This is a list of federations of

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

s currently in existence. Those federations listed under each country are also known as national trade union centres and are organizations formed by trade unions which operate, in most cases, at the national level. The organizations listed in the worldwide section are industry/sectoral-specific (i.e. the GUFs) and international organizations representing national trade union centres (e.g.

ITUC The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation w ...

Worldwide federations

Council of Global Unions

The Council of Global Unions (CGU) is made up of ten global union federations (which affiliates national-level sectoral trade unions), the largest international federation of national centres (the ITUC) and the trade union body to the

OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate e ...

(TUAC). * Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) *

Education International Education International (EI) is a global union federation (GUF) of teachers' trade unions consisting of 401 member organizations in 172 countries and territories that represents over 30 million education personnel from pre-school through universi ...

(EI) *

IndustriALL Global Union IndustriALL Global Union is a global union federation, founded in Copenhagen on 19 June 2012. IndustriALL Global Union represents more than 50 million working people in more than 140 countries, working across the supply chains in mining, energy a ...

International Arts and Entertainment Alliance The International Arts and Entertainment Alliance (IAEA) is a global union federation (GUF) representing trade unions of performers and technicians in the music and audiovisual sectors. The alliance has three sections: the International Federat ...

(IAEA) * International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) *

International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation w ...

(ITUC) *

International Transport Workers' Federation The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a democratic global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2017 the ITF had 677 member organizations in 149 countries, representing a combined membership ...

(ITF) *

International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is a global union federation of trade unions with members in a variety of industries, many of which relate to food processi ...

(IUF) *

Public Services International Public Services International (PSI) is the global union federation for workers in public services, including those who work in social services, health care, municipal services, central government and public utilities. , PSI has 700 affiliated ...

(PSI) *

Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) is the interface of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with organized labour. TUAC has 59 affiliated trade union centres in 31 OECD countries, representing more ...

(TUAC) *

Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers The Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers was a trade union international affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions. History The TUI was founded at a conference in Warsaw, People's Republic of Pola ...

(TUIAFPW) *

UNI Global Union UNI Global Union, formerly Union Network International (UNI), is a global union federation for the skills and services sectors, gathering national and regional trade union. It has affiliated unions in 150 countries representing 20 million worker ...

(UNI)

Other international federations

International Affiliation of Writers Guilds The 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. Activities The IAWG ...

(IAWG) * International Confederation of Labor (ICL) *

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established in 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation of ...

(WFTU) *

World Organization of Workers The World Organization of Workers (WOW) is an international trade union federation. History WOW was founded in September 1921, as the International Federation of Christian Employees' Trade Unions. After several name changes, it became the Worl ...

(WOW)

Regional federations

Africa

* East African Trade Union Confederation * ITUC Regional Organisation for Africa (ITUC-Africa) *

Organisation of African Trade Union Unity The Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU) ( French: Organisation de L'Unité Syndicale Africaine; OUSA) is an independent regional union federation aimed at unifying trade union centres in Africa. This organisation was founded in Apr ...

Organisation of Trade Unions of West Africa The Organisation of Trade Unions of West Africa (OTUWA; french: Organisation des syndicats d'Afrique de l'Ouest, pt, Organização dos Sindicatos da África Ocidental) is a coalition of national trade union centres in West Africa. OTUWA was foun ...

Asia

* South Asian Regional Trade Union Council SARTU *

ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific The ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific (ITUC Asia Pacific) is a regional organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation representing trade unions from countries in Asia and Oceania. It has 40 affiliated organisations in 2 ...

ITUC Asia Pacific

Europe

Council of Nordic Trade Unions The Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS) is a regional trade union federation. It represents 9 million members from 16 national trade unions in the Nordic countries of Europe. It was founded in 1972, and has close ties with the Baltic Sea Trade Un ...

(NFS) * Eurocadres *

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 ...

(ETUC) *

European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions The European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (''CESI''; French ''Confédération Européenne des Syndicats Indépendants'', German ''Europäische Union der unabhängigen Gewerkschaften'', Italian ''Confederazione Europea Sindacati In ...

(CESI) * European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) *

General Confederation of Trade Unions The General Confederation of Trade Unions or GCTU (russian: Всеобщая Конфедерация Профсоюзов, ''Vseobshchya Konfederatsya Profsoyuzov'' or VKP) is an international trade union confederation. It was founded on 16 Apr ...

(GCTU)

Americas

* Caribbean Congress of Labour *

Trade Union Confederation of the Americas The Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA-CSA) is the regional organization of the International Trade Union Confederation for the Americas. History The confederation was formed in March 2008 when the ICFTU Inter American Regional Organis ...

(CSA-TUCA)

Middle-East

International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions The International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU; ar:"الاتحاد الدولي لنقابات العمال العربي") is the international representation of trade unions in a number of Arab nations. Founded in 1956, the ICATU ...

National federations

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