association
- National Workers UnionNational Workers Union (Jamaica)The National Workers Union is a general trade union in Jamaica. The National Workers Union was founded on 2 April 1952 emerging as a result of a split within the Trade Union Congress and factional alignments within the People's National Party . The NWU became the main trade union of the PNP...
- Jamaican Teachers Association
- Jamaican Union of Public Officers and Public Employers
Japan
- Japan Teachers UnionJapan Teachers Union, often just called , is Japan's largest and oldest labor union of teachers and school staffs. The union is known for its critical stance against the conservative Liberal Democratic Party government on such issues as Kimi ga Yo, the Flag of Japan, and the screening of history text books since its...
- RENGORENGO-External links:...
- SohyoSohyoSōhyō , the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan, founded in 1950 is the predominantly public sector union confederation in Japan. It merged with RENGO in 1990....
- National Union of General WorkersNational Union of General WorkersThe The National Union of General Workers is the shortened, English title of the National Union of General Workers National Council , a national labour union council established in 1991...
- General UnionGeneral UnionFounded in 1991, the ' is a labor union headquartered in Osaka, Japan. It mainly represents teachers and staff who are employed in language education at private conversation schools, high schools and universities in the Kansai and Chubu regions of Japan. Recently the union has started major...
- TozenTozen' is a Japanese labor union. Known as the Tokyo General Union, or , was formed in 2010, and is one of few foreign-led multiethnic unions in Japan...
Kazakhstan
Lesotho
Lithuania
- Lithuanian Labour Federation
- Lithuanian Trade Union - Solidarity
- Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation
Luxembourg
- General Civil Service Confederation
- Luxembourg Association of Bank and Insurance Employees
- Luxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade UnionsLuxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade UnionsThe Luxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade Unions , abbreviated to LCGB, is a Luxembourgish trade union confederation. As its statutes state, it abides by the 'principles of Christian social teachings'....
- Luxembourg Confederation of Independent Trade Unions
Republic of Macedonia
- Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia
- Union of Independent Autonomous Trade Unions
Madagascar
- Christian Confederation of Malagasy Trade Unions
- Confederation of Malagasy Workers
- United Autonomous Unions of Madagascar
Malaysia
- Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services
- Malaysian Trades Union Congress
- National Council of Unions of the Industrial and Lower Income Group of Government Workers
Malta
- Forum of Maltese Trade Unions For.U.M. - confederation
- Confederation of Malta Trade Unions
- General Workers' Union (Malta)General Workers' Union (Malta)The General Workers' Union is a national trade union center in Malta.The GWU was founded in 1943 and has been politically identified with the Labour Party as the trade union is the major left-wing trade union in Malta...
- Malta Workers' Union
- Malta Union of Teachers
- Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses
Mauritania
- Free Confederation of Mauritanian Workers
- General Confederation of Mauritanian Workers
- Union of Mauritanian Workers
Mauritius
- Federation of Civil Service UnionsFederation of Civil Service UnionsThe Federation of Civil Service Unions is one of two primary trade union affiliates of the National Trade Unions Confederation in Mauritius....
- Federation of Progressive Unions
- Mauritius Labour CongressMauritius Labour CongressThe Mauritius Labour Congress is a national trade union center in Mauritius. It was created in 1963 from a merger of the Mauritius Trades Union Congress and the Mauritius Confederation of Free Trade Unions....
- Mauritius Trade Union CongressMauritius Trade Union Congress-External links:* Official site....
- National Trade Unions Confederation
- Organization of Artisans' UnityOrganization of Artisans' UnityThe Organization of Artisans' Unity is one of two primary trade union affiliates of the National Trade Unions Confederation in Mauritius. Based in the tea and sugar industries, the OAU also represents workers in the textile, as well as hotel and catering sectors....
- Local Authorities Employees Union
- Confederation of Independent Trade Union
Mexico
- Confederation of Mexican Workers
- General Confederation of Workers (Mexico)General Confederation of Workers (Mexico)The Confederación General de Trabajadores is a federation of labor unions in Mexico. It was founded in February 1921 by anarchists, syndicalists and others on the far left who opposed the more moderate, pro-government Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana...
- Regional Confederation of Mexican WorkersRegional Confederation of Mexican WorkersThe Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana is a federation of labor unions in Mexico....
- Sindicato ünico de Trabajadores Electricistas de la República Mexicana
- National Union of Mine and Metal Workers of the Mexican RepublicNational Union of Mine and Metal Workers of the Mexican RepublicThe National Union of Mine and Metal Workers of the Mexican Republic is a union of coal and copper miners, as well as iron and steel workers, in Mexico. It was founded in 1934, and in 1936 it became an affiliate of the newly formed Confederation of Mexican Workers .The SNTMMSRM's leaders were...
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana
- National Social Security Workers UnionNational Social Security Workers UnionThe National Social Security Workers Union is a Mexican labor union representing employees of the Mexican Social Security Institute .The Leader of the SNTSS is Roberto Vega Galina....
- Sindicato de Trabajadores Ferrocarrileros de la República MexicanaSindicato de Trabajadores Ferrocarrileros de la República MexicanaThe Union of Railroad Workers of the Mexican Republic is labor union that represents railroad workers in Mexico. It was founded in 1933. It became affiliated with the Confederation of Mexican Workers in 1936. It is enrolled in the PRI....
- Federación de Sindicatos de Trabajadores al Servicio del Estado
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la EducaciónSindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la EducaciónThe Mexican National Educational Workers Union is the largest trade union in Latin America, with over 1.4 million members. Formed in 1949, the SNTE is composed of local sections in each of Mexico's states...
- Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Química y Petroquímica, Carboquímica, Similares y Conexos de la República Mexicana
- Union of Cinema Production WorkersUnion of Cinema Production WorkersUnion of Cinema Production Workers was an autonomous Mexican trade union. It was formed in 1944 after splitting off from the CTM-affiliated Union of Cinema Industry Workers . Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" served as its first secretary general....
- Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Asociación Sindical de Pilotos Aviadores de México
- Asociación Sindical de Sobrecargos de Aviación de México
- Confederación Nacional Campesina
- Central Campesina Independiente
- Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y CampesinosConfederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y CampesinosThe Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos is a Mexican trade union confederation. It is one of the most important and influential trade unions in the History of Mexico....
- Congreso del Trabajo
- Federación de Sindicatos de Bienes y Servicios
- Federación de Sindicatos Unidos del Valle de México
- Federación de Trabajadores del D.F.
- Authentic Labor FrontAuthentic Labor FrontThe Authentic Labor Front is an independent confederation of labor unions in Mexico. It was formed as a progressive "Social Catholic" organization in 1960 in response to the nation's labor strife of 1958-1959. Following the strikes of these years, the Mexican government replaced the leaders of the...
- Sindicato de Telefonistas de la República Mexicana
- Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Radiodifusión, la Televisión, Similares y Conexos de la República Mexicana
- Sindicato de Trabajadores del Sistema de Transporte Colectivo METRO
- Sindicato de Trabajadores Ferrocarrileros de la República MexicanaSindicato de Trabajadores Ferrocarrileros de la República MexicanaThe Union of Railroad Workers of the Mexican Republic is labor union that represents railroad workers in Mexico. It was founded in 1933. It became affiliated with the Confederation of Mexican Workers in 1936. It is enrolled in the PRI....
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de Aviación y Similares
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Secretaría de Hacienda y del Servicio de Administración Tributaria
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Secretaría de Salud
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Autotransporte y Comunicaciones, Similares y Conexos de la República Mexicana
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Desarrollo Integral de la Familia
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
- Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Servicio Postal Mexicano
- Sindicato Nacional Revolucionario de Trabajadores de la Compañía Hulera Euzkadi
- Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores de Autotransportes Urbanos de Pasajeros, Ruta 100
- Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores de la Industria Nuclear
- Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores de la Música del D.F.
- Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores del Banco de México
- Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores del Gobierno del Distrito Federal
- Sindicato Unico Nacional de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones de México
- National Association of ActorsNational Association of ActorsThe National Association of Actors is the Mexican actors guild. It is a member of the Bloque Latinoamericano de Actores that includes all of the actors' unions in Latin America....
(Asociación Nacional de Actores) - Asociación Nacional de Interpretes
Morocco
- Democratic Confederation of Labour (Morocco)
- Democratic Federation of Labour
- General Union of Moroccan Workers
- Moroccan Workers' Union
- National Labour Union of Morocco
- Odt-Maroc
Netherlands
- Federatie Nederlandse VakbewegingFederatie Nederlandse VakbewegingThe Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging is a federation of trade unions of the Netherlands.-History:...
- Christelijk Nationaal VakverbondChristelijk Nationaal VakverbondThe Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond is a federation of trade unions of the Netherlands.-History:...
- CNV PublicCNV PublicCNV Public is a trade union affiliate of the Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond in the Netherlands. It was formed in 1983 from the merger of the ARKA, NCBO, and the NCVVV.CNV Public represents civil servants and healthcare workers in the Netherlands....
- Vakcentrale Voor Middengroepen en Hoger Personeel
- Nederlands Verbond van VakverenigingenNederlands Verbond van VakverenigingenThe Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen was a Dutch social-democratic trade union.-History:...
- Nederlandse Vereniging van Luchtvaart Technici
- Algemene Bond voor Casinopersoneel
Netherlands Antilles
- Bonaire Federation of LabourBonaire Federation of LabourThe Bonaire Federation of Labour is a trade union federation on the island of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Central General di Trahadonan di CorsowCentral General di Trahadonan di CorsowThe Central General di Trahadonan di Corsow is a trade union federation on the island Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Trade Union Centre of CuraçaoTrade Union Centre of CuraçaoThe Trade Union Centre of Curaçao is a trade union federation on the island Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Windward Islands Federation of LabourWindward Islands Federation of LabourThe Windward Islands Federation of Labour is a trade union federation on the island of Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles. It represents the majority of workers on the island and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
New Zealand
- New Zealand Council of Trade UnionsNew Zealand Council of Trade UnionsThe New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is a national trade union center in New Zealand. The NZCTU represents 360,000 workers, and is the largest democratic organisation in New Zealand....
- New Zealand Air Line Pilots' AssociationNew Zealand Air Line Pilots' AssociationThe New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association is a trade union in New Zealand. It represents more than 2000 members. Including over 1600 pilots and flight instructors, and 340 air traffic controllers....
- Alloy Yachts Employees Federation
- Amalgamated Workers Union of New Zealand
- Central Amalgamated Workers' UnionCentral Amalgamated Workers' UnionThe Central Amalgamated Workers' Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It is one of three autonomous unions, with the Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union, and the Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union, who operate nationally as the Amalgamated Workers' Union .The AWUNZ is a member of the New...
