The National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania – Brotherhood ( ro, Confederaţia Naţională a Sindicatelor Libere din România-Frăţia or ) is the largest

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Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It was created from the 1993 merger of the National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania (CNSLR) and Frăţia. The CNSLR is the reformed organization of previous

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unions. Membership has declined to its current level of 800,000, but it is still by far the largest of the trade union centers in the country. CNSLR-Frăţia is affiliated with the

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 ...

, and 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 ...

References

External links

CNSLR-Frăţia official site
1993 establishments in Romania International Trade Union Confederation European Trade Union Confederation National trade union centers of Romania Trade unions established in 1993 {{Europe-trade-union-stub