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International federations

Global

* Industrial Workers of the World *

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 ...

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* World Federation of Trade Unions * International Confederation of Labor * World Organization of Workers

Sectoral global union federations

Building and Wood Workers' International The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) is the global union federation of democratic and free trade unions in the building industry, building, building materials, wood industry, wood, forestry and allied industries. History The feder ...

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 ...

* FIFPro * International Domestic Workers Federation * IndustriALL Global Union * International Affiliation of Writers Guilds * International Arts and Entertainment Alliance *

International Federation of Actors The International Federation of Actors (french: Federation Internationale des Acteurs, FIA) is a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing actors. History The federation was established in 1952, on the initiative of Brit ...

International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations The International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) is an international not-for-profit organization of national pilots' associations. IFALPA was founded in April 1948 and is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. History After t ...

* International Federation of Journalists *

International Federation of Musicians The International Federation of Musicians (french: Federation Internationale des Musiciens, FIM) is a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing music performers. FIM counts member unions in 70 countries and three regional ...

* International Transport Workers' Federation * International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations *

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 ...

* Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers * UNI Global Union

European Federations

* List of federations of trade unions in Europe

Albania

* Confederation of Trade Unions (Albania) * United Independent Albanian Trade Unions

Algeria

General Union of Algerian Workers The General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA, French: ''Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens'', Arabic: الاتحاد العام للعمال الجزائريين) is the main Algerian trade union, established February 24, 1956 with the obj ...

* Union générale des syndicats algériens

Andorra

Andorran Workers' Union The Andorran Workers' Union is a Trade union in the Principality of Andorra , image_flag = Flag of Andorra.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Andorra.svg , symbol_type = Coat of arms , national_motto ...

Angola

* General Centre of Independent and Free Unions of Angola * Independent Union of Maritime and Related Workers * National Union of Angolan Workers

Antigua and Barbuda

* Antigua and Barbuda Public Service Association * Antigua Trades and Labour Union * Antigua Workers' Union * Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association

Argentina

* Argentine Workers' Center * Consejo Coordinador Argentino Sindical * Federación Agraria Argentina * Federación Obrera Regional Argentina * General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)

Armenia

* Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia

Aruba

* Aruban Workers' Federation

Australia

AFL Players Association The AFL Players Association (AFL PA, also simply known as AFL Players) is the representative body for all current and past professional Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW) players. The AFL PA promotes and protects its membe ...

* Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union * Australian and International Pilots Association *

Australian Council of Trade Unions The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), originally the Australasian Council of Trade Unions, is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia. It is a national trade union centre of 46 affiliated unions and eight trades and l ...

* Australian Federation of Air Pilots * Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers * Australian Manufacturing Workers Union * Australian Maritime Officers Union * Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation * Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union * Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation *

Australian Services Union The Australian Services Union (registered as the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union) is a trade union representing workers in a variety of industries. The ASU is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trad ...

Australian Workers Union The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions. It traces its origins to unions founded in the pastoral and mining industries in the 1880s and currently has approximately 80,000 members. It has exerci ...

* Civil Air Operations Officers' Association of Australia * Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union * Community and Public Sector Union * Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union *

Finance Sector Union The Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) is a white collar trade union that represents professionals working in the Banking, Finance, Insurance and Superannuation industries in Australia. The FSU was formed from the amalgamation in 1991 of va ...

* Flight Attendants Association of Australia * Musicians' Union of Australia * Health Services Union * Industrial Workers of the World * Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance *

National Tertiary Education Union The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is an Australian trade union for all higher education and university employees. It is an industry union, and the only union working exclusively in the Australian university sector. Overview NTEU ...

Police Federation of Australia The Police Federation of Australia (PFA) is a peak police union body that represents the interests of Australian police officers. It was formerly registered under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 on 1 January 1998. The Canberra office was o ...

* Professionals Australia * Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association * Transport Workers Union of Australia * United Firefighters Union of Australia * United Workers Union

Austria

* Austrian Trade Union Federation * Industrial Workers of the World * Viennese Workers Syndicate

Azerbaijan

* Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation * Committee for Oil Industry Workers' Rights * Journalists Trade Union of Azerbaijan

Bahamas

* Bahamas Airline Pilots Association * Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union * Bahamas Taxi Cab Union * Commonwealth of the Bahamas Trade Union Congress * Bahamas Union of Teachers

Bahrain

* General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain

Bangladesh

* Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress * Bangladesh Ganotantrik Sramik Federation * Bangladesh Jatio Sramik League * Bangladesh Jatiyo Sramik Jote * Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal * Bangladesh Labour Federation * Bangladesh Sanjukta Sramik Federation * Bangladesh Trade Union Kendra * Jatio Sramik Federation * Jatyo Sramik League *

Samajtantrik Sramik Front The Samajtantrik Sramik Front ( bn, সমাজতান্ত্রিক শ্রমিক ফ্রন্ট, Socialist Labour Front - SLF) is a national trade union federation in Bangladesh. It is affiliated with the World Federation of Trad ...

Barbados

* Barbados Workers' Union * Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados * Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association * National Union of Public Workers

Belarus

* Trade unions in Belarus ** Belarus Free Trade Union ** Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions ** Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus

Belgium

* Confederation of Christian Trade Unions *

General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium The General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium (ACLVB or CGSLB) is the smallest of Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country i ...

General Federation of Belgian Labour The General Labour Federation of Belgium (french: Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique, or FGTB; nl, Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond, ABVV) is a socialist national trade union federation in Belgium. It was founded in 1945. It is affiliated ...

Belize

* Christian Workers' Union * General Workers' Union (Belize) * National Trade Union Congress of Belize * United General Workers Union

Benin

* Autonomous Trade Unions Centre * General Confederation of the Workers of Benin * National Union of the Unions of the Workers of Benin

Bermuda

* Bermuda Industrial Union * Bermuda Public Services Association

Bhutan

* Federation of Bhutanese Trade Unions

Bolivia

* Bolivian Workers' Center * Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia * Corriente de Renovación Independiente y Solidaridad Laboral * Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republika Srpska

Botswana

Brazil

* Central Autônoma de Trabalhadores * Central Única dos Trabalhadores * Confederação Brasileira de Trabalhadores Cristâos * Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores * Confederação Operária Brasileira * Força Sindical * Federação das Organizações Sindicalistas Revolucionárias do Brasil

Bulgaria

* Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria * Confederation of Labour Podkrepa * National Trade Union Promyana

Burkina Faso

* National Confederation of Workers of Burkina * National Organisations of Free Trade Unions * Trade Union Confederation of Burkina

Burundi

* Confederation of Trade Unions of Burundi (''Confédération des Syndicats du Burundi'', COSYBU) * Trade Union Confederation of Burundi (''Confédération syndicale du Burundi'', CSB)

Cambodia

* Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Cameroon

* Confederation of Cameroon Trade Unions * General Confederation of Free Workers of Cameroon * Union of Free Trade Unions of Cameroon

Canada

* Canadian Labour Congress ** National affiliates ***

Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is a Canadian trade union representing performers in English-language media. It has 25,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media. The orga ...