- Northern Amalgamated Workers' UnionNorthern Amalgamated Workers' UnionThe Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It is one of three autonomous unions, with the Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union, and the Central Amalgamated Workers' Union, who operate nationally as the Amalgamated Workers' Union.The AWUNZ is a member of the New Zealand...
- Southern Amalgamated Workers' UnionSouthern Amalgamated Workers' UnionThe Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It is one of three autonomous unions, with the Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union, and the Central Amalgamated Workers' Union, who operate nationally as the Amalgamated Workers' Union.The AWUNZ is a member of the New Zealand...
- Central Amalgamated Workers' Union
- APEXAssociation of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer StaffThe Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff was a British trade union which was formed in 1890 as the Clerks Union and later was renamed as the National Union of Clerks...
- Association of Salaried Medical SpecialistsAssociation of Salaried Medical SpecialistsThe Association of Salaried Medical Specialists is a trade union in New Zealand. It has a membership of 3500 and represents salaried consultant doctors and dentists who are employed in New Zealand District Health Boards....
- Association of Staff in Tertiary Education Te Hau Takatini o AotearoaAssociation of Staff in Tertiary EducationThe Association of Staff in Tertiary Education is a national trade union in New Zealand. It was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Teacher Colleges Association , and the NZ Association of Polytechnic Teachers . The majority of members are from polytechnics...
- Association of University Staff of New ZealandAssociation of University Staff of New ZealandThe Association of University Staff of New Zealand was a national trade union in New Zealand. At its peak, it represented 6500 workers employed in New Zealand universities...
- Auckland Society of International Flight Planners
- Aviation & Marine Engineers Association
- Bakers & Pastrycooks Union
- Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union of AotearoaClothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union of AotearoaThe Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union of Aotearoa is a trade union in New Zealand. It has a membership of 750, and is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions....
- Corrections Association of New ZealandCorrections Association of New ZealandThe Corrections Association of New Zealand is a national trade union in New Zealand. It represents corrections staff within the New Zealand prison system. It has a membership of 3000.CANZ is a member of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions....
- Customs Officers' Association of New ZealandCustoms Officers' Association of New ZealandThe Customs Officers' Association of New Zealand is a trade union in New Zealand. It is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.-External links:* at NZCTU....
- New Zealand Dairy Workers UnionNew Zealand Dairy Workers UnionThe New Zealand Dairy Workers Union is a national trade union in New Zealand. It represents 7000 workers active in dairy factories, town milk supply, processing plants, stores and warehousing, packing, can-making, and other ancillary activities including drivers.The NZDWU is affiliated with the...
- Finance and Information Workers UnionFinance and Information Workers UnionFinance and Information Workers Union is a small organising trade union covering about 6,600 workers in the New Zealand finance sector. It was formed in 1990 from the merger of the Bank Officers’ Union and theInsurance Workers Union....
- Firestone Employees SocietyFirestone Employees SocietyThe Firestone Employees Society is a trade union in New Zealand affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.-External links:* at the NZCTU....
- Flight Attendants and Related Services AssociationFlight Attendants and Related Services AssociationThe Flight Attendants & Related Services Association is a national trade union in New Zealand. It represents NZ based flight attendants at Air New Zealand International including Flight Service Managers and Inflight Airline Concierges...
- Furniture, Manufacturing & Associated Workers UnionFurniture, Manufacturing & Associated Workers UnionThe Furniture, Manufacturing & Associated Workers Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It has a membership of 620, and is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.-External links:* at the NZCTU....
- Independent School Teachers Association
- Manufacturing & Construction Workers Union
- Maritime Union of New ZealandMaritime Union of New ZealandThe Maritime Union of New Zealand is a trade union which represents waterfront workers, seafarers and related workers in New Zealand. It was formed in 2002 from the merger of the New Zealand Waterfront Workers' Union and the New Zealand Seafarers' Union....
- Meat Union AotearoaMeat Union AotearoaThe Meat Union Aotearoa is a trade union in New Zealand. It was formed August 1, 1994 by the merging of the Auckland & Tomoana Freezing Workers Union and the West and East Coast Branches of the New Zealand Meat & Related Trades Workers Union....
- Medical Laboratories Workers Union
- National Distribution UnionNational Distribution UnionThe National Distribution Union is a national trade union in New Zealand. It was formed in 1986 as the Northern Distribution Union by the merger of The Northern Drivers Union, The Northern Stores and Warehouse Union, The Auckland and Gisborne Shop Employee Union, and The Northern Butchers and...
- New Zealand Actors Equity
- New Zealand Building Trades UnionNew Zealand Building Trades UnionThe New Zealand Building Trades Union is a national trade union in New Zealand. It traces its roots back to a carpenters and joiners union in 1860.The NZBTU has 1400 members and is a member of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions....
- New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu RoaNew Zealand Educational InstituteThe New Zealand Educational Institute is the largest education trade union in New Zealand. It was founded in 1883 and has a membership of 51,000.The NZEI is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and Education International....
- New Zealand Police Association
- Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing UnionEngineering, Printing and Manufacturing UnionThe Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is the largest private sector trade union in New Zealand. It was formed in 1996 by the merger of the Engineers' Union , the Printing, Packaging and Manufacturing Union , and the Communications and Energy Workers' Union .The EPMU represents workers...
- New Zealand Meat & Related Trades Workers UnionNew Zealand Meat & Related Trades Workers UnionThe New Zealand Meat & Related Trades Workers Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It represents workers in the New Zealand meat industry. This includes workers in Freezing works, Tanneries, Fertiliser plants, halal slaughtermen, small meat processing plants and small goods.The NZ Meat Workers...
- NZ Merchant Service Guild Industrial Union of WorkersNZ Merchant Service Guild Industrial Union of WorkersThe NZ Merchant Service Guild Industrial Union of Workers is a trade union in New Zealand. It represents workers in sea-going ships, as well as the waterfront/ports/shore-based shipping industry, and the passenger/tourism industry....
- New Zealand Nurses OrganisationNew Zealand Nurses OrganisationThe New Zealand Nurses Organisation is New Zealand's largest trade union and professional organisation that represents the nursing profession, midwives and caregivers....
- New Zealand Professional Firefighters UnionNew Zealand Professional Firefighters UnionThe New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union is a trade union which represents Fire Service employees in New Zealand.The NZPFU is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions...
- New Zealand Public Service AssociationNew Zealand Public Service AssociationThe NZPSA –New Zealand Public Service Association Te Pukenga Here Tikanga Mahi – is a democratic union representing the interests of around 59,000 members working in government departments, local government, the health sector, crown agencies, state-owned enterprises and community and...
- New Zealand Writers GuildNew Zealand Writers GuildThe New Zealand Writer's Guild is a New Zealand trade union which represents writers in the fields of film, television, radio, theatre, video and multi-media. It provides services, events, networks, lobbying, and legal advice to those in the film and television industry...
- Northern Chemical Workers Union
- Post Primary Teachers' Association
- Postal Workers Association
- Postal Workers Union
- Rail & Maritime Transport UnionRail & Maritime Transport UnionThe Rail & Maritime Transport Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It represents transport workers in all aspects of the transport industry; rail, road and ports....
- Service & Food Workers Union of AotearoaService & Food Workers UnionThe Service & Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota is a trade union in New Zealand. It is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.The SFWU is organised into five industry sectors:*Age Care, Disability, Health & Community Services...
- Solidarity UnionSolidarity UnionSolidarity Union is a trade union in New Zealand and was founded in August 2006.The Solidarity Union seeks to organise workers in clusters in South Auckland around an area strategy building local workers councils...
- Southern Local Government Officers Union
- Stores and Warehouse Employees Union
- Tertiary Institutes Allied Staff Association
- Tramways Employees Union
- Unite UnionUnite UnionThe Unite Union is a trade union in New Zealand. It is the sponsor of the campaign directed towards improving working conditions for fast food workers in the country, in addition to representing other hospitality and retail workers...
Nicaragua
- Confederation of Labour UnificationConfederation of Labour UnificationThe Confederación de Unificación Sindical is a national trade union center in Nicaragua. It was formed in 1964 as the Nicaraguan Trade Union Council ....
- Nicaraguan Workers' CentreNicaraguan Workers' CentreThe Nicaraguan Workers' Centre is a national trade union center in Nicaragua. It was formed in 1962 as the Nicaraguan Autonomous Trade Union Movement , and changed its name to the CTN in 1972....
- Sandinista Workers' CentreSandinista Workers' CentreThe Sandinista Workers' Centre is the dominant national trade union center in Nicaragua. It was formed following the Sandinista National Liberation Front revolution of 1979...
Niger
- Democratic Confederation of Workers of Niger
- General Union of Workers of Niger
- Nigerien Confederation of Labour
- Union of Workers' Trade Unions of Niger
Norway
- Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
- EL & IT ForbundetEL & IT Forbundet-External links:* official site....
- Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers
- Norwegian Civil Service Union
- Norwegian Post and Communications Union
- Norwegian Seafarers' UnionNorwegian Seafarers' UnionThe Norwegian Seafarers' Union is a trade union in Norway. The union was established 25 September 1910 under the name Norsk Matros- og Fyrbøter-Union . Current name was adapted 1933, though the use of the current English translation was gradually changed over several years around 2000 from...
- Norwegian Union of Food, Beverage and Allied Workers
- Norwegian Union of General WorkersNorwegian Union of General Workers-External links:* official site....
- Norwegian Union of Municipal and General EmployeesNorwegian Union of Municipal and General EmployeesThe Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees is a trade union in Norway. It has a membership of 295,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ....
- Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices
- United Federation of Trade UnionsUnited Federation of Trade UnionsThe United Federation of Trade Unions is a trade union in Norway. With a membership of 150,000 it is the largest private sector union in Norway.It is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions...
- Confederation of Unions for Professionals, NorwayConfederation of Unions for Professionals, NorwayThe Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway is a national trade union center in Norway. It was formed in 2001 and has a membership of 255,000 in nine affiliated unions.Unio claims to be politically neutral....
- Federation of Norwegian Professional AssociationsFederation of Norwegian Professional AssociationsThe Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations is a national trade union center in Norway. It was formed in October, 1997 as a break-away union from the Academic and Professional Unions .Akademikerne has a membership of 126,000....
- NITONITOThe Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists is the largest union in engineering in Norway with approximately 64,000 members. NITO has 21 regional branches covering the country and over 2,000 local clubs and shop stewards. Most of the working members are affiliated to a local club...
Major Federations
- All Pakistan Trade Union Federation
- Pakistan Workers' FederationPakistan Workers' FederationThe Pakistan Workers' Federation is an umbrella organization of national trade unions in Pakistan. Determined to work together to promote and protect their rights by creating “Pakistan Workers Federation” initially through merger of three national centers of Pakistan, namely: All Pakistan...
