International Trade Union Confederation

Global trade union federation

International Trade Union Confederation

Abbreviation| ITUC
Formation| 1 November 2006; 18 years ago (2006-11-01)
Merger of|

* International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
* World Confederation of Labour

Type| Trade union centre
Headquarters| Brussels, Belgium
Membership| 207 million (2018)

President

| Akiko Gono

General secretary

| Luc Triangle[1]
Website| www.ituc-csi.org
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The International Trade Union Confederation[2] (ITUC; French: Confédération syndicale international, CSI; German: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund, IGB; Spanish: Confederación Sindical Internacional, CSI) is the world's largest trade union federation.

## History

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The federation was formed on 1 November 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL). The Founding Congress of the ITUC was held in Vienna and was preceded by the dissolution congresses of both the ICFTU and the WCL. The ITUC has three main regional organizations: the Asia-Pacific Regional Organization, the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas, and the African Regional Organisation.[3] The Trade Union Development Cooperation Network (TUDCN) is an initiative of the ITUC whose main objective is to bring the trade union perspective into international development policy debates and improve the coordination and effectiveness of trade union development cooperation activities.[4]

The ITUC represents 207 million workers through its 331 affiliated organizations within 163 countries and territories.[5] Luc Triangle is the current acting General Secretary.[6]

The ITUC traces its origins back to the First International (also known as the International Workingmen's Association) and in 2014 commemorated the 150th anniversary of the founding of the International Working Men's Association at its own world congress held in Berlin. Also in 2014, the ITUC debuted the Global Rights Index, which ranks nations on 97 metrics pertaining to workers' rights, such as freedom from violent conditions and the right to strike and unionize.[7] According to the 2020 update of the Index, there has been a significant increase in violations of workers' rights around the world.[8]

## Inaugural congress 2006

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The founding congress of the ITUC was held from 1 to 3 November 2006 in Vienna, Austria.

The first day of the congress saw the formal creation of the ITUC followed by an address by Juan Somavía, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO).[9]

Day two included Pascal Lamy, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) responding to panel discussions on the impact of globalisation, including the topics "Cohesion and chaos – the global institutions" and "Global unions – global companies". Technical difficulties limited Lamy's satellite video link participation.

Leadership and officers were elected on the final day of the congress. Guy Ryder, the former general secretary of the ICFTU, was elected to the same position in the new organisation.[10] Sharan Burrow was elected president. A Governing Council was established, with 70 elected members, and 8 additional seats reserved for youth and women's representatives.

A council of Global Unions was also formed on the final day of the congress. It was established jointly with ten global union federations and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC).

## Second congress 2010

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The second congress of the ITUC was held from 21 to 25 June 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.

On 25 June 2010, at the conclusion of the congress, Sharan Burrow (then ITUC President) was elected General Secretary, succeeding Guy Ryder (who had been elected as Deputy Director General of the International Labour Organization).[11] In anticipation of her election, Burrow had resigned from her position as President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions effective 1 July 2010.[12]

Speaking to the Congress after her election, Burrow paid tribute to her predecessor and emphasized the continuing role of organized labour in the world's emergence from the 2008 financial crisis. She also made special mention of the significance of her election as the first female leader of the world's largest trade union (against a background of high workforce participation by women and a Congress 50 per cent of whose delegates were women[13]):

> I am a warrior for woman and we still have work to ensure the inclusion of women in the work place and in our unions. The struggles for women are multiple – too often within their families for independence, then in the workplace for rights and equal opportunity, in their unions for access and representation and then as union leaders. But the investment in and participation of women is not only a moral mandate it is an investment in democracy and a bulwark against fundamentalism and oppression. Organising woman is and must continue to be a priority for the ITUC.[14]

## Organisation

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Countries in light blue have an ITUC affiliate

The Pan-European Regional Council (PERC), a European trade union organisation within the ITUC was formed 19 March 2007. It consists of 87 national trade union centres and a total membership of 87 million. It works closely with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). The ITUC raises capital through charging dues to its member organisations.[15]

## Leadership

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### General Secretaries

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2006: Guy Ryder
2010: Sharan Burrow
2022: Luca Visentini
2023: Luc Triangle

### Presidents

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2006: Sharan Burrow
2010: Michael Sommer
2014: João Antonio Felicio
2018: Ayuba Wabba
2022: Akiko Gono[16]