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British Columbia Teachers' Federation The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) is the labour union that represents all public school teachers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was established as an organization in 1917. Governance structure As of 2018, the BCT ...

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Canadian Association of University Teachers The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT; french: Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d'université, ACPPU) is a federation of independent associations and trade unions representing approximately 70,000 teachers, l ...

*** Canadian Federation of Nurses' Union *** Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union *** Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association *** Canadian Union of Postal Workers *** Canadian Union of Public Employees ***

Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO; french: Fédération des enseignants et des enseignantes de l'élémentaire de l'Ontario, FEÉO) is a labour union representing all public elementary school teachers, occasional teachers, and ...

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National Union of Public and General Employees The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is a Canadian trade union. Taken in total it is the second largest union in Canada. Most of its 425,000 members work in the provincial public service sector. There is also a large and gr ...

*** Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association ***

Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF; french: Fédération des enseignantes-enseignants des écoles secondaires de l'Ontario, link=no, FEESO) is a Canadian trade union which represents 60,000 members across Ontario. Founded in ...

*** Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada ***

Public Service Alliance of Canada The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC; french: Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada, link=no, AFPC) is one of Canada's largest national labour unions and the largest union in the Canadian federal public sector. PSAC members work in e ...

*** Telecommunications Workers Union *** Unifor (formerly CAW and CEP) ** International affiliates ***

Air Line Pilots Association, International The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest pilot union in the world, representing more than 59,000 pilots from 35 U.S. and Canadian airlines. ALPA was founded on 27 July 1931 and is a member of the AFL-CIO and the Canadia ...

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Amalgamated Transit Union The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) is a labor organization in the United States and Canada that represents employees in the public transit industry. Established in 1892 as the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America, the un ...

*** American Federation of Musicians *** Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union *** CWA-Canadian Media Guild *** International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada ***

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers The International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers is a union in the United States and Canada, which represents, trains and protects primarily construction workers, as well as shipbuilding and metal fabri ...

*** International Association of Fire Fighters *** International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers ***

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is an AFL–CIO/ CLC trade union representing approx. 646,933 workers as of 2006 in more than 200 industries with most of its membership in the United States and Canada. Or ...

*** International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers ***

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a trade union, labor union that represents approximately 775,000 workers and retirees in the electricity, electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Guam, Panama, Puerto Rico, a ...

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International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), AFL–CIO & CLC is a North American labor union representing various professional, technical, and administrative support workers in the United States and Canada, in ...

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International Longshore and Warehouse Union The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada. The union was established in 1937 after the 1934 West ...

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International Longshoremen's Association The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is a North American labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways. The ILA h ...

*** International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers *** International Union of Elevator Constructors *** International Union of Operating Engineers *** International Union of Painters and Allied Trades *** Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association *** Seafarers' International Union of Canada ***

Service Employees International Union Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a labor union representing almost 1.9 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States and Canada. SEIU is focused on organizing workers in three sectors: healthcare (over half of members ...

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Sheet Metal Workers International Association The Sheet Metal Workers' International Association was a trade union of skilled metal workers who perform architectural sheet metal work, fabricate and install heating and air conditioning work, shipbuilding, appliance construction, heater and bo ...

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Teamsters The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), also known as the Teamsters Union, is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of The Team Drivers International Union and The Teamsters National Union, the ...

UNITE HERE UNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with roughly 300,000 active members. The union's members work predominantly in the hotel, food service, laundry, warehouse, and casino gaming industries. The union was formed in 2004 by ...

*** United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry *** United Auto Workers *** United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America ***

United Food and Commercial Workers Union The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in industries including retail; meatpacking, food processing and manufacturing; hosp ...

*** United Mine Workers of America ***

United Steelworkers The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, commonly known as the United Steelworkers (USW), is a general trade union with members across North America. Headquar ...

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United Transportation Union The United Transportation Union (UTU) was a broad-based, transportation labor union that represented about 70,000 active and retired railroad, bus, mass transit, and airline workers in the United States. The UTU was headquartered in Cleveland, ...

* Independent unions/other affiliations ** Alliance des professeures et professeurs de Montréal **

Canadian Actors' Equity Association Canadian Actors' Equity Association (CAEA) is an association of performers in English Canada who are engaged in live performances before paying audiences in theatre, opera and dance. It negotiates agreements and working conditions for its members ...

Centrale des syndicats du Québec The Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ; Quebec Labour Congress) is the third biggest trade union in Quebec, Canada, by membership. It was founded in 1946 when three earlier unions merged to form the ''Corporation générale des instituteurs e ...

Confédération des syndicats nationaux The Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN; Confederation of National Trade Unions) is the second largest trade union federation in Quebec by membership. History It was founded in Hull in 1921 as the ''Confédération des travailleurs ca ...

** Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (Quebec) ** Industrial Workers of the World **

Major League Baseball Players Association The Major League Baseball Players Association (or MLBPA) is the union representing all current Major League Baseball players. All players, managers, coaches, and athletic trainers who hold or have held a signed contract with a Major League cl ...

** Manitoba Teachers' Society ** National Hockey League Players' Association ** Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers ** Writers Guild of Canada Company Union ** Christian Labour Association of Canada **

Cape Verde

* Council of Free Labour Unions * Trade Unions of Cape Verde Unity Centre

Caribbean

* Caribbean Congress of Labour * Caribbean Public Services Association * Caribbean Union of Teachers

Cayman Islands

* Cayman Airline Pilots Association

Central African Republic

* Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique * National Confederation of Central African Workers * Union of Central African Workers

Chad

* Free Confederation of Chadian Workers *

Union of Trade Unions of Chad The Union of Trade Unions of Chad (UST) is a trade union centre in Chad. It was formed originally in 1988 as the National Union of Chadian Workers (UNST). The UNST was dissolved briefly in 1990 and reemerged as the UST. The UST is affiliated wi ...

Chile

* Central Autónoma de Trabajadores * Workers' United Center of Chile

People's Republic of China

All-China Federation of Trade Unions The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is the national trade union center of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest trade union in the world with 302 million members in 1,713,000 primary trade union organizations. The ACFTU ...

** All-China Federation of Railway Workers' Unions ** National Committee of the Chinese Agricultural, Forestry and Water Conservancy Workers' Union **

National Committee of the Chinese Aviation Workers' Union The National Committee of the Chinese Aviation Workers’ Union is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a co ...