- All Pakistan Federation of Labour
- All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions
- All Pakistan Federation of United Trade UnionsAll Pakistan Federation of United Trade UnionsThe All Pakistan Federation of United Trade Unions is a national trade union center in Pakistan. It was formed in 1992 and has a membership of 3,53,000. The APFUTU is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions...
- All Pakistan Trade Union Congress
- Pakistan National Federation of Trade Unions
- Muttahida Labour Federation Pakistan
- Pakistan Mazdoor Mahaaz
- General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU-2005)
Other Federations
- Port Workers' Federation
- All Pakistan Govt. Employees Federation
- All Pakistan Transport Workers' Federation
Major Unions
- K.P.T Labour Union
- Railway Worker's Union Pakistan
- Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union
- People's Unity of PIA Employees
- P.T.C.L Worker's Union
- All Pakistan PWD Worker's Union
- Pakistan Brick Kiln Labour Union
- Pakistan Postal Worker's Union
- K.E.S.C Labour Union
Panama
- Central National de Trabajadores de PanamaCentral National de Trabajadores de PanamaThe Central National de Trabajadores de Panama is a national trade union center in Panama. It is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions....
- Confederation of Workers of the Republic of PanamaConfederation of Workers of the Republic of PanamaThe Confederation of Workers of the Republic of Panama is a national trade union center in Panama. It has a claimed membership of 35,000 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Convergencia SindicalConvergencia SindicalThe Convergencia Sindical is a national trade union center in Panama. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- General Confederation of Workers of PanamaGeneral Confederation of Workers of PanamaThe General Confederation of Workers of Panama is a national trade union center in Panama. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- SUNTRACSSUNTRACSSUNTRACS, properly called El Sindicato único nacional de trabajadores de la industria de la construcción y similares , is one of the leading trade union forces in Panama, with 40,000 members and a militant style of class war unionism...
Paraguay
- Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (Paraguay)Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (Paraguay)The Central Unitaria de Trabajadores is a national trade union center in Paraguay. It was founded in 1989 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Confederación Paraguaya de TrabajadoresConfederación Paraguaya de TrabajadoresThe Paraguayan Workers Confederation or CPT is a national trade union center in Paraguay. It was formed in 1951 with close ties to the Colorado Party. In 1958, after a general strike, many unionists were exiled, and formed the CPT-E, a CPT in exile....
- National Workers' Central (Paraguay)National Workers' Central (Paraguay)The National Workers' Central is a national trade union center in Paraguay. It was formed in 1963 as the Christian Workers' Central and changed its name in 1978.The CNT is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
Peru
- Central Autónoma de Trabajadores del PerúCentral Autónoma de Trabajadores del PerúThe Central Autónoma de Trabajadores del Perú is a national trade union center in Peru. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-References:...
- Confederación General de Trabajadores del PerúConfederación General de Trabajadores del PerúThe Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú is a national trade union center in Peru. It was formed in 1968 under the leadership of the Peruvian Communist Party....
- Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del PerúConfederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del PerúThe Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú is a national trade union center in Peru. It was founded in 1992 and has a membership of 300,000....
- Confederación de Trabajadores del Perú
Philippines
- Federation of Free WorkersFederation of Free WorkersThe Federation of Free Workers is a national trade union center in the Philippines with eight trade federations and a sectoral federation. It was founded 19 June, 1950, and has 155,000 mass members in the formal and informal sectors...
- May First Labour Movement CentreMay First Labour Movement Centre-External links:* official site*...
- Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
Poland
- All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
- Solidarity
- Trade Unions Forum
Portugal
- General Confederation of Labour (Portugal)General Confederation of Labour (Portugal)The General Confederation of Labour is a former Portuguese labour union confederation.-Post-war period:The General Confederation of Labour had its roots in the National Workers' Union and was founded on September 13, 1919. It was the only Portuguese trade union at the time.It was greatly...
- General Confederation of the Portuguese WorkersGeneral Confederation of the Portuguese WorkersThe General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers is the largest trade union federation in Portugal...
- General Union of Workers (Portugal)
- Union of Independent Trade Unions (Portugal)
Puerto Rico
- General Confederation of Workers (Puerto Rico)General Confederation of Workers (Puerto Rico)The General Confederation of Workers was a union federation in Puerto Rico.The CGT was formed in March 1940 at a congress held in San Juan. The congress was attended by delegates from 42 unions, and it had an initial membership of 72,000. The small Puerto Rican Communist Party played a leading...
- Teachers' Federation of Puerto RicoTeachers' Federation of Puerto RicoThe Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico is a union of teachers in Puerto Rico. Its primary base is among employees of the Departamento de Educación Pública de Puerto Rico....
Romania
- Democratic Trade Union Confederation of Romania
- National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania - BrotherhoodNational Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania - Brotherhood-External links:*...
- National Trade Union Bloc
- National Trade Union Confederation (Romania)National Trade Union Confederation (Romania)-External links:* official site....
- National Trade Union Confederation - Meridian
Russia
- All-Russian Confederation of Labour
- Confederation of Labour of Russia
- Federation of Independent Trade Unions of RussiaFederation of Independent Trade Unions of RussiaThe Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia is the largest national trade union center in Russia, with a membership estimated between 28 and 31.5 million...
- Artists Trade Union of RussiaArtists Trade Union of RussiaArtists Trade Union of Russia is an All-Russian trade union of artists , art historians, museum and gallery workers etc.- About :...
Rwanda
- Trade Union Centre of Workers of Rwanda
- Union of Workers in Industry, Garages, Construction Firms, Mines and Printers
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers' UnionCommercial, Technical and Allied Workers' UnionThe Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers' Union is a trade union in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It has a membership of 2000 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- National Labour CongressNational Labour CongressThe National Labour Congress is the sole national trade union centre of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The affiliated unions of the NLC are: Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers Union, the St...
- National Workers' Movement (St. Vincent)National Workers' Movement (St. Vincent)The National Workers' Movement is a trade union in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service UnionSt. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service UnionThe St. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union is a trade union in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
- General Union of the Workers of São Tomé and PríncipeGeneral Union of the Workers of São Tomé and Príncipe-External links:* at the UGT....
- National Organization of the Workers of São Tomé and Príncipe - Central UnionNational Organization of the Workers of São Tomé and Príncipe - Central Union-External links:* at the UGT....
Senegal
- Dakar Dem Dikk Workers Democratic UnionDakar Dem Dikk Workers Democratic UnionDakar Dem Dikk Workers Democratic Union is a trade union of employees of Dakar Dem Dikk . The general secretary of UDT-3D is Mamadou Goudiaby, another important leader and negotiator of the union is Christian Salvy. UDT-3D is affiliated to CNTS/FC....
- Democratic Union of Senegalese Workers
- National Confederation of Senegalese Workers
- National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Senegal
Serbia
- Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia
- United Branch Trade Unions "Independence"
- Postmans Trade UnionPostmans Trade UnionThe Postman Trade Union "Postman" is national trade union of postmen employed in national Post Office of Republic of Serbia...
Slovakia
Slovenia
- Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia
- Confederation of New Trade Unions of SloveniaConfederation of New Trade Unions of Slovenia-External links: official site....
- Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovenia - PergamConfederation of Trade Unions of Slovenia - Pergam-External links:* official site....
- Trade Union Confederation 90 of SloveniaTrade Union Confederation 90 of Slovenia-External links:* official site....
South Africa
- Congress of South African Trade UnionsCongress of South African Trade UnionsThe Congress of South African Trade Unions is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the biggest of the country’s three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions, altogether organising 1.8 million workers.-Establishment:COSATU was established in...
- Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' UnionChemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' UnionThe Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union is a trade union in South Africa.CEPPWAWU is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions ....
- Communication Workers Union (South Africa)Communication Workers Union (South Africa)The Communication Workers Union is a trade union in South Africa. It was formed in May, 1996by the merger of the Post Office Employees Association ,the Post and Telecommunication Workers Association and the South African Post Telecommunication Employees Association .CWU is an affiliate of the...
- Democratic Nursing Organisation of South AfricaDemocratic Nursing Organisation of South AfricaThe Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa is a trade union in South Africa.DENOSA is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions and became a full member of the International Council of Nurses on 15 June 1997....
- Food and Allied Workers UnionFood and Allied Workers UnionThe Food and Allied Workers Union is a trade union in South Africa.FAWU is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions ....
- Musicians Union of South AfricaMusicians Union of South AfricaThe Musicians Union of South Africa is a trade union in South Africa. It has a membership of 700 and is affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions.-External links:* at the COSATU....
- National Education, Health and Allied Workers' UnionNational Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union-External links:* official site....
- National Union of Metalworkers of South AfricaNational Union of Metalworkers of South AfricaThe National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa is the biggest metalworkers trade union in South Africa with more than 216 000 members...
- National Union of Mineworkers (South Africa)National Union of Mineworkers (South Africa)-External links:* official site....
- Performing Arts Workers' EquityPerforming Arts Workers' EquityThe Performing Arts Workers' Equity is a small trade union in South Africa. It has a membership of only 365, but is affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions.-External links:* at the COSATU.* at UNESCO...
- Police and Prisons Civil Rights UnionPolice and Prisons Civil Rights UnionThe Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union is a trade union in South Africa representing police officers, trafiic officers and correctional officers, it has around 120,000 members. POPCRU was formed in 1989....
- SASBO - The Finance UnionSASBO - The Finance UnionSASBO – The Finance Union is a trade union in South Africa. It was founded in 1916 and has a membership of 59,000.SASBO is affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions...
- South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers UnionSouth African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers UnionThe South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers Union is a trade union in South Africa. It is affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions.-External links:* at the COSATU....
- South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers UnionSouth African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers UnionThe South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union is a trade union in South Africa.SACCAWU is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions ....
- South African Democratic Nurses' UnionSouth African Democratic Nurses' UnionThe South African Democratic Nurses' Union is a trade union in South Africa.SADNU is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions ....
- South African Democratic Teachers UnionSouth African Democratic Teachers UnionThe South African Democratic Teachers Union is a trade union in South Africa.SADTU is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions .-External links:*...
- South African Football Players UnionSouth African Football Players UnionThe South African Football Players Union is a trade union that represents football players in South Africa. It has a membership of approximately 200 and is affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions, and FIFPro....
- South African Medical AssociationSouth African Medical AssociationThe South African Medical Association is a trade union for doctors in South Africa. It is affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions.-External links:* ....
- South African Municipal Workers' UnionSouth African Municipal Workers' Union-External links:* official site....
- South African State and Allied Workers' Union
- South African Transport and Allied Workers UnionSouth African Transport and Allied Workers UnionThe South African Transport and Allied Workers Union is a trade union in South Africa. It was founded in May, 2000 and has a membership of 82,000....
- Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers UnionSouthern African Clothing and Textile Workers UnionThe Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union is the biggest union in the clothing, textile and leather industry, with more than 100 000 members...
- Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union
- Confederation of South African Workers' Unions
- Federation of Unions of South Africa
- Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South AfricaHealth & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South AfricaThe Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa is a trade union in South Africa. It has a membership of 50,000 and represents employees in the Public Service as well as in the private sector....
- Independent Municipal & Allied Trade UnionIndependent Municipal & Allied Trade UnionThe Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union is a trade union in South Africa. It has a membership of 73,000 and is affiliated with the Federation of Unions of South Africa.-External links:* official site.*...
- Public Servants Association of South AfricaPublic Servants Association of South AfricaThe Public Servants Association of South Africa is a trade union in South Africa. It has a membership of 180,000 and is affiliated with the Federation of Unions of South Africa....
- United Association of South AfricaUnited Association of South AfricaThe United Association of South Africa is a trade union in South Africa. It has a membership of 100,000 and is affiliated with the Federation of Unions of South Africa...
- Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa
- National Council of Trade UnionsNational Council of Trade UnionsThe National Council of Trade Unions is a national trade union center in South Africa. It has a membership of 397,000 and was formed by the merger of the Council of Unions of South Africa and the Azanian Confederation of Trade Unions ....
South Korea
- Federation of Korean Trade UnionsFederation of Korean Trade UnionsThe Federation of Korean Trade Unions was formed in 1961 after a military coup, and the dissolution of the General Federation of Korean Trade Unions and its affiliates...
- Korean Confederation of Trade UnionsKorean Confederation of Trade UnionsThe Korean Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union centre officially established in 1995. Its predecessor was the National Council of Trade Unions , established in 1990 as an independent alternative to the Federation of Korean Trade Unions. With 682,418 members in 2007, the KCTU...
- Korean Teachers & Education Workers' UnionKorean Teachers & Education Workers' UnionThe Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union is a labor union of teachers in South Korea. The organization has 77,000 members among the 360,000 public and private school teachers in the country....
Spain
- Workers' CommissionsWorkers' CommissionsThe Workers' Commissions since the 1970s has become the largest trade union in Spain. It has more than one million members and is the most successful union in labor elections, competing with the socialist Unión General de Trabajadores , with the syndicalist Confederación General del Trabajo ...
- Unión General de TrabajadoresUnión General de TrabajadoresThe Unión General de Trabajadores is a major Spanish trade union, historically affiliated with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party .-History:...
- Confederación General del TrabajoConfederación General del Trabajo (Spain)The General Confederation of Labour of Spain is an Anarcho-Syndicalist trade union, arisen from the 1979 split of CNT/AIT after the arrival of democracy and the following reorganization and restructuring process of the trade unions....
- Confederación Nacional del TrabajoConfederación Nacional del TrabajoThe Confederación Nacional del Trabajo is a Spanish confederation of anarcho-syndicalist labor unions affiliated with the International Workers Association . When working with the latter group it is also known as CNT-AIT...
- Confederación Intersindical Galega
- Agrarian Trade Union FederationAgrarian Trade Union FederationAgrarian Trade Union Federation was a national-syndicalist trade union in Spain, founded in 1933 in Castile. The federation was linked to the Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista.-Sources:...
- Basque Workers' SolidarityBasque Workers' SolidarityBasque Workers' Solidarity is the most influential trade union in Basque Country, having been created, as Solidaridad de Obreros Vascos, by members of the Basque Nationalist Party on June 10, 1911, in Bilbao.It has been opposed to the influence of trade unions who appealed...
- Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna
- Langile Abertzaleen BatzordeakLangile Abertzaleen BatzordeakLAB is a Basque nationalist trade union operating mainly in Spain currently led by Ainhoa Etxaide.It was created in 1974 by Jon Idigoras among others...
- Spanish Trade Union OrganisationSpanish Trade Union OrganisationThe Spanish Trade Union Organisation , commonly known as Vertical Syndicate , was the only legal trade union organisation in Francoist Spain , and a main component of the Movimiento Nacional Francoist apparatus...
- Typographic Workers Trade UnionTypographic Workers Trade UnionTypographic Workers Trade Union was a trade union of typographers in Spain. Founded in 1897, it was the first Catholic trade union in the country.-Sources:...
- Workers CollectivesWorkers CollectivesWorkers Collectives was a Catalan left-nationalist trade union.-History:CC.TT. functioned as the trade union wing of the Socialist Party of National Liberation . CC.TT. was formed in May 1977. Prior to the formation of CC.TT., PSAN had worked within CC.OO.. In 1979 CC.TT...
- Workers in Struggle CollectivesWorkers in Struggle CollectivesCol·lectius d'Obrers en Lluita was a Catalan left-nationalist trade union. COLL functioned as the trade union wing of the Socialist Party of National Liberation - provisional . COLL, which was formed by members of CC.OO. emerged in January 1977, with cells in Barcelona, Lleida and Majorca...
Sri Lanka
- All Ceylon United Motor Workers' UnionAll Ceylon United Motor Workers' UnionThe All Ceylon United Motor Workers Union is a trade union which organises workers in the passenger bus sector in Sri Lanka. It is affiliated to the Ceylon Federation of Labour .-History:...
- Ceylon Electricity Board Engineer's Union
- Ceylon Federation of LabourCeylon Federation of LabourThe Ceylon Federation of Labour is an organisation bringing together trade unions in the private, semi-government and co-operative sectors of Sri Lanka.- History :...
- Ceylon Mercantile UnionCeylon Mercantile UnionThe Ceylon Mercantile Union is one of the largest trade unions in the commercial sector in Sri Lanka.The Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers Union was originally built in 1928 as a white-collar union in the mercantile sector. Victor Corea and A.E...
- GCSU Sri LankaGCSU Sri LankaThe Government Clerical Service Union is a trade union of clerical workers who work in the public sector in Sri Lanka. This was formed in the 1920s when Sri Lanka was under British colonial rule...
- National Union of WorkersNational Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)The National Union of Workers is an active trade union in the tea plantations in Sri Lanka. The NUW was established in 1965 by V. K. Vellayan, his colleague with the most effective labour force in the tea plantation in Sri Lanka...
- United Corporations and Mercantile UnionUnited Corporations and Mercantile UnionThe United Corporations and Mercantile Union is a Sri Lankan trade union which brings together workers in the public sector.The UCMU was founded in 1968. Dr N.M. Perera became its President and Anil Moonesinghe became its General Secretary. Moonesinghe travelled the country from factory to...
Suriname
- Federation of Civil Service OrganizationsFederation of Civil Service OrganizationsThe Federation of Civil Service Organizations is a trade union federation of Suriname. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- General Alliance of Labour Unions in SurinameGeneral Alliance of Labour Unions in SurinameThe General Alliance of Labour Unions in Suriname is a trade union federation in Suriname. It was founded in 1951.In 1982 Cyrill Daal, the president of De Moederbond, was executed by the military....
- Organization of Cooperating Autonomous Trade UnionsOrganization of Cooperating Autonomous Trade UnionsThe Organization of Cooperating Autonomous Trade Unions is a trade union federation in Suriname. It was founded in 1985 out of a leadership dispute at the General Alliance of Labour Unions in Suriname....
- Progressive Labour Federation 47Progressive Labour Federation 47The Progressive Labour Federation 47 is a trade union federation in Suriname. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
Swaziland
- Swaziland Federation of Trade UnionsSwaziland Federation of Trade Unions-External links:* and the COSATU.* -Affiliates:There are 21 trade unions affiliated to the SFTU.* Building and Construction Workers Union * Swaziland Agricultural and Plantation Workers Union * Swaziland Commercial Workers Union...
- Swaziland Federation of LabourSwaziland Federation of LabourThe Swaziland Federation of Labour was created in 1994 as a break-away union from the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions. It has 12 affiliates covering manufacturing, retail, finance, IT, media and non-teaching staff, amongst other things. Originally 5,000 strong, the membership of the...
- Swaziland Health Institutions and Allied Workers Union
Sweden
- Swedish Confederation of Professional EmployeesSwedish Confederation of Professional EmployeesThe Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organisation for eighteen trade unions in Sweden that organise professional and other qualified employees within both the private and the public sectors...
- Swedish Trade Union ConfederationSwedish Trade Union ConfederationThe Swedish Trade Union Confederation , commonly referred to as LO, is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fifteen Swedish trade unions that organise mainly "blue-collar" workers...
- Swedish Confederation of Professional AssociationsSwedish Confederation of Professional AssociationsThe Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations is a confederation of 26 independent professional associations in Sweden. It gathers some 556,000 members, all of whom are academics or graduate professionals with a university or college degree. The members include economists, lawyers,...
Switzerland
- Swiss Federation of Trade Unions
- syndikat - Die Online Gewerkschaft
- Travail.SuisseTravail.SuisseTravail.Suisse is a trade union in Switzerland. It was formed in December, 2002 by the merger of the Christlichnationaler Gewerkschatsbund der Schweiz and the Vereinigung Schweizerischer Angestelltenverbände...
Thailand
Togo
- National Confederation of Togolese Workers
- National Union of Independent Trade Unions of Togo
- Trade Union Confederation of Togolese Workers
- Togo Pogo Stick Union
Tonga
- Friendly Islands Teachers' AssociationFriendly Islands Teachers' AssociationThe Friendly Islands Teachers' Association is a trade union in Tonga. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Tonga Nurses' AssociationTonga Nurses' AssociationThe Tonga Nurses' Association is a trade union in Tonga. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Tonga Conga Line Association
Current Unions
- Airline Superintendents AssociationAirline Superintendents AssociationThe Airline Superintendents Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago with most of its members in the former airline of BWIA....
- All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union
- Airline Superintendents AssociationAirline Superintendents AssociationThe Airline Superintendents Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago with most of its members in the former airline of BWIA....
- Amalgamated Workers UnionAmalgamated Workers UnionThe Amalgamated Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. The bulk of its members are employed by the Port of Spain City Corporation....
- Association of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory StaffAssociation of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory StaffThe Association of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Staff is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago with the bulk of its members in the former Caroni Ltd, the state owned sugar industry that closed in July 2003....
- Aviation, Communication and Allied Workers UnionAviation, Communication and Allied Workers UnionThe Aviation, Communication and Allied Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago, most of whose members work for BWIA West Indies Airways.-See also:* List of trade unions...
- Banking, Insurance and General Workers UnionBanking, Insurance and General Workers UnionThe Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. It was formed on 21 February 2003 out of a merger between the Bank and General Workers Union and the Bank Employees Union...
