The Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions (SICTU) 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 ...

in the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

. It was created in the 1970s by the ''

Solomon Islands General Workers' Union The Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions (SICTU) is a national trade union center in the Solomon Islands. It was created in the 1970s by the ''Solomon Islands General Workers' Union'' and had membership of over 90% of SI TUs. After the indepen ...

'' and had membership of over 90% of SI TUs. After the independence of SI, in 1978 the name was changed to the ''Solomon Islands National Union of Workers'', a name that is still in some use. In the 1980s SICTU set up the

Solomon Islands Labour Party The Solomon Islands Labour Party is a political party in Solomon Islands. The party was founded in 1988 by the Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions after the leadership of the union split. Joses Tuhanuku, went on to lead the Labour Party, while ...

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* Trade unions in the Solomon Islands Trade unions established in the 1970s {{Oceania-trade-union-stub