National Committee of the Chinese Banking Workers' Union The National Committee of the Chinese Banking Workers’ Union is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a cou ...

** National Committee of the Chinese Defense Industry, Postal and Telecommunications Workers' Union ** National Committee of the Chinese Educational, Scientific, Cultural, Medical and Sports Workers' Union ** National Committee of the Chinese Energy and Chemical Workers' Union ** National Committee of the Chinese Financial, Commercial, Light Industry, Textile and Tobacco Workers' Union ** National Committee of the Chinese Machinery, Metallurgical and Building Material Workers' Union ** National Committee of the Chinese Seamen and Construction Workers' Union

Colombia

* Central Union of Workers * Confederation of Workers of Colombia * General Confederation of Democratic Workers * SINALTRAINAL

Commonwealth of Independent States

* General Confederation of Trade Unions

Democratic Republic of the Congo

* Confédération Générale du Travail du Congo * Democratic Confederation of Labour (DRC) * National Union of Congolese Workers

Republic of the Congo

* Confédération des Syndicats Libres Autonomes du Congo * Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Congo * Confédération Syndicale du Congo * Congolese Trade Union Confederation

Costa Rica

* Central de Trabajadores de Costa Rica * Central del Movimiento de Trabajadores Costarricenses * Confederación de Trabajadores de Costa Rica * Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores (Costa Rica) * Costa Rican Confederation of Workers * Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores

Croatia

* Association of Croatian Public Sector Unions *

Croatian Trade Union Association The Croatian Trade Union Association (HUS) is a trade union centre in Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = " Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beaut ...

* Independent Trade Unions of Croatia * Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia * Workers' Trade Union Association of Croatia

Cuba

* Confederación General del Trabajo * Cuban Workers' Solidarity *

Workers' Central Union of Cuba The Workers Central Union of Cuba ( es, Central de Trabajadores de Cuba, CTC) is the trade union federation in Cuba. It originated as the ''Confederación de Trabajadores de Cuba'' (Confederation of Cuban Workers) in 1939 and changed its name to t ...

Cyprus

* Cyprus Turkish Unions Federation * Cyprus Union of Bank Employees * Cyprus Workers' Confederation * Democratic Labour Federation of Cyprus *

Pancyprian Federation of Labour PEO, the Pancyprian Federation of Labour ( el, Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία, tr, Tüm Kıbrıs İşçi Federasyonu), is an umbrella organization for trade unions in Cyprus, which evolved from PSE ( el, Παγκύπρι ...

* Pancyprian Public Servants' Trade Union * Revolutionary Trade Unions Federation

Czech Republic

* Christian Labour Confederation * Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions

Denmark

* Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) ** Danish Association of Chartered Surveyors ** Danish Medical Association ** Danish Union of Architects ** Danish Union of Librarians ** Danish Union of Journalists * Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) ** Danish Food and Allied Workers' Union ** Danish Timber Industry and Construction Workers' Union ** Danish Union of Metalworkers ** Danish Union of Professional Technicians ** Danish Union of Public Employees **

Fagligt Fælles Forbund The United Federation of Workers in Denmark ( da, Fagligt Fælles Forbund, 3F) is a Danish labor union. The union was formed in 2004, from the merger of the Danish Women Workers' Union and the Danish General Workers' Union. In 2006, the Restaur ...

** National Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees * FTF – Confederation of Professionals in Denmark ** Danish Association of Pharmaconomists ** Danish Nurses Organisation ** Danish Union of Teachers

Djibouti

* General Union of Djibouti Workers * Union of Djibouti Workers

Dominica

* Dominica Amalgamated Workers' Union * Dominica Public Service Union * National Workers' Union (Dominica) * Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union

Dominican Republic

* Central General de Trabajadores (Dominican Republic) * Confederación de Trabajadores Unitaria

East Timor

* East Timor Trade Union Confederation

Ecuador

* Confederación de Trabajadores del Ecuador * Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas Unitarias de Trabajadores * Ecuador Confederation of Free Trade Union Organizations * Frente Unitario de los Trabajadores

Egypt

* Egyptian Trade Union Federation

El Salvador

* Central Autónoma de Trabajadores Salvadoreños * Central de Trabajadores Democráticos * Federación Nacional Sindical de Trabajadores Salvadoreños

Equatorial Guinea

* Equatorial Guinea Workers' Union

Eritrea

* National Confederation of Eritrean Workers

Estonia

* Confederation of Estonian Trade Unions * Estonian Employees' Unions' Confederation

Ethiopia

* Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions * Ethiopian Teachers' Association * Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Trade Union

Fiji

* Federation of Cane Growers * Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions * Fiji Trades Union Congress * Indian Cane Growers Association * Kisan Sangh * Labasa Kisan Sangh * Maha Sangh * National Farmers Union of Fiji * Rewa Planters Union * Vishal Sangh

Finland

The three major confederations: * Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions * Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland AKAVA * Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees STTK Individual trade unions * Association of Employees in Government Educational Administration * Finnish Association of Architects * Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers * Finnish Union of Practical Nurses * Union of Health and Social Care Services * Union of Salaried Employees

France

Major confederations

* Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail * Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens * Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres * Confédération Générale du Travail * Force Ouvrière

Other important unions

* Fédération Syndicale Unitaire * Solidaire *

Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes The National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions (french: Union nationale des syndicats autonomes, UNSA) is one of the French confederations of trade unions, but they do not have the ''présomption irréfragable de représentativité'' of the Gene ...

Gabon

* Gabonese Confederation of Free Trade Unions * Gabonese Trade Union Confederation

The Gambia

* Gambia Workers' Union * Gambian Workers' Confederation * The Gambia Press Union

Georgia

* Georgian Trade Union Confederation

Germany

* Christlicher Gewerkschaftsbund (CGB) * German Christian Workers' Federation **

Free Workers' Union The Free Workers' Union (German: ''Freie Arbeiterinnen- und Arbeiter-Union'' or ''Freie ArbeiterInnen-Union''; abbreviated FAU) is an anarcho-syndicalist union in Germany. History The FAU sees itself in the tradition of the Free Workers' Union ...

Free Workers' Union of Germany The Free Workers' Union of Germany (; FAUD) was an anarcho-syndicalist trade union in Germany. It stemmed from the Free Association of German Trade Unions (FDVG) which combined with the Ruhr region's Freie Arbeiter Union on September 15, 1919. ...

* Deutsche Angestellten Gewerkschaft (DAG)

German Salaried Employees' Union The German Salaried Employees' Union, in German ''Deutsche Angestellten-Gewerkschaft'' (DAG) was an independent trade union based in Hamburg. It did not belong to the German Confederation of Trade Unions until it became part of ver.di, the unit ...

* Deutscher Beamtenbund (dbb) German Civil Service Federation ** Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer ** komba gewerkschaft * Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) German Confederation of Trade Unions ** Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft ** Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten ** IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt ** IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie **

IG Metall IG Metall (; IGM; German: ''Industriegewerkschaft Metall'', "Industrial Union of Metalworkers'") is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany, making it the country's largest union as well as Europe's largest industrial union. Analysts of Ge ...

** Trade Union of the Police **

TRANSNET Gewerkschaft TRANSNET, which stands for Transport, Service, and Networks, was a trade union in Germany and one of eight industrial affiliations of the German Confederation of Trade Unions. Since autumn 2005, TRANSNET worked together with the "rival" union G ...

** ver.di * Vereinigung Cockpit * Unabhängige Flugbegleiter Organisation

Ghana

* Ghana Federation of Labour * Trades Union Congress of Ghana

Gibraltar

* CITIPEG

Historical unions

Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union The Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1963. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamati ...

* Gibraltar Confederation of Labour * Gibraltar Labour Trades Union

Greece

Trade unions in Greece Trade unions in Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greec ...

Greenland

Danish Trade Union Confederation The Danish Trade Union Confederation ( da, Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation, FH) is the largest national trade union centre in Denmark. On formation in 2019, it had 79 affiliated unions, with a total of 1.4 million members. History The confede ...

** Greenlandic Civil Service Confederation (AK) ''Atorfillit Kattuffiat'' * Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists (DJØF) ''DJØF Kalaallit Nunaanni'' * Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) ''Ilinniagaqarluarsimasut Qitiusumik Suleqatigiiffiat'' ** Danish Association of Chartered Surveyors ** Danish Medical Association (NP) ''Nakorsat Peqatigiiffiat'' ** Danish Union of Architects (IP) ''Illussanik Titartaasartut Peqatigiiffiat'' ** Danish Union of Librarians ** Danish Union of Journalists (TP) ''Tusagassiuinermi Sulisut Peqatigiiffiat'' * Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) ** Danish Union of Professional Technicians ** Danish Union of Public Employees * FTF – Confederation of Professionals in Denmark ** Danish Association of Pharmaconomists * Greenlandic Achademics Confederation (IK) ''Ilinniagartuut Kattuffiat'' * Greenlandic Teachers Confederation (IMAK) ‘’Ilinniartitsisut Meeqqat Atuarfianneersut Kattuffiat * Greenlandic Kindergarten Teachers Confederation (NPK) ''Nunatsinni Perorsaasut Kattuffiat'' * Greenlandic Nurses Organization (PPK) ''Peqqissaasut Kattuffiat'' * National Confederation of Trade Unions of Greenland (SIK) ''Sulinermik Inuussutissarsiuteqartut Kattuffiat '' * Greenlandic Supervisors Union (SSK) ''Sulisunik Siulersuisut Kattuffiat''

Grenada

* Grenada Trades Union Council

Guatemala

* Central General de Trabajadores de Guatemala * Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala * Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala

Guinea

* General Union of the Workers of Guinea * National Confederation of Guinean Workers * National Organization of Free Unions of Guinea * United Trade Union of Guinean Workers

Guinea-Bissau

* National Union of Workers of Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

* Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union * Guyana Labour Union *

National Workers' Union (Guyana) The National Workers' Union (NWU) is a trade union in Guyana. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es ...

Haiti

* Batay Ouvriye * Confederation des Travailleurs Haïtiens * Coordination Syndicale Haïtienne (CSH) * Haitian Trade Union Coordination * May 1st - Workers' Fight Federation

Honduras

* Central General de Trabajadores (Honduras) * Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores de Honduras * Federación Unitaria de Trabajadores de Honduras * Honduras Workers' Confederation

Hong Kong

* Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council * Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions *

Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated ...

Hong Kong Journalists Association The Hong Kong Journalists Association ( Chinese: 香港記者協會) is a Hong Kong association that represents journalists in Hong Kong. Established in 1968, the association acts as a trade union for journalists by seeking to improve work ...

* Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union * Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union * Joint Organization of Unions - Hong Kong

Hungary

* Autonomous Trade Union Confederation * Democratic Confederation of Free Trade Unions * Forum for the Cooperation of Trade Unions

Iceland

* Confederation of State and Municipal Employees of Iceland * Icelandic Federation of Labour * Industrial Workers of the World

India

see Indian Trade Unions. * Bengal Jute Mill Workers' Union * Bengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor Union * Centre of Indian Trade Unions ** Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union ** Calcutta Tramways Workers' and Employees' Union ** Cochin City Motor Thozhilali Union ** Darjeeling District Newspaper Sellers' Union ** Forward Seamens Union of India ** Joint Forum of Trade Unions ** Maharashtra Sugarcane Cutting and Transport Workers Union ** Otis Elevators Employees Union ** Steel Plant Employees Union * All India Defence Employees Federation * Association of Motion Pictures & TV Programme Producer of India *

Federation of Western India Cine Employees Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) is a film industry worker's union in Mumbai, India. As of 2020 it had 500,000 members. FWICE is mother body of all Indian Cinema Association. Affiliations FWICE is a member of UNI APRO, itse ...

* Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat ** Konkan Railway Corporation Employees Union ** Municipal Mazdoor Union *

Hind Mazdoor Sabha The Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) was formed by the Socialists in 1948 but has little real connection with the Socialist Party. It is one of the least political and most pragmatic trade-union federations in India. The HMS is affiliated with the Inte ...

** All India Jute Textile Workers' Federation ** Coimbatore District Textile Workers Union ** Kudremukh Shram Shakthi Sanghatan ** MCF Employees' Union ** Darjeeling Jela Dokan Sramik Union * Indian National Trade Union Congress * Kerala Gazetted Officers' Federation * Kerala State Transport Employees Front *

Labour Progressive Federation The Labour Progressive Federation is a trade union federation in Tamil Nadu, India. The LPF is politically attached to the ruling Tamil Nadu party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party base ...

** NLC Workers Progressive Union * Maharashtra General Kamgar Union * Mazdoor Mukti Morcha * Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh * Socialist Trade Union Centre * Trade Union Centre of India * Trade Union Coordination Committee **

Bengal Hawkers Association The Bengal Hawkers Association is a trade union of hawkers in West Bengal, India. It is affiliated with the Trade Union Coordination Centre. It was founded in 1950 and is the oldest hawkers' union in the state. It gained a strong following amo ...