- Communication, Transport and General Workers UnionCommunication, Transport and General Workers UnionThe Communication, Transport and General Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago with most of its members in the former airline of BWIA....
- Communication Workers UnionCommunication Workers Union (Trinidad and Tobago)The Communication Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago which has the bulk of its members in the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago ....
- Contractors and General Workers Trade UnionContractors and General Workers Trade UnionThe Contractors and General Workers Trade Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. It is the recognised majority Union for daily rated workers at the San Fernando City Corporation and also has other bargaining units....
- Customs and Excise Extra Guards AssociationCustoms and Excise Extra Guards AssociationThe Customs and Excise Extra Guards Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago which represents Extra Guards in the Customs and Excise Division of the Ministry of Finance....
- Electronic Media Union of Trinidad and TobagoElectronic Media Union of Trinidad and TobagoThe Electronic Media Union of Trinidad and Tobago is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. It main membership base was in the now defunct National Broadcasting Network which was the state broadcasting company....
- Emperor Valley ZooEmperor Valley ZooThe Emperor Valley Zoo is the main zoo in Trinidad and Tobago. It is located north of the Queen's Park Savannah and west of the Botanic Gardens in Port of Spain....
- Estate Police AssociationEstate Police AssociationThe Estate Police Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago which represents precepted security staff....
- Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental OrganisationsFederation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental OrganisationsArising out of the 2000 Convention of NATUC, the main national trade union centre in Trinidad and Tobago, divisions took place which resulted in the formation of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations...
- Fire Services Association
- Managers and Supervisors Association
- National Petroleum Staff AssociationNational Petroleum Staff AssociationThe National Petroleum Staff Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. It organises senior staff in the state owned National Petroleum company....
- National Union of Domestic EmployeesNational Union of Domestic EmployeesThe National Union of Domestic Employees is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago.In 1974, Clotil Walcott, along with James Lynch, Salisha Ali and others, established The National Union of Domestic Employees as a section of the Union of Ship Builders, Ship Repairers and Allied Workers Union...
- Oilfields Workers' Trade UnionOilfields Workers' Trade UnionThe Oilfields Workers Trade Union or OWTU is one of the most powerful trade unions in Trinidad and Tobago. Currently led by Ancil Roget, the union was born out of the 1937 labour riots, the union was nominally led by the imprisoned TUB Butler but was actually organised by lawyer Adrian Cola Rienzi...
- National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago
- National Union of Government and Federated Workers
- National Workers' Union
- Public Services AssociationPublic Services AssociationThe Public Services Association of Trinidad and Tobago is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. It was originally known as the Civil Service Association but changed its name in 1971....
- Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade UnionSeamen and Waterfront Workers Trade UnionThe Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. Its historical base was the port but this has shrunk in significance over the years. It retains a dock and seafarers membership but has expanded into organising local factories such as National Flour Mills and...
- Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and TobagoSteel Workers Union of Trinidad and TobagoThe Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and Tobago is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago....
- Transport and Industrial Workers UnionTransport and Industrial Workers UnionThe Transport and Industrial Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago.-External links:*...
- Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers UnionTrinidad and Tobago Postal Workers UnionThe Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago which is the recognised union for postal workers employed by TTPost....
- Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots AssociationTrinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots AssociationThe Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago with members in the former BWIA, now Caribbean Airlines, and Tobago Express....
- Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers AssociationTrinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers AssociationThe Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago and is the representative organisation for teachers who are employed in the public education sector. Its membership approximates 10,800 teachers in active service and 1,200 retiree members...
- Union of Commercial and Industrial WorkersUnion of Commercial and Industrial WorkersThe Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago which was once one of the major unions organising shop workers. It has since diminished in both size and significance....
Historical Unions
- All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers UnionAll Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers UnionAll Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union, founded by Adrian Cola Rienzi was the major sugar workers' trade union and the predominant Indo-Trinidadian voice in organised labour in Trinidad and Tobago between the 1930s and 1970s...
- Amalgamated Engineering and General Workers' Trade UnionAmalgamated Engineering and General Workers' Trade UnionThe Amalgamated Engineering and General Workers' Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that merged in 1959 with the Federated Workers Trade Union....
- Bank and General Workers UnionBank and General Workers UnionThe Bank and General Workers Union , a former trade union in Trinidad and Tobago, was formed on 17 April 1974 and represented workers in over 60 companies, including all the workers at the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. It merged with the Bank Employees Union on 21 February 2003 to form the...
- Bank Employees UnionBank Employees UnionThe Bank Employees Union , a former trade union in Trinidad and Tobago, started as a staff association in 1974 out of a consultative committee which was adopted with partners from other banks in the Barclays group....
- British Colonial Taxpayers and All Workers UnionBritish Colonial Taxpayers and All Workers UnionThe British Colonial Taxpayers and All Workers Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that merged in 1959 with the Federated Workers Trade Union....
- Civil Service AssociationCivil Service AssociationThe Civil Service Association is a former trade union in Trinidad and Tobago which changed its name in 1971 to the Public Services Association...
- Communication Services and General Workers Trade UnionCommunication Services and General Workers Trade UnionThe Communication Services and General Workers Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that transferred its daily paid members to the National Union of Government Employees in 1959. The Union no longer exists.-See also:* List of trade unions...
- Federated Workers Trade UnionFederated Workers Trade UnionThe Federated Workers Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that was formed in 1935. It was Registered in 1937 and became the recognised union for some workers in the private sector but also those in the Public Works Department and the Trinidad Government Railways.In 1959 the...
- Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade UnionGovernment Farm and Nursery Workers Trade UnionThe Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that merged in 1957 with the Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union and the Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union to form the National Union of Government Employees-See also:* List of trade...
- Industrial and Railway Employees Trade UnionIndustrial and Railway Employees Trade UnionThe Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that merged in 1957 with the Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union and the Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union to form the National Union of Government Employees-See also:* List of trade...
- National Union of Government EmployeesNational Union of Government EmployeesIn 1957 the National Union of Government Employees , a former trade union in Trinidad and Tobago, was formed as a result of a merger between the Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union, the Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union and the Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union...
- Public Works and Public Service Workers Trade UnionPublic Works and Public Service Workers Trade UnionThe Public Works and Public Service Workers Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that merged with the National Union of Government Employees in 1959.-See also:* List of trade unions* Federated Workers Trade Union...
- Staff Association of Barclays Bank of Trinidad and Tobago LimitedStaff Association of Barclays Bank of Trinidad and Tobago LimitedThe Staff Association of Barclays Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Limited, a former trade union in Trinidad and Tobago, was registered on 2nd May 1974. The Association changed its name to the Bank Employees Union when the Bank‘s name changed to Republic Bank Limited in 1981.-See also:* List of trade...
- TTT Senior Staff AssociationTTT Senior Staff AssociationThe TTT Senior Staff Association was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that organised senior staff at TTT, the Trinidad and Tobago Television service. TTT was merged into the National Broadcasting Network and was later closed....
- Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers UnionWorks and Hydraulics Industrial Workers UnionThe Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that merged in 1957 with the Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union and the Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union to form the National Union of Government Employees-See also:* List of trade...
Turkey
- Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey
- Confederation of Public Workers' Unions
- Confederation of Turkish Real Trade UnionsConfederation of Turkish Real Trade UnionsThe Confederation of Turkish Real Trade Unions is one of the four major national trade union centers in Turkey. It was founded October 22, 1976, and has a membership of 340,000....
- Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions
Uganda
- National Organization of Trade UnionsNational Organization of Trade UnionsThe National Organization of Trade Unions is one of the two national trade union centers in Uganda in addition to the Central Organisation of Free Trade Unions, Uganda The National Organization of Trade Unions (NOTU) is one of the two national trade union centers in Uganda in addition to the...
, - Central Organisation of Free Trade Unions, Uganda (COFTU)
Ukraine
- Confederation of Free Trade Unions of UkraineConfederation of Free Trade Unions of UkraineThe Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine is a national trade union center in Ukraine. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Federation of Trade Unions of UkraineFederation of Trade Unions of UkraineThe Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine is an all-Ukrainian voluntary association of trade unions that represents national-level industrial sector in the Crimea and the city of Kiev and it surrounding region. It is the largest trade union confederation in Ukraine, with more than 8.5 million...
- National Confederation of the Trade-Union Organizations of Ukraine
United Kingdom
- General Federation of Trade Unions (UK)General Federation of Trade Unions (UK)The General Federation of Trade Unions is a national trade union centre in the United Kingdom. It has 35 affiliates with a membership of just over 214,000 and describes itself as the "federation for specialist unions".-History:...
- Trades Union CongressTrades Union CongressThe Trades Union Congress is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions...
- Scottish Trades Union CongressScottish Trades Union CongressThe Scottish Trades Union Congress is the co-ordinating body of trade unions, and local Trades Councils, in Scotland. With 39 affiliated unions as of 2007, the STUC represents around 630,000 trade unionists....
Current Unions
- ACCORDACCORDAccord is a trade union for HBOS workers within the Lloyds Banking Group. It has more than 30,000 members and is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, the Scottish Trades Union Congress and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions....
- Advance
- Aegis
- Alliance for FinanceAlliance for FinanceThe Alliance for Finance is a trade union federation in the United Kingdom.The Alliance for Finance was founded in 1996 on the initiative of the Barclays Group Staff Union to encourage more joint campaigning and solidarity between the many trade unions and staff associations covering the banking...
- AspectAspect (trade union)Aspect is a trade union in the United Kingdom for professionals working in children's services.The union was founded in 1919 by four school inspectors as the National Association of Inspectors of Schools and Educational Organisers . Membership rose to around 200 by the mid-1920s, and the...
- Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and FiremenAssociated Society of Locomotive Engineers and FiremenThe Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen is the trade union representing railway workers in Great Britain who are train drivers or in the line of promotion to train driver....
- Associated Train Crew Union
- Association for Clinical Biochemistry
- Association for College ManagementAssociation for College ManagementThe Association for College Management was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1965 as the Association of Vice-Principals of Colleges, representing middle managers in colleges of further and higher education. In 1987, it was renamed the Association of College Management,...
- Association of Educational PsychologistsAssociation of Educational PsychologistsThe Association of Educational Psychologists is a trade union in the United Kingdom.The British Psychological Society represented educational psychologists until 1962, when it received chartered status...
- Association of Headteachers and Deputes in ScotlandAssociation of Headteachers and Deputes in ScotlandThe Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland is a Scottish trade union established in 1975 to represent head teachers and deputy head teachers from nursery, primary and special schools in Scotland. It has 1,385 members....
- Association of Licensed Aircraft Engineers
- Association of Local Authority Chief Executives
- Association of Management and Professional Staffs
- Association of Principal Fire Officers
- Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel
- Association of Professional Music Therapists in Great Britain
- Association of Revenue and CustomsAssociation of Revenue and CustomsThe Association of Revenue and Customs is a trade union and also a subdivision of the FDA trade union which represents senior managers and professionals working in HM Revenue and Customs...