## Affiliated Organisations

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As of 2024 the ITUC has 339 affiliated organisations.[17]

Organisation  | Country  | Membership as of 2012[18]

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Confederation of the Trade Unions of Albania (KSSH) | Albania | 105,000
Union of the Independent Trade Unions of Albania (BSPSH) | Albania | 84,000
Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens (UGTA) | Algeria | 1,875,520
Central Geral de Sindicatos Independentes e Livres de Angola (CGSILA) | Angola | 93,000
União Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Angola (UNTA-CS) | Angola | 215,548
Antigua & Barbuda Public Service Association (ABPSA) | Antigua and Barbuda | 365
Antigua & Barbuda Workers' Union (ABWU) | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,000
Central de los Trabajadores Argentinos (CTA) | Argentina | 600,000
Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina (CGT) | Argentina | 4,401,023
Federacion di trahadornan di Aruba (FTA) | Aruba | 2,507
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) | Australia | 1,761,400
Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund (ÖGB) | Austria | 1,222,190
Azerbaycan Hemkarlar Ittifaqlari Konfederasiyasi (AHIK) | Azerbaijan | 735,000
General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) | Bahrain | 10,000
Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress (BFTUC) | Bangladesh | 85,000
Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal (BJSD) | Bangladesh | 180,000
Bangladesh Labour Federation (BLF) | Bangladesh | 102,000
Bangladesh Mukto Sramik Federation (BMSF) | Bangladesh | 204,000
Bangladesh Sanjukta Sramik Federation (BSSF) | Bangladesh | 155,000
Jatio Sramik League (JSL) | Bangladesh | 150,000
Barbados Workers' Union (BWU) | Barbados | 15,000
Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) | Belarus | 9,000
Centrale générale des syndicats libéraux de Belgique (CGSLB) | Belgium | 274,308
Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens (CSC-ACV) | Belgium | 1,603,075
Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB) | Belgium | 1,517,538
National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) | Belize | 8,000
Confédération des Organisations Syndicales Indépendantes du Bénin (COSI) | Benin | 53,470
Confédération des Syndicats Autonomes du Bénin (CSA) | Benin | 60,000
Confédération Générale des Travailleurs du Bénin (CGTB) | Benin | 90,751
Union Nationale des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Bénin (UNSTB) | Benin | 36,000
Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) | Bermuda | 4,000
Bermuda Trade Union Congress (BTUC) | Bermuda | 5,000
Federación Boneriana di Trabao (FEDEBON) | Bonaire | 500
Konfederacija Sindikata Bosne I Hercegovine (KSBiH) | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 223,000
Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) | Botswana | 56,000
Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) | Brazil | 7,824,215
Confederação Nacional das Profissões Liberais (CNPL) | Brazil | 280,000
Força Sindical (FS) | Brazil | 2,100,000
União Geral dos Trabalhadores Brasil (UGT) | Brazil | 1,350,200
Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (KNSB / CITUB) | Bulgaria | 220,000
Confederation of Labour Podkrepa | Bulgaria | 150,730
Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs Burkinabé (CNTB) | Burkina Faso | 10,500
Confédération Syndicale Burkinabé (CSB) | Burkina Faso | 19,386
Organisation Nationale des Syndicats Libres (ONSL) | Burkina Faso | 42,500
Union Syndicale des Travailleurs du Burkina (USTB) | Burkina Faso | 8,700
Federation of Trade Unions – Burma (FTUB) | Burma | 10,000
Confédération des Syndicats du Burundi (COSYBU) | Burundi | 12,000
Confédération Syndicale du Burundi (CSB) | Burundi | 5,500
Cambodia Confederation of Trade Unions (CCTU) | Cambodia | 10,000
Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU) | Cambodia | 95,616
Cambodian Labor Confederation (CLC) | Cambodia | 63,880
Confédération des Syndicats Autonomes du Cameroun (CSAC) | Cameroon | 75,000
Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Cameroun (CSTC) | Cameroon | 150,000
Unions des Syndicats Libres du Cameroun (USLC) | Cameroon | 50,000
Canadian Labour Congress/Congrès du travail du Canada (CLC-CTC) | Canada | 1,500,000
Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (CSD) | Canada | 72,750
Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) | Canada | 300,000
Confederaçao Caboverdiana dos Sindicatos Livres (CCSL) | Cape Verde | 19,786
União Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Cabo Verde – Central Sindical (UNTC-CS) | Cape Verde | 15,000
Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique (CNTC) | Central African Republic | 15,998
Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique (CSTC) | Central African Republic | 11,124
Confédération Libre des Travailleurs du Tchad (CLTT) | Chad | 42,000
Union des Syndicats du Tchad (UST) | Chad | 55,300
Central Autónoma de Trabajadores de Chile (CAT) | Chile | 107,000
Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Chile (CUT) | Chile | 400,000
Unión Nacional de Trabajadores de Chile (UNT) | Chile | 92,000
Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) | Colombia | 510,455
Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia (CTC) | Colombia | 250,000
Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) | Colombia | 700,000
Confédération des Travailleuses et Travailleurs des Comores (CTTC) | Comoros | 5,000
Confédération des Syndicats Libres et Autonomes du Congo (COSYLAC) | Congo | 19,000
Confédération Syndicale Congolaise (CSC) | Congo | 36,391
Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Congo (CSTC) | Congo | 49,799
Confédération Démocratique du Travail (CDT) | Democratic Republic of Congo | 51,000
Confédération Syndicale du Congo (CSC) | Democratic Republic of Congo | 390,105
Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Congo (UNTC) | Democratic Republic of Congo | 51,000
Cook Islands Workers Association Inc. (CIWA) | Cook Islands | 1,200
Central del Movimiento de Trabajadores Costarricenses (CMTC) | Costa Rica | 67,000
Confederación de Trabajadores Rerum Novarum (CTRN) | Costa Rica | 49,815
Grenada Trades' Union Council (GTUC) | Grenada | 8,000
Central General de Trabajadores de Guatemala (CGTG) | Guatemala | 60,000
Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala (CUSG) | Guatemala | 30,000
Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala (UNSITRAGUA) | Guatemala | 10,479
Confédération Nationale de Travailleurs de Guinée (CNTG) | Guinea | 100,500
Organisation Nationale des Syndicats Libres de Guinée (ONSLG) | Guinea | 43,000
Union Syndicale des Travailleurs de Guinée (USTG) | Guinea | 41,000
Union Nationale des Travailleurs de Guinée Bissau (UNTGB) | Guinea-Bissau | 50,000
Confédération des Travaillers des Secteurs Public & Privé (CTSP) | Haiti | 9,571
Confédération des Travailleurs Haïtiens (CTH) | Haiti | 65,000
Coordination Syndicale Haïtienne (CSH) | Haiti | 35,000
Central General de Trabajadores (CGT) | Honduras | 250,000
Confederación de Trabajadores de Honduras (CTH) | Honduras | 55,000
Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores de Honduras (CUTH) | Honduras | 295,000
Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council (HKTUC) | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5,000
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) | Hong Kong SAR, China | 170,000
Autonomous Trade Union Confederation (ATUC) | Hungary | 109,213
Democratic League of Independent Trade Unions (LIGA) | Hungary | 112,000
Magyar Szakszervezetek Országos Szövetsége (MSZOSZ) | Hungary | 400,000
National Federation of Workers' Councils (MOSZ) | Hungary | 45,186
Alþýðusamband Íslands / Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASI) | Iceland | 96,722
Bandalag starfsmanna ríkis og bæja (BSRB) | Iceland | 19,000
Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) | India | 5,788,822
Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) | India | 8,200,000
Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) | India | 1,351,493
Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (CITU/KSPI) | Indonesia | 507,000
Konfederasi Serikat Buruh Sejahtera Indonesia (KSBSI) | Indonesia | 520,000
Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) | Ireland | 833,486
General Federation of Labour in Israel (HISTADRUT) | Israel | 450,000
Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL) | Italy | 5,542,677
Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (CISL) | Italy | 4,507,349
Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL) | Italy | 2,174,151
Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-Rengo) | Japan | 6,622,468
General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU) | Jordan | 120,000
Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU(K)) | Kenya | 234,000
Kiribati Trades Union Congress (KTUC) | Kiribati | 3,000
Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) | Korea, South | 878,628
