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Austria

* Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund ( Austrian Federation of Unions)

Czech Republic

Bohemian-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions The Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade UnionsCzech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions
(Czech ...

– Českomoravská konfederace odborových svazů, ČMKOS

Slovakia

* Unity Trade Union – Odborová Organizácia UNITY

Finland

Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, usually referred to by the acronym SAK ( fi, Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö; sv, Finlands Fackförbunds Centralorganisation, FFC) is the largest trade union confederation in Finland. Its ...

(SAK) *

Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland The Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland (Akava) is a trade union confederation in Finland representings employees with university-level, professional or other high-level training. It has 36 affiliated unions w ...

(AKAVA) *

Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees The Finnish Confederation of Professionals (STTK) ( fi, Toimihenkilökeskusjärjestö, sv, Tjänstemannacentralorganisationen) is a trade union confederation in Finland. It has a membership of 650,000 and represents salaried employees in Finland ...

(STTK)

France

* The 4 large confederations **

Confédération Générale du Travail The General Confederation of Labour (french: Confédération Générale du Travail, CGT) is a national trade union center, founded in 1895 in the city of Limoges. It is the first of the five major French confederations of trade unions. It is t ...

(CGT) **

Force Ouvrière The General Confederation of Labor - Workers' Force (french: Confédération Générale du Travail - Force Ouvrière, or simply , FO), is one of the five major union confederations in France. In terms of following, it is the third behind the CGT ...

(FO) **

Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail The French Democratic Confederation of Labour (french: link=no, Confédération française démocratique du travail, CFDT) is a national trade union center, one of the five major French confederations of trade unions, led since 2012 by Laurent Be ...

(CFDT) **

Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens The French Confederation of Christian Workers (french: italic=no, Confédération française des travailleurs chrétiens; CFTC) is one of the five major French confederation of trade unions, belonging to the social Christian tradition. It was f ...

(CFTC)

Germany

German Confederation of Trade Unions The German Trade Union Confederation (german: Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund; DGB) is an umbrella organisation (sometimes known as a national trade union center) for eight German trade unions, in total representing more than 6 million people ...

(Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB) *

German Civil Service Federation The German Civil Service Association (dbb beamtenbund und tarifunion) is a national trade union center in Germany. It has a membership of 1,250,000, and is affiliated with the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions The European C ...

(Deutscher Beamtenbund - dbb) * German Christian Workers' Federation (Christlicher Gewerkschaftsbund - CGB)

Ireland

Irish Congress of Trade Unions The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (often abbreviated to just Congress or ICTU), formed in 1959 by the merger of the Irish Trades Union Congress (founded in 1894) and the Congress of Irish Unions (founded in 1945), is a national trade union centr ...

(ICTU) ''Note: ICTU is the

umbrella organisation An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources. In business, political, and other environments, it provides resources and ofte ...

for unions operating in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. British unions operate in Northern Ireland, as do some all-Ireland unions, and some Northern Ireland-only unions.''

Italy

CGIL The Italian General Confederation of Labour (; CGIL) is a national trade union based in Italy. It was formed by agreement between socialists, communists, and Christian democrats in the "Pact of Rome" of June 1944. In 1950, socialists and Christi ...

(Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro) * CISL (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori) * UIL (Unione Italiana del Lavoro) * CISAL (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Autonomi Lavoratori) *

CONFSAL The Workers Autonomous Trade Unions Confederation (''CONFSAL'' or ''Conf. S.A.L.''; Italian ''Confederazione Generale dei Sindacati Autonomi dei Lavoratori'', German ''Arbeiter Autonomous Gewerkschaft-Bündnis'') is an Italian autonomous trade uni ...

(Confederazione Generale dei Sindacati Autonomi dei Lavoratori) * UGL (Unione Generale del Lavoro)

The Netherlands

* Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging FNV * Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond CNV

Poland

All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions The All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions ( pl, Ogólnopolskie Porozumienie Związków Zawodowych, OPZZ) is a national trade union center founded in 1984. History Following the decisions of the Polish government declaring the Solidarity trade u ...

(OPZZ)

Spain

Comisiones Obreras The Workers' Commissions ( es, Comisiones Obreras, CCOO) 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 Unión General de ...

* Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) *

Confederación Nacional del Trabajo The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo ( en, National Confederation of Labor; CNT) is a Spanish confederation of anarcho-syndicalist labor unions, which was long affiliated with the International Workers' Association (AIT). When working wi ...

(CNT) *

Unión General de Trabajadores The Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT, General Union of Workers) is a major Spanish trade union, historically affiliated with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). History The UGT was founded 12 August 1888 by Pablo Iglesias Posse ...

(UGT)

Sweden

* The Swedish Trade Union Confederation - Landsorganisationen i Sverige (LO) * The Swedish Confederation for Professional Employees - Tjänstemännens Centralorganisation (TCO) *

Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation SAC Syndikalisterna ( sv, Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation) is a syndicalist trade union federation in Sweden. Unlike other Swedish unions, SAC organises people from all occupations and industries in one single federation, including the une ...

(SAC-Syndikalisterna)

Switzerland

Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund The Swiss Trade Union Federation (, SGB; ; , USS) is the largest national trade union center in Switzerland. History The federation was founded in 1880 and represents 361,000 members in its affiliated unions (2015). The SGB has close ties with ...

(SGB)

United Kingdom

Trades Union Congress The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre 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 tra ...

(TUC) *

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

Federations of trade unions