- Association of School and College LeadersAssociation of School and College LeadersThe Association of School and College Leaders , formerly the Secondary Heads Association , is the British professional association for leaders of secondary schools and colleges.-History:...
- Association of Somerset Inseminators
- Association of Teachers and LecturersAssociation of Teachers and LecturersThe Association of Teachers and Lecturers is a trade union, teachers' union and professional association, affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, in the United Kingdom representing educators from nursery and primary education to further education...
- Bakers, Food and Allied Workers UnionBakers, Food and Allied Workers UnionThe Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1847 in Manchester, it is a trade-based union of workers in the food industry....
- Balfour Beatty Group Staff Association
- Belfast Airport Police Association
- Boots Pharmacists Association
- Britannia Staff UnionBritannia Staff UnionThe Britannia Staff Union is a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1972 as the Leek and Westbourne Building Society Staff Association, and was certified as an independent union in 1976. In 1984, it was renamed the Britannia Building Society Staff Association, becoming the...
- British Air Line Pilots' Association
- British Association of Colliery Management
- British Association of Dental Nurses
- British Association of Journalists
- British Association of Occupational Therapists
- British Dental AssociationBritish Dental AssociationThe British Dental Association is the largest voluntary membership organisation for dentists in the UK.-Structure:The majority of the BDA’s 22,000 members are family dentists, working in general practice providing both National Health Service and private care...
- British Dietetic AssociationBritish Dietetic AssociationThe British Dietetic Association is a professional association and trade union for dieticians in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1936 and became a certified union in 1982; it is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and the Scottish Trades Union Congress.The BDA was established in 1936...
- British Medical AssociationBritish Medical AssociationThe British Medical Association is the professional association and registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council. The association’s headquarters are located in BMA House,...
- British Orthoptic Society
- Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre UnionBroadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre UnionThe Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union is a trade union in the United Kingdom. It has around 26,500 members who work in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment, leisure and interactive media....
- Chartered Society of PhysiotherapyChartered Society of PhysiotherapyThe Chartered Society of Physiotherapy , is the professional body and trade union for physiotherapists in the United Kingdom.Formed by four nurses in 1894, the Society now has more than 50,000 members.-Membership:There are four levels of membership:...
- Cheshire Building Society Staff Association
- City Screen Staff Forum
- Communication Workers UnionCommunication Workers Union (UK)The Communication Workers Union is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for people working for telephone, cable, DSL and postal delivery companies, with 215,000 members....
- CommunityCommunity (trade union)Community is a UK trade union representing workers in the iron and steel, domestic appliance manufacturing, clothing, textiles, footwear and betting industries as well as workers in voluntary organisations, workshops for visually impaired and disabled people, community-care providers and housing...
- Community and District Nursing Association
- ConnectConnect (trade union)Connect is a former British trade union representing approximately 20,000 workers in the communications industry. Connect's President is Denise McGuire The final general secretary was Adrian Askew...
- Council of Civil Service Unions
- Currys Supply Chain Staff Association
- Dental Practitioners Association
- Derbyshire Group Staff UnionDerbyshire Group Staff UnionThe Derbyshire Group Staff Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom, representing workers at the Derbyshire Building Society.The union was founded in 1972 as the Derbyshire Building Society Staff Association. In 1979, it applied for a Certificate of Independence, but this was refused. At the...
- Diageo Staff AssociationDiageo Staff AssociationThe Diageo Staff Association was a small trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1965 as a staff committee at the Guinness brewery in Park Royal, London. Originally named the Guinness Brewing Staff Association, it gained a Certificate of Independence in 1979, when it had only...
- Educational Institute of ScotlandEducational Institute of ScotlandThe Educational Institute of Scotland is the oldest teachers' trade union in the world, having been founded in 1847 when dominies became concerned about the effect of changes to the system of education in Scotland on their professional status....
- Engineering Officers Technical Association
- EQUITY
- FDA (trade union)
- Federation of Professional Railway Staff
- Fire Brigades UnionFire Brigades UnionThe Fire Brigades Union is a trade union in the United Kingdom for wholetime Firefighters , Retained Duty System and Emergency Control Room staff...
- Fire Officers Association
- G4S Justice Services Staff Association
- Gallaher Sales Staff Association
- General Federation of Trade UnionsGeneral Federation of Trade Unions (UK)The General Federation of Trade Unions is a national trade union centre in the United Kingdom. It has 35 affiliates with a membership of just over 214,000 and describes itself as the "federation for specialist unions".-History:...
- GMBGMB UnionThe GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 600,000 members. Its members are drawn from many sectors, with particular strength amongst manual workers in local government and the health service...
- Guild of Professional Teachers of Dancing
- Harrods Staff Union
- The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
- Hospital Consultants and Specialists AssociationHospital Consultants and Specialists AssociationThe Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association is a professional body in the UK specifically designed for senior hospital doctors. Its membership has increased dramatically over the last years possibly due to re-negotiation of the Hospital Consultants Contract.-External links:*...
- Immigration Service Union
- IMPACT
- Independent Democratic Union
- Independent Federation of Nursing in Scotland
- Independent Workers Union
- Industrial Workers of the World – British Isles
- Institute of Football Management and Administration
- Institute of Journalists Trade Union
- International Federation of Air line Pilots Associations
- Irish Bank Officials Association
- Irish National Teachers' OrganisationIrish National Teachers' OrganisationThe Irish National Teachers' Organisation , in Irish Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann, which was founded in 1868, is the largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland. The head office...
- Lawson Mardon Star Ltd Managerial Staff Association
- Lecturers Employment Advice and Action Fellowship
- LEGION
- Leeds Building Society Staff Association
- Leek United Building Society Staff Association
- Leicestershire Overmen Deputies and Shotfirers Association
- Lloyds TSB Group Union
- Locum Doctors Association
- Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Association
- Musicians UnionMusicians' Union (UK)-About the MU:The Musicians' Union is an organisation which represents over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the UK music business.-Campaigns:The MU stages regular campaigns in relation to relevant musical and industrial issues...
- NAPONational Association of Probation OfficersThe National Association of Probation Officers is the trade union that represents probation officers and Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service reporters in the United Kingdom.NAPO was formed in 1912...
- National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and ShotfirersNational Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and ShotfirersThe National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers represents colliery deputies and under-officials in the coal industry. NACODS was established as a national organisation in 1910...
- National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (South Wales Area)
- National Association of Co-operative OfficialsNational Association of Co-operative OfficialsThe National Association of Co-operative Officials is a trade union for staff in the co-operative sector in the United Kingdom, principally the Co-operative Group and other retail societies, Co-operatives UK and the Co-operative Party....
- National Association of Head TeachersNational Association of Head TeachersThe National Association of Head Teachers is a trade union representing Headteachers, deputy headteachers and assistant headteachers and other school and college leaders in the United Kingdom.-External links:**...
- National Association of NFU Group Secretaries
- National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women TeachersNational Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women TeachersThe NASUWT is a trade union representing teachers, including headteachers, throughout the United Kingdom....
- National Federation of Sub-PostmastersNational Federation of SubPostmastersThe National Federation of SubPostmasters is a national trade union with both commercial trading and charitable arms that represents the interests of subpostmasters in the United Kingdom. It is the only organisation recognised by the Post Office to represent subpostmasters....
- National House Building Council Staff Association
- National Society for Education in Art and Design
- National Union of JournalistsNational Union of JournalistsThe National Union of Journalists is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1907 and has 38,000 members. It is a member of the International Federation of Journalists .-Structure:...
- National Union of Mineworkers
- National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
- National Union of StudentsNational Union of Students-British Isles:*National Union of Students**National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland**National Union of Students Scotland**National Union of Students Wales-Scandinavia:*Danish National Union of Students*National Union of Students in Finland...
(NUS) - National Union of TeachersNational Union of TeachersThe National Union of Teachers is a trade union for school teachers in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It is a member of the Trades Union Congress...
- Nationwide Group Staff UnionNationwide Group Staff UnionThe Nationwide Group Staff Union is an independent trade union in the United Kingdom. It has a membership of over 12,000 and represents workers within the Nationwide Building Society and its associated companies....
- NautilusNational Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport OfficersNautilus UK is a British trade union representing shipmasters, officers and cadets serving on merchant ships, as well as other maritime workers such as harbourmasters and marine pilots.- History :...
- Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance
- NISA
- North of England Zoological Society Sraff Association
- Palm Paper Staff Association
- PDA Union
- POAPrison Officers AssociationThe POA: The Professional Trades Union for Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers is a trade union in the United Kingdom "for prison, correctional and secure psychiatric workers." It currently has a membership of 33,500...
- Prison Governors Association
- Prison Service Union
- Prison Staff Association
- Professional Association of Cabin Crew Employees
- Professional Cricketers Association
- Professional Footballers Association
- Professional Rugby Players AssociationThe Professional Rugby Players' AssociationThe Rugby Players Association is a trade union representing athletes who currently play or have played rugby union in England at a professional or semi-professional level. Established in 1998, it was originally called the Professional Rugy Players' Association ; in October 2009 it changed its name...
- ProspectProspect (trade union)Prospect is a United Kingdom trade union which represents engineers, managers, scientists and other specialists in both the public and private sectors. It was formed on 1 November 2001 by the merger of the trade unions the Institution of Professionals Managers and Specialists and the Engineers and...
- Public and Commercial Services UnionPublic and Commercial Services UnionThe Public and Commercial Services Union is the sixth largest trade union in the United Kingdom. Most of its members work in government departments and other public bodies although some work for private companies.- Membership and organisation :...
- Retail Book Association
- Retained Firefighters UnionRetained Firefighters UnionThe Retained Firefighters' Union is a British trade union representing over 3,000 retained personnel within the Retained Duty System .The RFU was formed in 1976...
- Retired Officers Association
- Royal College of MidwivesRoyal College of MidwivesThe Royal College of Midwives is a British midwives organisation which has existed under its present name since 1947.-History:The Matrons' Aid Society, renamed the Midwives' Institute in 1881, was founded by Louisa Hubbard and Zepharina Veitch to raise the training and status of midwives...
- Royal College of NursingRoyal College of NursingThe Royal College of Nursing is a union membership organisation with over 395,000 members in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1916, receiving its Royal Charter in 1928, Queen Elizabeth II is the patron...
- RSPB Staff Association
- Scarborough Building Society Staff Association
- Scottish Artists UnionScottish Artists UnionThe Scottish Artists Union is the representative voice for visual and applied artists in Scotland.-History:The Scottish Artists Union was formally constituted in 2001, becoming the first new trade union of the 21st century...