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) | Korea, South | 812,500
Bashkimi I Sindikatave të Pavarura të Kosovës (BSPK) | Kosovo | 70,486
Kuwait Trade Union Federation (KTUF) | Kuwait | 35,000
Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia (LBAS) | Republic of Latvia | 100,035
Liberia Labour Congress (LLC) | Liberia | 42,000
Liechtensteinischer ArbeitnehmerInnenverband (LANV) | Liechtenstein | 895
Lithuanian Labour Federation (LDF) | Republic of Lithuania | 18,500
Lithuanian Trade Union "SOLIDARUMAS" (LPSS) | Republic of Lithuania | 10,000
Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation (LPSK) | Republic of Lithuania | 60,000
Confédération Syndicale Indépendante du Luxembourg (OGBL) | Luxembourg | 70,502
Lëtzebuerger Chrëschtleche Gewerkschafts-Bond (LCGB) | Luxembourg | 36,000
Union of Independent and Autonomous Trade Unions of Macedonia (UNASM) | North Macedonia | 5,300
Firaisan'ny Sendikan’ny Mpiasan’ny Madagasikara (FI.SE.MA.) | Madagascar | 25,362
Fivondronamben'ny Mpiasa Malagasy Confédération des Travailleurs Malgaches (FMM) | Madagascar | 15,000
Sendika Krisitianina Malgasy – Conf. Chrétienne des Syndicats Malgaches (SEKRIMA) | Madagascar | 32,802
Union des Syndicats Autonomes du Madagascar (USAM) | Madagascar | 5,046
Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) | Malawi | 200,000
Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) | Malaysia | 400,000
Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Mali (CSTM) | Mali | 16,000
Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Mali (UNTM) | Mali | 130,000
Confederation of Malta Trade Unions (CMTU) | Malta | 30,351
General Workers' Union (GWU) | Malta | 30,000
Confédération Générale des Travailleurs de Mauritanie (CGTM) | Mauritania | 36,000
Confédération Libre des Travailleurs de Mauritanie (CLTM) | Mauritania | 56,000
Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs de Mauritanie (CNTM) | Mauritania | 37,530
Union des Travailleurs de Mauritanie (UTM) | Mauritania | 29,000
Mauritius Labour Congress (MLC) | Mauritius | 10,000
Mauritius Trade Union Congress (MTUC) | Mauritius | 15,000
National Trade Unions Confederation (NTUC) | Mauritius | 35,000
Confederación de Trabajadores de México (CTM) | Mexico | 1,500,000
Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos (CROC) | Mexico | 1,251,000
Consejo Nacional de los Trabajadores (CNT) | Mexico | 6,000
Unión Nacional de Trabajadores (UNT) | Mexico | 180,000
Confederatia Nationala a Sindicatelor din Moldova (CNSM) | Moldova | 401,601
Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions (CMTU) | Mongolia | 450,000
Confederation of Trade Unions of Montenegro (SSCG) | Republic of Montenegro | 62,000
Confédération Démocratique du Travail (CDT) | Morocco | 61,500
Union Générale des Travailleurs du Maroc (UGTM) | Morocco | 750,550
Union Marocaine du Travail (UMT) | Morocco | 335,000
Organizaçâo dos Trabalhadores de Moçambique (OTM) | Mozambique | 97,305
National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) | Namibia | 80,000
Trade Union Congress of Namibia (TUCNA) | Namibia | 42,100
All Nepal Federation of Trade Unions (ANTUF) | Nepal | 615,233
General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) | Nepal | 330,619
Nepal Trade Union Congress Independent (NTUC-I) | Nepal | 140,000
Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond (CNV) | Netherlands | 299,000
Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV) | Netherlands | 1,370,884
Union des Syndicats des Ouvriers et Employés de Nouvelle Calédonie (USOENC) | New Caledonia | 4,781
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) | New Zealand | 200,000
Central de Trabajadores de Nicaragua (CTN) | Nicaragua | 25,410
Central Sandinista de Trabajadores (CST) | Nicaragua | 40,000
Confederación de Unificación Sindical (CUS) | Nicaragua | 30,000
Frente Nacional de los Trabajadores (FNT) | Nicaragua | 139,300
Confédération Démocratique des Travailleurs du Niger (CDTN) | Niger | 34,985
Confédération Nigérienne du Travail (CNT) | Niger | 75,000
Union des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Niger (USTN) | Niger | 43,000
Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) | Nigeria | 500,000
Confederation of Unions for Professionals (Unio) | Norway | 300,000
Confederation of Vocational Unions (YS) | Norway | 209,344
Landsorganisasjonen i Norge (LO) | Norway | 880,769
All Pakistan Trade Union Congress (APTUC) | Pakistan | 110,000
Pakistan Workers' Federation (PWF) | Pakistan | 500,000
Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) | