The Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia (Сојуз на синдикатите на Македонија, abbreviated as ССМ in Cyrillic text, transliterated as SSM) is a

national trade union center A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such a ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

. It is the successor to the official trade unions of the former Yugoslavian era. The federation has 18 affiliated sectoral unions. Its president is Zivko Mitrevski. The SSM is not affiliated at the international level, but holds observer status with the

European Trade Union Confederation The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is the major trade union organisation representing workers at the European level. In its role as a European social partner, the ETUC works both in a consulting role with the European Commission and n ...

.ETUC, Observer Organisations
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* Trade unions in North Macedonia {{Macedonia-stub