- Scottish Carpet Workers Union
- Scottish Secondary Teachers' AssociationScottish Secondary Teachers' AssociationFounded in 1944, the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association is Scotland's second largest teachers' union, set up to focus on secondary issues, initially as a reaction to the perception of undue influence exercised on national education issues at that time by the primary sector...
- Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical Union
- Shield Guarding Staff Association
- Skipton Staff Association
- Society of AuthorsSociety of AuthorsThe Society of Authors is a trade union for professional writers that was founded in 1884 to protect the rights of writers and fight to retain those rights .It has counted amongst its members and presidents numerous notable writers and poets including Tennyson The Society of Authors (UK) is a...
- Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
- Society of RadiographersSociety of RadiographersThe Society of Radiographers is a professional body and a trades union that represents more than 90% of the diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1920...
- Society of Union Employees (UNISON)
- Solidarity
- Staff Association of Bank of Baroda (UK Region)
- Staff Union Dunfermline Building Society
- Staff Union West Bromwich Building Society
- Transport Salaried Staffs' AssociationTransport Salaried Staffs' AssociationThe Transport Salaried Staffs' Association is a trade union for "white collar" workers in the transport industry in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland...
- UBAC
- UDW
- UFS
- Ulster Teachers' UnionUlster Teachers' UnionThe Ulster Teachers' Union is a trade union based in Northern Ireland, whose membership mostly comprises primary school teachers working in the state sector. It has 6,429 members. The UTU has close links with the Irish National Teachers Organisation, an all-Ireland trade union who represent the...
- Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon CymruUndeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon CymruUndeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru commonly referred to as UCAC, was formed in Wales from a split from the NUT in the late 40's over the issue of the Welsh language in teaching...
- Union of Construction, Allied Trades and TechniciansUnion of Construction, Allied Trades and TechniciansThe Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians is a British and Irish trade union which represents, as of December 2009, 127,433 workers in construction and allied trades, an increase of nearly 17,000 since 2003....
- Union of Country Sports Workers
- Union of Democratic MineworkersUnion of Democratic MineworkersThe Union of Democratic Mineworkers is a British trade union not recognised by the TUC or the Labour party for coal miners, which is based in Nottinghamshire, England...
- Union of General & Volunteer Workers
- Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied WorkersUnion of Shop, Distributive and Allied WorkersThe Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Consisting of over 405,000 members, USDAW is the UK's fourth largest and fastest growing trade union. Membership has increased by more than 17% in the last five years and by nearly a third in the last decade...
- UNISONUNISONUNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service...
- United Road Transport UnionUnited Road Transport UnionThe United Road Transport Union is a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1890 and has a membership of over 14,000. The URTU represents workers throughout the UK Logistics Sector involved in Warehousing, Driving and general distribution....
- Unite - the Union
- UnityUnity (trade union)Unity, formerly the Ceramic and Allied Trades Union, is a British trade union, created in the early 19th century to protect pottery workers from dangerous conditions of their field. In 2006 it changed its name to Unity....
- United and Independent Union
- University and College UnionUniversity and College UnionThe University and College Union is a British trade union formed by the merger in 2006 of the Association of University Teachers and the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education ....
- VOICEProfessional Association of TeachersVoice 'The union for education professionals' is an independent British Trade Union for teachers, lecturers and other education and childcare workers in British education...
- Warwick International Staff Association
- Welsh Rugby Players AssociationWelsh Rugby Players AssociationThe Welsh Players Association , founded in 2003, is the representative body for professional rugby union players in Wales. Its General Secretary is Neil Maclean-Smith, who succeeded previous General Secretary, Dean Sheehan and former Chief Executive, Richard Harry. Rhys Williams, former Wales and...
- Whatman Staff Association
- Workers UnitingWorkers UnitingWorkers Uniting is a trans-Atlantic trade union created in 2008 by a merger of Unite the Union of the United Kingdom and Ireland with the U.S.-based United Steelworkers union . Both unions still retain individual branding and leadership.The merged union has a membership of three million members....
- Writers' Guild of Great BritainWriters' Guild of Great BritainThe Writers' Guild of Great Britain, established in 1959, is a trade union for professional writers. It is affiliated with both the Trades Union Congress and the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds .-Activities:...
- Yorkshire Independent Staff Association
AFL-CIOAFL-CIOThe American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL–CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers...
- Air Line Pilots Association
- Amalgamated Transit UnionAmalgamated Transit UnionThe Amalgamated Transit Union is a labor union in the United States and The Amalgamated Transit Union Canadian Council in Canada, representing workers in the transit system and other industries...
- American Federation of Government EmployeesAmerican Federation of Government EmployeesThe American Federation of Government Employees is an American labor union representing over 625,000 employees of the federal government, about 5,000 employees of the District of Columbia, and a few hundred private sector employees, mostly in and around federal facilities...
- American Federation of MusiciansAmerican Federation of MusiciansThe American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada is a labor union of professional musicians in the United States and Canada...
- American Federation of School AdministratorsAmerican Federation of School AdministratorsThe American Federation of School Administrators or AFSA represents public school principals, vice principals, administrators, and supervisors in the United States...
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal EmployeesAmerican Federation of State, County and Municipal EmployeesThe American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is the second- or third-largest labor union in the United States and one of the fastest-growing, representing over 1.4 million employees, primarily in local and state government and in the health care industry. AFSCME is part of the...
- American Federation of TeachersAmerican Federation of TeachersThe American Federation of Teachers is an American labor union founded in 1916 that represents teachers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; local, state and federal employees; higher education faculty and staff, and nurses and other healthcare professionals...
- American Federation of Television and Radio ArtistsAmerican Federation of Television and Radio ArtistsThe American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is a performers' union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists , promo and voice-over announcers and other...
- American Postal Workers UnionAmerican Postal Workers UnionThe American Postal Workers Union is a labor union in the United States. It represents employees of the United States Postal Service who are clerks, maintenance employees, and motor vehicle service workers...
- American Train Dispatchers Department
- Associated Actors and Artistes of AmericaAssociated Actors and Artistes of AmericaThe Associated Actors and Artistes of America is the federation of trade unions for performing artists in the United States. The following unions belong to the 4As:* The Actors' Equity Association * The American Guild of Musical Artists...
- Actors' Equity AssociationActors' Equity AssociationThe Actors' Equity Association , commonly referred to as Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing the world of live theatrical performance, as opposed to film and television performance. However, performers appearing on live stage productions without a book or...
- American Guild of Musical ArtistsAmerican Guild of Musical ArtistsThe American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO is the American labor union that represents 8,000 current and retired opera singers, ballet and other dancers, opera Directors, backstage production personnel at opera and dance companies, and figure skaters.-Jurisdiction:According to its website it...
- American Guild of Variety ArtistsAmerican Guild of Variety ArtistsAmerican Guild of Variety Artists is an American entertainment union representing performers in variety entertainment, including circuses, Las Vegas showrooms and cabarets, comedy showcases, dance revues, magic shows, theme park shows, and arena and auditorium extravaganzas. It awards the "Georgie...
- The Guild of Italian American Actors
- Screen Actors GuildScreen Actors GuildThe Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
- Actors' Equity Association
- Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International UnionBakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International UnionThe Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union is a labor union in the United States and Canada. It has a membership of 100,000...
- Brotherhood of Railroad SignalmenBrotherhood of Railroad SignalmenThe Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen is a labor union in the United States and Canada. It represents workers who install and maintain signal systems on rail transport networks...
- California Nurses Association/ National Nurses Organizing Committee
- California School Employees AssociationCalifornia School Employees AssociationThe California School Employees Association is the largest labor union in the United States. CSEA represents more than 230,000 public employees in California....
- Communications Workers of AmericaCommunications Workers of AmericaCommunications Workers of America is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States representing about 550,000 members in both the private and public sectors. The union has 27 locals in Canada via CWA-SCA Canada representing about 8,000 members...
- Farm Labor Organizing CommitteeFarm Labor Organizing CommitteeThe Farm Labor Organizing Committee , AFL-CIO, is a labor union representing migrant farm workers in the Midwestern United States and North Carolina.-History:...
- Federation of Professional Athletes/National Football League Players Association
- Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
- International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron WorkersInternational Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron WorkersThe International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers is a union in the United States and Canada, which represents primarily construction workers, as well as shipbuilding and metal fabrication employees.-Origins:...
- International Association of Fire FightersInternational Association of Fire FightersThe International Association of Fire Fighters is a labor union representing professional firefighters in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada. The IAFF is headquartered in...
- International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos WorkersInternational Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos WorkersThe International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers is a trade union in the United States and Canada...
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace WorkersInternational Association of Machinists and Aerospace WorkersThe International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is an AFL-CIO/CLC trade union representing approx. 646,933 workers as of 2006 in more than 200 industries.-Formation and early history:...
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and HelpersInternational Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and HelpersThe International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers is a trade union in the United States and Canada. It is for boilermakers and related occupations, and is affiliated with both the AFL-CIO and CLC....
- International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersInternational Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersThe International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is a labor union which represents workers in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Panama and several Caribbean island nations; particularly electricians, or Inside Wiremen, in the construction industry and linemen and other...
- International Federation of Professional and Technical EngineersInternational Federation of Professional and Technical EngineersThe International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers , AFL-CIO & CLC, is a diverse labor union representing more than 80,000 women and men in professional, technical, administrative and associated occupations in the United States and Canada. Their members are employed by federal,...
- International Guards Union of America
- International Longshore and Warehouse UnionInternational Longshore and Warehouse UnionThe International Longshore and Warehouse Union is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii and Alaska, and in British Columbia, Canada. It also represents hotel workers in Hawaii, cannery workers in Alaska, warehouse workers throughout...
- International Longshoremen's AssociationInternational Longshoremen's AssociationThe International Longshoremen's Association is a labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways...
- International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America
- International Union of Allied Novelty and Production WorkersInternational Union of Allied Novelty and Production WorkersThe International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers or Novelty Workers traditionally represented workers at toy factories. Because that industry almost entirely moved to China, the trade union now represents other manufacturing, construction and healthcare workers...
- International Union of Bricklayers and Allied CraftworkersInternational Union of Bricklayers and Allied CraftworkersThe International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers is a labor union in the United States and Canada which represents bricklayers, pointers/cleaners/caulkers, stone and marble masons, cement masons, plasterers, tilesetters, terrazzo and mosaic workers...
- International Union of Elevator ConstructorsInternational Union of Elevator ConstructorsThe International Union of Elevator Constructors is a trade union in the United States and Canada of individuals who construct, modernize, repair, and service elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and other conveyances...