* United Trade Union Centre-Lenin Sarani

Indonesia

* Confederation of All Indonesian Workers' Union * Confederation of Indonesia Prosperous Trade Union * Congress of Indonesia Unions Alliance * Indonesian Railways Workers' Union * Indonesian Trade Union Confederation

Iran

Historical unions

* Central Council of Trade Unions * Central Council of United Trade Unions * Central Union of Workers and Peasants of Iran * Ettehadiyeh-ye Sendika-ye Kargaran-e Iran * Union of Toilers of Iran

Current unions

* Iranian Workers' Solidarity Network * Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company * Workers' House of the Islamic Republic of Iran * Iranian Teachers' Trade Association *

Association of Iranian Journalists The Association of Iranian Journalists ( fa, انجمن صنفی روزنامه‌نگاران ایران) is a professional organization in Iran that serves to "protect and safeguard the legal and professional rights of Iranian journalists." The ...

Iraq

* Federation of Oil Unions in Iraq * General Federation of Trade Unions * Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions

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 ...

Israel

* Histadrut * Koah LaOvdim

Italy

Major confederations *

Italian General Confederation of Labour 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 ...

(CGIL) * Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (CISL) * Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL) Other unions * Confederazione del Comitati di Base * CONFSAL * DIRFOR * General Labour Union (Italy) * Italian Confederation of Free Workers' Unions *

Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions The Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (''CISL''; ''Italian Confederation of Trade Unions'') is an Italian trade union association representing various Catholic–inspired groups linked with Christian Democracy. It was founded on 30 Apr ...

* Italian Labour Union *

Unione Sindacale Italiana Unione Sindacale Italiana (''USI''; ''Italian Syndicalist Union'' or ''Italian Workers' Union'') is an anarcho-syndicalist trade union. It is the Italian section of the International Workers' Association (IWA; ''Associazione Internazionale dei L ...

Ivory Coast

* Centrale des Syndicats Libres de Côte d'Ivoire * Federation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Ivory Coast * General Workers Union in Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Bustamante Industrial Trade Union The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU, also referred to as the Busta Union) is a trade union center in Jamaica established by Sir Alexander Bustamante. The BITU was formed in 1938 and built up a membership of 54,000 within 6 years. It is a ...

* Jamaica Airline Pilots Association * Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers * Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions * National Workers Union

Japan

General Union A general union is a trade union (called ''labor union'' in American English) which represents workers from all industries and companies, rather than just one organisation or a particular sector, as in a craft union or industrial union. A gene ...

* Japan Teachers Union *

National Union of General Workers The National Union of General Workers is the name of: * National Union of General Workers (Sohyo), a former trade union in Japan * National Union of General Workers (Zenrokyo) The National Union of General Workers (NUGW) is the shortened, Engl ...

* RENGO * Sohyo * Tozen * Zenzōsen

Jordan

* General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions * Jordanian Engineers Association * Jordan Dental Association * Jordanian teachers' syndicate

Kazakhstan

* Confederation of Labour of Kazakhstan * Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kenya

* Central Organization of Trade Unions (Kenya)

Kiribati

* Kiribati Trade Union Congress

Kuwait

* Kuwait Trade Union Federation

Kyrgyzstan

* Kyrgyzstan Federation of Trade Unions

Laos

* Lao Federation of Trade Unions

Latvia

* Free Trade Confederation of Latvia

Lebanon

* General Confederation of Lebanese Workers *

Lebanese Order of Physicians Founded on December 7, 1946, the Lebanese Order of Physicians in Beirut is the largest medical organization and physician group in Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Leb ...

Lesotho

* Congress of Lesotho Trade Unions * Lesotho Congress of Democratic Unions * Lesotho Trade Union Congress

Liberia

* Liberian Federation of Labour Unions

Libya

* National Trade Unions' Federation

Liechtenstein

* Liechtenstein Employees' Association

Lithuania

Lithuanian Labour Federation The Lithuanian Labour Federation ( lt, Lietuvos darbo federacija, LDF), also known as the Christian Labour Party in 1934–1942, is a national trade union center in Lithuania. It was founded in 1919, but was subsequently dissolved at the time of t ...

* Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation * Lithuanian Trade Union - Solidarity

Luxembourg

* Free Luxembourger Workers' Union * Luxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade Unions

Republic of Macedonia

* Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia

Madagascar

* Christian Confederation of Malagasy Trade Unions * Confederation of Malagasy Workers * United Autonomous Unions of Madagascar

Malawi

* Malawi Congress of Trade Unions

Malaysia

* Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services * Malaysian Trades Union Congress * National Council of Unions of the Industrial and Lower Income Group of Government Workers * National Union of Plantation Workers

Mali

* National Workers' Union of Mali * Workers' Trade Union Confederation of Mali

Malta

* Confederation of Malta Trade Unions * General Workers' Union (Malta) * Malta Union of Teachers * Malta Workers' Union

Mauritania

* Free Confederation of Mauritanian Workers * General Confederation of Mauritanian Workers * Union of Mauritanian Workers

Mauritius

* Federation of Civil Service Unions * Federation of Progressive Unions * Mauritius Labour Congress * Mauritius Trade Union Congress * National Trade Unions Confederation * Organization of Artisans' Unity * Telecommunications Employees and Staff Association

Mexico

* Authentic Labor Front *

Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos The Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos (CROC) is a Mexican trade union confederation. It is one of the most important and influential trade unions in the History of Mexico The written history of Mexico spans more than thre ...

Confederation of Mexican Workers The Confederation of Mexican Workers (''Confederación de Trabajadores de México'' (CTM)) is the largest confederation of labor unions in Mexico. For many years, it was one of the essential pillars of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional ( ...

General Confederation of Workers (Mexico) The Confederación General de Trabajadores (General Confederation of Workers, CGT) was a federation of labor unions in Mexico. It was founded in February 1921 by anarchists, syndicalists and others on the far left who opposed the more moderate, ...

National Association of Actors The National Association of Actors ( es, Asociación Nacional de Actores, ANDA) is the Mexican actors guild. It is a member of the Bloque Latinoamericano de Actores (BLADA, the Latin American Actors' Block) that includes all of the actors' unions ...

(Asociación Nacional de Actores) * National Social Security Workers Union * National Union of Mine and Metal Workers of the Mexican Republic *

Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers The Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers ( es, Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana, CROM) is a federation of trade union, labor unions in Mexico, whose power was at its height between 1918 and 1928. CROM was an umbrella organization for ...

* Sindicato de Trabajadores Ferrocarrileros de la República Mexicana *

Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación The National Educational Workers Union (, SNTE) is a trade union which represents teachers in Mexico. Its current Secretary-General and President is Alfonso Cepeda Salas. With over 1.4 million members, it is currently the largest teachers' un ...

* Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana * Union of Cinema Production Workers

Moldova

* Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Moldova

Monaco

* Union of Monaco Trade Unions

Mongolia

* Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions *

Solidarity Trade Union ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...

Morocco

* Democratic Confederation of Labour (Morocco) * Democratic Federation of Labour * General Union of Moroccan Workers * Moroccan Workers' Union *

National Labour Union of Morocco The National Labour Union of Morocco (French: Union National du Travail au Maroc, Arabic: الاتحاد الوطني للشغل بالمغرب) (UNTM) is a national trade union center in Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of M ...

Mozambique

* Mozambique Workers' Organization * National Confederation of Free and Independent Trade Unions of Mozambique

Myanmar

* Federation of Trade Unions of Burma * Seafarers' Union of Burma

Namibia

* SWAPO * National Union of Namibian Workers * Trade Union Congress of Namibia

Netherlands

Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond The Christian National Trade Union Federation ( nl, Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond, CNV) is a federation of trade unions of the Netherlands. History The CNV was founded on 13 May 1909, in Arnhem as a federation of several Christian unions. It w ...

* CNV Public *

Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging The Federation of Dutch Trade Unions ( nl, Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging, FNV) is a national trade union centre in the Netherlands. In addition to member unions, workers in many sectors can join the FNV directly. History The FNV was founded ...

* Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen * Vakcentrale Voor Middengroepen en Hoger Personeel * Vrije Bond * Transport Workers' Union *

Construction and Wood Union The Construction and Wood Union ( nl, Bouw en Houtbond, B&HB) was a trade union representing workers in the construction and woodworking industries in the Netherlands. The union was founded on 1 January 1982, when the General Dutch Union of the Bui ...

* General Dutch Construction Union

Netherlands Antilles

* Bonaire Federation of Labour * Central General di Trahadonan di Corsow * Trade Union Centre of Curaçao * Windward Islands Federation of Labour

New Zealand

*Amalgamated Workers Union of New Zealand ** Central Amalgamated Workers' Union ** Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union ** Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union *

APEX The apex is the highest point of something. The word may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional entities * Apex (comics), a teenaged super villainess in the Marvel Universe * Ape-X, a super-intelligent ape in the Squadron Supreme universe *Apex, ...

* Association of Salaried Medical Specialists * Association of Staff in Tertiary Education Te Hau Takatini o Aotearoa * Association of University Staff of New Zealand * Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union of Aotearoa * Corrections Association of New Zealand * Customs Officers' Association of New Zealand *

Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) was the largest private sector trade union in New Zealand. It was formed in 1996 by the merger of the Engineers' Union (EU), the Printing, Packaging and Manufacturing Union (PPMU), and th ...

* Finance and Information Workers Union * Firestone Employees Society * Flight Attendants and Related Services Association * Furniture, Manufacturing & Associated Workers Union * Maritime Union of New Zealand * Meat Union Aotearoa *

National Distribution Union The National Distribution Union (NDU) was a national trade union in New Zealand. It was formed in 1986 as the ''Northern Distribution Union'' by the merger of The Northern Drivers Union, The Northern Stores and Warehouse Union, The Auckland an ...

National Union of Public Employees (New Zealand) The National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) was a British trade union which existed between 1908 and 1993. It represented public sector workers in local government, the Health Service, universities, and water authorities. History The union w ...

* New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association *

New Zealand Building Trades Union The New Zealand Building Trades Union (NZBTU) was a national trade union in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and ...

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU or CTU; mi, Te Kauae Kaimahi) is a national trade union centre in New Zealand. The NZCTU represents 360,000 workers, and is the largest democratic organisation in New Zealand. History It was for ...

* New Zealand Dairy Workers Union * New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa * New Zealand Meat & Related Trades Workers Union * New Zealand Nurses Organisation *

New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union The New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) is a trade union providing professional advocacy and support for career firefighters, trainers, volunteer support officers, fire risk management officers, and fire and emergency dispatchers ...

* New Zealand Public Service Association * New Zealand Writers Guild * NZ Merchant Service Guild Industrial Union of Workers * Post Primary Teachers' Association *

Rail & Maritime Transport Union The Rail & Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) is a trade union in New Zealand. It represents transport workers in all aspects of the transport industry; rail, road and ports. The RMTU is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the ...

* Service & Food Workers Union of Aotearoa *

Solidarity Union Solidarity Union was a short lived trade union in New Zealand and was founded by activists and delegates, including Joe Carolan of Socialist Aotearoa in August 2006. By 2008 the union had ceased meaningful activity. Grant Morgan was a Trustee ...

* Unite Union

Nicaragua

* Confederation of Labour Unification * Nicaraguan Workers' Centre * Sandinista Workers' Centre

Niger

* Democratic Confederation of Workers of Niger * General Union of Workers of Niger * Union of Workers' Trade Unions of Niger

Norway

* Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway * EL & IT Forbundet * Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations * NITO * Norwegian Civil Service Union *

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ( no, Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national union ...

(LO) * Norwegian Post and Communications Union * Norwegian Prison and Probation Officers’ Union *

Norwegian Seafarers' Union The Norwegian Seafarers' Union, NSU, ( no, Norsk Sjømannsforbund, NSF) is a trade union representing sailors in Norway. The union was established 25 September 1910, as the Norwegian Sailors' and Firemen's Union (Norsk Matros- og Fyrbøter-Union ...

* Norwegian Syndicalist League * Norwegian Transport Workers' Union * Norwegian Union of Food, Beverage and Allied Workers * Norwegian Union of General Workers * Norwegian Union of Industry and Energy Workers *

Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees The Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees ( no, Fagforbundet) is a trade union in Norway. It has a membership of 395,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). It was founded in 2003 as a merger of t ...

* Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices * United Federation of Trade Unions

Pakistan

* Pakistan Workers Confederation * All Pakistan Federation of Labour * All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions * All Pakistan Federation of United Trade Unions * All Pakistan Trade Union Congress * All Pakistan Trade Union Federation * Pakistan Labour Federation * Pakistan National Federation of Trade Unions *

Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign The Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign (PTUDC) is an international solidarity campaign for Pakistani workers. History In 1995, Arif Shah, a leading trade union leader, was assassinated. Following his assassination, the Punjab Labour Federa ...

* Pakistan Transport & General Workers' Federation * Pakistan Workers' Federation * Railway Worker's Union (Open Lines)

Panama

* Central National de Trabajadores de Panama * Confederation of Workers of the Republic of Panama * Convergencia Sindical * General Confederation of Workers of Panama * SUNTRACS

Papua New Guinea

* Papua New Guinea Trade Union Congress

Paraguay

* Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (Paraguay) * Confederación Paraguaya de Trabajadores * National Workers' Central (Paraguay)

Peru

* Central Autónoma de Trabajadores del Perú * Confederación de Trabajadores del Perú * Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú * Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú

Philippines

* Federation of Free Workers * May First Labour Movement Centre * Trade Union Congress of the Philippines

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 ...

