Trade unions in Albania have had an unstable existence in recent decades, mirroring the regional political turbulance in
Albania. Since the 1991 defeat of the
Albanian Party of Labour
The Party of Labour of Albania ( sq, Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh), sometimes referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party (AWP), was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991). It was founded on ...
(APL), independent trade unions have asserted themselves,
with two main
national trade union centres; the
United Independent Albanian Trade Unions (BSPSh) and the
Confederation of Trade Unions (KSSh).
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