- International Union of Operating EngineersInternational Union of Operating EngineersThe International Union of Operating Engineers is a trade union within the AFL-CIO representing primarily construction workers who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers who maintain heating and other systems in buildings and industrial complexes, in the...
- International Union of Painters and Allied TradesInternational Union of Painters and Allied TradesThe International Union of Painters and Allied Trades is a union representing about 140,000 painters, glaziers, wall coverers, flooring installers, convention and trade show decorators, glassworkers, sign and display workers, and drywall finishers in the United States and Canada...
- International Union of Police AssociationsInternational Union of Police AssociationsThe International Union of Police Associations is a North American trade union chartered for law enforcement, corrections and related support personnel. IUPA is a participant in the AFL-CIO federation of trade unions. I.U.P.A. was originally chartered as the "National Conference of Police...
- Laborers' International Union of North AmericaLaborers' International Union of North AmericaThe Laborers' International Union of North America is an American and Canadian labor union formed in 1903. As of March 31, 2010, they have about 632,000 members, members, about 80,000 of which are in Canada.The current general president is Terence M...
- Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
- National Football League Players Association
- National Air Traffic Controllers AssociationNational Air Traffic Controllers AssociationThe National Air Traffic Controllers Association is a labor union in the United States. It is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and is the exclusive bargaining representative for air traffic controllers employed by the Federal Aviation Administration...
- National Association of Letter CarriersNational Association of Letter CarriersThe National Association of Letter Carriers is an American labor union, representing non-rural letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service...
- Office and Professional Employees International UnionOffice and Professional Employees International UnionThe Office and Professional Employees International Union is a trade union in the United States representing 110,416 white-collar workers in the public and private sector....
- Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International AssociationOperative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International AssociationThe Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada is a trade union of plasterers and cement masons in the construction industry in the United States and Canada. Members of the union finish interior walls and ceilings of buildings and apply...
- Seafarers International Union of North AmericaSeafarers International Union of North AmericaThe Seafarers International Union or SIU is an organization of 12 autonomous labor unions of mariners, fishermen and boatmen working aboard vessels flagged in the United States or Canada. Michael Sacco has been its president since 1988. The organization has an estimated 35,498 members and is the...
- Sheet Metal Workers International Association
- Transport Workers Union of AmericaTransport Workers Union of AmericaTransport Workers Union of America is a United States labor union that was founded in 1934 by subway workers in New York City, then expanded to represent transit employees in other cities, primarily in the eastern U.S. This article discusses the parent union and its largest local, Local 100,...
- UNITE HEREUNITE HEREUNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with more than 265,000 active members The union's members work predominantly in the hotel, food service, laundry, warehouse, and casino gaming industries...
- United American NursesUnited American NursesUnited American Nurses was an American union affiliated with the AFL-CIO.Founded in 1999, it only represented registered nurses...
- United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and CanadaUnited AssociationThe United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the United Association is a trade union of journeymen and apprentices of the plumbing, pipefitting, and sprinkler fitting industry of...
- United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International UnionUnited Auto WorkersThe International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers , is a labor union which represents workers in the United States and Puerto Rico, and formerly in Canada. Founded as part of the Congress of Industrial...
- United Mine Workers of America
- United Independent Technology Technicians of America
- United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International UnionUnited SteelworkersThe United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union is the largest industrial labor union in North America, with 705,000 members. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, U.S., the United Steelworkers represents workers in the United...
- United Transportation UnionUnited Transportation UnionThe United Transportation Union is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. It is a broad-based, transportation labor union representing about 125,000 active and retired railroad, bus, mass transit, and airline workers in the United States....
- United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied WorkersUnited Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied WorkersThe United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers is a union of roofers and waterproofing personnel, headquartered in Washington, D.C....
- Utility Workers Union of AmericaUtility Workers Union of AmericaThe Utility Workers Union of America is a labor union in the United States. It has a membership of 50,000 and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The union has over 50,000 members working in the electric, gas, water, and nuclear industries across the United States. Represents Utilty Workers in...
- Writers Guild of America, EastWriters Guild of America, EastWriters Guild of America, East is a labor union representing writers of television and film and employees of television and radio news. The 2006 membership of the guild was 3,770....
CTWChange to Win FederationThe Change to Win Federation is a coalition of American labor unions originally formed in 2005 as an alternative to the AFL-CIO. The coalition is associated with strong advocacy of the organizing model...
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Service Employees International UnionService Employees International UnionService Employees International Union is a labor union representing about 1.8 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States , and Canada...
- Workers UnitedWorkers UnitedWorkers United is an American and Canadian union which represents about 100,000 workers in the textile, commercial laundry, and gaming industries....
- Workers United
- United Farm Workers of AmericaUnited Farm WorkersThe United Farm Workers of America is a labor union created from the merging of two groups, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee led by Filipino organizer Larry Itliong, and the National Farm Workers Association led by César Chávez...
- United Food and Commercial WorkersUnited Food and Commercial WorkersThe United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in many industries, including agriculture, health care, meatpacking, poultry and food processing, manufacturing, textile, G4S Security, chemical...
Independent
- Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal AssociationAircraft Mechanics Fraternal AssociationThe Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association is a small, independent union representing aircraft maintenance employees of commercial airlines in the United States. AMFA is committed to the principles of craft unionism...
- Coalition of Graduate Employee UnionsCoalition of Graduate Employee UnionsThe Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions consists of unions representing graduate employees at universities in Canada and the United States...
- Directors Guild of AmericaDirectors Guild of AmericaDirectors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
- Dramatists Guild of AmericaDramatists Guild of AmericaThe Dramatists Guild of America is a professional organization for playwrights, composers, and lyricists working in the U.S. theatre market.Membership as an Associate Member is open to any person having written at least one stage play. Active Members are playwrights who have had at least one play...
- Fraternal Order of PoliceFraternal Order of PoliceThe Fraternal Order of Police is an organization of sworn law enforcement officers in the United States. It claims a membership of over 325,000 members organized in 2100 local chapters , organized into local lodges, state lodges, and the national Grand Lodge...
- Independent Pilots AssociationIndependent Pilots AssociationThe Independent Pilots Association is the collective bargaining unit for the more than 2800 airline pilots of United Parcel Service.-IPA Foundation:...
- International Union of Journeymen and Allied Trades
- International Union Security * Police * Fire Professionals of America
- Jockeys' GuildJockeys' GuildThe Jockeys' Guild Inc. is an American trade association based in Lexington, Kentucky, representing thoroughbred horse racing and American quarter horse professional jockeys...
- Major League Baseball Players AssociationMajor League Baseball Players AssociationThe Major League Baseball Players Association is the union of professional major-league baseball players.-History of MLBPA:The MLBPA was not the first attempt to unionize baseball players...
- National Education AssociationNational Education AssociationThe National Education Association is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become...
- National Emergency Medical Services Association (NEMSA)
- Programmers GuildProgrammers GuildThe Programmers Guild is an American non-profit corporation that advocates against corporate outsourcing, the H1-B visa program and related topics. The Guild was founded in 1998 by John Miano, a New Jersey programmer. The current president is Kim Berry, a Sacramento based activist on outsourcing...
- NHL Players AssociationNHL Players AssociationThe National Hockey League Players' Association or NHLPA is the labor union for the group of professional hockey players who are under Standard Player Contracts to the thirty member clubs in the National Hockey League located in the United States and Canada...
- National Basketball Players AssociationNational Basketball Players AssociationThe National Basketball Players Association is a trade association that represents basketball players in the National Basketball Association . It was previously a labor union before dissolving during the 2011 NBA lockout. It was founded in 1954, making it the oldest trade union of the four major...
- National Rural Letter Carriers Association
- National Treasury Employees UnionNational Treasury Employees UnionThe National Treasury Employees Union is an independent labor union representing approximately 150,000 employees of 30 agencies of the United States government...
- National Weather Service Employees OrganizationNational Weather Service Employees OrganizationThe National Weather Service Employees Organization, known as the NWSEO, is the labor organization and professional association that represents 4,000 employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the U.S...
- Patrolmen's Benevolent AssociationPatrolmen's Benevolent AssociationPatrolmen's Benevolent Association or Policemen's Benevolent Association ' is the name of several labor unions representing police officers. One such union is the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of the City of New York, which is the largest union representing members of the New York City Police...
- Professional Lacrosse Players' AssociationProfessional Lacrosse Players' AssociationThe Professional Lacrosse Players' Association is the trade union of players in indoor lacrosse's National Lacrosse League....
- Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of AmericaUnited Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of AmericaThe United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America is one of the largest building trades union in the United States. One of the unions that formed the American Federation of Labor in 1886, it left the AFL-CIO in 2001.-Early years:...
- United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of AmericaUnited Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of AmericaThe United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America , is an independent democratic rank-and-file labor union representing workers in both the private and public sectors across the United States....
- United Independent Technology Technicians Of America
- US Airline Pilots AssociationUS Airline Pilots AssociationThe US Airline Pilots Association is the collective bargaining agent for US Airways pilots. The US Airline Pilots Association replaced the Air Line Pilots Association in a representational election and is an "in-house union" representing the interests of the US Airways pilots...
- World Umpires AssociationWorld Umpires AssociationThe World Umpires Association is an organization of Major League Baseball umpires. It was certified by the National Labor Relations Board on February 24, 2000 as a bargaining agent. It took over as bargaining agent for MLB umpires before the 2000 MLB season, replacing the Major League Umpires...
- Writers Guild of America, westWriters Guild of America, westWriters Guild of America, West is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. The Guild was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, which include the Screen Writers Guild...
Union Reform Groups
- Labor NotesLabor NotesLabor Notes is a non-profit organization and network for rank-and-file union members and grassroots labor activists. Though officially titled the Labor Education and Research Project, the project is best known by the title of its monthly magazine. The magazine reports news and analysis about labor...
- Short Circuits
- Teamsters for a Democratic UnionTeamsters for a Democratic UnionTeamsters for a Democratic Union is a rank-and-file union democracy movement organizing to reform the International Brotherhood of Teamsters , or Teamsters. TDU was created out of the merger of the Professional Drivers Council and TDU in 1979...
Venezuela
- Confederación de Trabajadores de VenezuelaConfederación de Trabajadores de VenezuelaThe Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela is a federation of labor unions in Venezuela. It has close links to the Democratic Action party....
- Movimiento Nacional de Trabajadores Para La LiberaciónMovimiento Nacional de Trabajadores Para La LiberaciónThe Movimiento Nacional de Trabajadores Para La Liberación is a national trade union center in Venezuela. It was formed in 1974 and is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation.-References:...
- Unión Nacional de Trabajadores de Venezuela
See also
Lists of organizations
- List of employer associations
- List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
- List of reference tables for more lists in the field of businessBusinessA business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
- List of organizers
List of Wikipedia articles on labor unions