* Solidarity *

Trade Unions Forum The Trade Unions Forum ( pl, Forum Związków Zawodowych, FZZ) is a national trade union center in Poland. It held its first congress on April 15–16, 2002 in Warsaw, second on April 26–28, 2006 in Zegrze near Warsaw, and on April 12–14, 201 ...

* Workers' Initiative

Portugal

* General Confederation of Labour (Portugal) * General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers * General Union of Workers (Portugal) * Union of Independent Trade Unions (Portugal)

Puerto Rico

* General Confederation of Workers (Puerto Rico) *

Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico The Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico ( es, Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, FMPR) is a trade union federation of teachers in Puerto Rico. With currently 32,000 members, it is one of the most important non-US-aligned unions in the terri ...

Romania

* Democratic Trade Union Confederation of Romania * National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania - Brotherhood *

National Trade Union Bloc The National Trade Union Bloc (BNS) is the second largest national trade union center in Romania. It was founded in 1991 and has a membership of 375,000. Plans for a BNS merger with CNSLR-Fratia were announced in 1994, however this has not tak ...

* National Trade Union Confederation (Romania) * National Trade Union Confederation - Meridian

Russia

* All-Russian Confederation of Labour * Artists Trade Union of Russia * Confederation of Labour of Russia * Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists * Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia * Siberian Confederation of Labour

Rwanda

* Trade Union Centre of Workers of Rwanda * Union of Workers in Industry, Garages, Construction Firms, Mines and Printers

Saint Kitts and Nevis

St. Kitts and Nevis Trades and Labour Union The Saint Kitts and Nevis Trades and Labour Union (TLU) is a general union in St Kitts and Nevis. The union was founded in 1940, following the legalization of trade unions in St Kitts and Nevis. It was initially named the St Kitts - Nevis - Angu ...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

* Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers' Union * National Labour Congress * National Workers' Movement (St. Vincent) * St. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union

Samoa

Samoa Public Service Association The Samoa Public Service Association (PSA; sm, Faalapotopotoga Tagata Faigaluega Malo Samoa) is a trade union in Samoa. Founded in 1969 as a branch of the New Zealand Public Service Association, and officially registered in 1979, the union's thre ...

* Samoa Trade Union Congress

San Marino

* Democratic Confederation of San Marino Workers * San Marino Confederation of Labour

São Tomé and Príncipe

* General Union of the Workers of São Tomé and Príncipe * National Organization of the Workers of São Tomé and Príncipe - Central Union

Senegal

* Dakar Dem Dikk Workers Democratic Union * Democratic Union of Senegalese Workers * National Confederation of Senegalese Workers * National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Senegal

Serbia

* Postmans Trade Union

Seychelles

* Seychelles Federation of Workers' Unions * Seychelles Workers Union

Sierra Leone

* Sierra Leone Confederation of Trade Unions * Sierra Leone Labour Congress

Singapore

National Trades Union Congress The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), also known as the Singapore National Trades Union Congress (SNTUC) internationally, is the sole national trade union centre in Singapore. NTUC is at the heart of the Labour Movement which comprises 5 ...

Slovakia

* Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic * Independent Christian Trade Unions of Slovakia * Priama akcia * Unity Trade Union

Slovenia

* Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia * Confederation of New Trade Unions of Slovenia * Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovenia - Pergam * Trade Union Confederation 90 of Slovenia

Solomon Islands

* Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions

South Africa

* Confederation of South African Workers' Unions ** Solidarity * Congress of South African Trade Unions ** Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union **

Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union The Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (CEPPWAWU) is a trade union representing workers in various industries in South Africa. The union was formed through the merger of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CW ...

Communication Workers Union (South Africa) The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is a trade union representing ICT and postal workers in South Africa. The union was founded in May 1996, when the Post and Telecommunication Workers' Association (POTWA) merged with two small staff associ ...

** Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa ** Food and Allied Workers Union ** Musicians Union of South Africa **National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union ** National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa ** Performing Arts Workers' Equity ** Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union **SASBO - The Finance Union ** South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers Union ** South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union ** South African Democratic Nurses' Union ** South African Democratic Teachers Union ** South African Football Players Union **South African Medical Association ** South African Municipal Workers' Union ** South African State and Allied Workers' Union ** South African Transport and Allied Workers Union ** Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union * Federation of Unions of South Africa ** Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa ** Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union ** Public Servants Association of South Africa ** United Association of South Africa * National Council of Trade Unions ** Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union * National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa

South Korea

* Federation of Korean Trade Unions * Korean Confederation of Trade Unions * Korean Teachers & Education Workers' Union

Spain

* Agrarian Trade Union Federation * Basque Workers' Solidarity * Confederación General del Trabajo (Spain), Confederación General del Trabajo * Confederación Nacional del Trabajo * Confederación Intersindical Galega * Intersindical - Confederació Sindical Catalana * Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak * Spanish Trade Union Organisation * Typographic Workers Trade Union * Unión General de Trabajadores * Workers Collectives * Workers' Commissions, Workers' Commissions (CCOO) * Workers in Struggle Collectives

Sri Lanka

* All Ceylon United Motor Workers' Union * Ceylon Federation of Labour * Ceylon Mercantile Union * GCSU Sri Lanka * National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka), National Union of Workers * United Corporations and Mercantile Union

Sudan

* Sudanese Workers' Trade Union Federation

Suriname

* Federation of Civil Service Organizations * General Alliance of Labour Unions in Suriname * Organization of Cooperating Autonomous Trade Unions * Progressive Labour Federation 47

Swaziland

* Swaziland Federation of Labour * Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions

Sweden

* Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden * Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations * Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees * Swedish Trade Union Confederation

Switzerland

* Swiss Federation of Trade Unions * Travail.Suisse

Syria

* General Federation of Trade Unions (Syria)

Taiwan

* Chinese Federation of Labour * Taiwan Confederation of Trade Unions

Tajikistan

* Tajikistan Federation of Trade Unions

Tanzania

*Tanzania Teachers’ Union *Trade Union' Congress of Tanzania * Zanzibar Trade Union Congress

Thailand

* Labour Congress of Thailand * National Congress of Thai Labour * Thai Trade Union Congress

Togo

* National Confederation of Togolese Workers * National Union of Independent Trade Unions of Togo * Trade Union Confederation of Togolese Workers

Tonga

* Friendly Islands Teachers' Association * Tonga Nurses' Association

Trinidad and Tobago

Current unions

* Airline Superintendents Association * Amalgamated Workers Union * Association of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Staff * Aviation, Communication and Allied Workers Union * Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union * Communication, Transport and General Workers Union * Communication Workers Union (Trinidad and Tobago), Communication Workers Union * Customs and Excise Extra Guards Association * Electronic Media Union of Trinidad and Tobago * Estate Police Association * Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations * Fire Services Association * Managers and Supervisors Association * National Petroleum Staff Association * National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago * National Union of Domestic Employees * National Union of Government and Federated Workers * National Workers' Union (Trinidad & Tobago), National Workers' Union * Oilfields Workers' Trade Union * Public Services Association * Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union * Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and Tobago * Transport and Industrial Workers Union * Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association * Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers Union * Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association * Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers

Historical unions

* All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union * Amalgamated Engineering and General Workers' Trade Union * Bank and General Workers Union * Bank Employees' Union (Trinidad and Tobago), Bank Employees' Union * British Colonial Taxpayers and All Workers Union * Civil Service Association * Communication Services and General Workers Trade Union * Federated Workers Trade Union * Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union * Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union * National Union of Government Employees * Public Works and Public Service Workers Trade Union * Staff Association of Barclays Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Limited * TTT Senior Staff Association * Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union

Tunisia

* Tunisian General Labour Union (created in 1946)

Turkey

* Confederation of Public Workers' Unions * Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey * Confederation of Turkish Real Trade Unions * Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions * Industrial Workers of the World

Turkmenistan

* National Centre of Trade Unions of Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

* Tuvalu Overseas Seamen's Union

Uganda

* National Organization of Trade Unions

Ukraine

* Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine * Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine * National Confederation of the Trade-Union Organizations of Ukraine

United Kingdom

* General Federation of Trade Unions (UK) * Scottish Trades Union Congress * Trades Union Congress

Current unions

The following is a list of major independent trade unions, which are solely accountable to their members and free from employer domination as it stood on 31 March 2012. * Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen ASLEF * Association of Teachers and Lecturers ATL * Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union BFAWU * British Air Line Pilots Association BALPA * Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union BECTU * British Medical Association Medical Doctors BMA * Ceramic and Allied Trades Union CATU * Communication Workers Union (UK), Communication Workers Union CWU * Community (trade union) * Community and Youth Workers' Union * Connect (trade union), Connect - formerly the Society of Telecommunications Executives (STE) * Doctors In Unite Medical Doctors (affiliated with Unite and the TUC) * Educational Institute of Scotland EIS * Equity (UK), EQUITY (actors) * Fire Brigades Union FBU * First Division Association (senior civil service, civil servants) * GMB Union, GMB (General workers' union) * Graphical, Paper and Media Union GPMU * Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association HCSA * Industrial Workers of the World IWW * International Union of Sex Workers * Musicians' Union (UK), Musicians' Union MU * National Association of Probation Officers NAPO * National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers NASUWT * National Union of Journalists NUJ * National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers NUMAST * National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain), National Union of Mineworkers NUM * National Union of Teachers NUT * Offshore Industry Liaison Committee OILC * POA (trade union), Prison Officers Association POA * Professional Association of Teachers PAT * Professional Footballers Association PFA * Prospect (trade union), Prospect (engineering, scientific, management and professional staff) * Public and Commercial Services Union PCS * Rail Maritime and Transport Workers Union, National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers RMT * Royal College of Nursing RCN (legally a professional society rather than a trade union) * Scottish Artists Union SAU * Society of Radiographers SoR * Solidarity Federation * Transport and General Workers Union T&G / TGWU * Transport Salaried Staffs' Association TSSA * Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (''National Union of Teachers of Wales'') UCAC * UNIFI (trade union) (Financial services) * Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians UCATT * Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers USDAW * UNISON (Public services) * Unite (trade union), Unite - the Union * University and College Union, amalgam of the Association of University Teachers, AUT and NATFHE. * The Writers' Guild of Great Britain WGGB

United States

AFL–CIO

:(The AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) * Air Line Pilots Association *

* American Federation of Government Employees * American Federation of Musicians * American Federation of School Administrators * American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees * American Federation of Teachers * American Federation of Television and Radio Artists * American Postal Workers Union * American Train Dispatchers Department * Associated Actors and Artistes of America ** Actors' Equity Association ** American Guild of Musical Artists ** American Guild of Variety Artists ** The Guild of Italian American Actors ** Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists * Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union * Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen * California Nurses Association/ National Nurses Organizing Committee * California School Employees Association * Communications Workers of America * Farm Labor Organizing Committee * Federation of Professional Athletes/National Football League Players Association * Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union *International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees *

* International Association of Fire Fighters * International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers *

* International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers *

* International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America * International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers * International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers * International Union of Elevator Constructors * International Union of Operating Engineers * International Union of Painters and Allied Trades * International Union of Police Associations * Laborers' International Union of North America * Marine Engineers Beneficial Association * National Air Traffic Controllers Association * National Association of Letter Carriers * National Football League Players Association * Office and Professional Employees International Union * Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association * Professional Aviation Safety Specialists * Seafarers International Union of North America *

* Transport Workers Union of America *

* United American Nurses * United Association, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada * United Auto Workers, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union * United Food and Commercial Workers * United Mine Workers of America * United Steelworkers, United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union *

* United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers * Utility Workers Union of America * Writers Guild of America, East

Change to Win Federation

:(The Change to Win Federation) * International Brotherhood of Teamsters *

** Workers United * United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers of America

Independent

* Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association * Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions * Directors Guild of America * Dramatists Guild of America * Fraternal Order of Police * Independent Pilots Association * Industrial Workers of the World * Jockeys' Guild *

* National Basketball Players Association * National Education Association * National Rural Letter Carriers Association * National Treasury Employees Union * NHL Players Association * Professional Lacrosse Players' Association * Programmers Guild * Stage Directors and Choreographers Society * United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America * United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America * US Airline Pilots Association * World Umpires Association * Writers Guild of America, west

Union reform groups

* Labor Notes * Teamsters for a Democratic Union

Uruguay

* Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores - Convención Nacional de Trabajadores

Uzbekistan

* Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

* Vanuatu Council of Trade Unions

Vatican City

* Association of Vatican Lay Workers

Venezuela

* Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela * Movimiento Nacional de Trabajadores Para La Liberación * Unión Nacional de Trabajadores de Venezuela

Vietnam

* Vietnamese General Confederation of Labour

Western Sahara

* General Workers' Union of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro

Yemen

* Yemeni Confederation of Labor Unions

Zambia

* Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia * Zambia Congress of Trade Unions * Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers

Zimbabwe

* Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions which includes the defunct African Trade Union Congress

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trade Unions Lists of trade unions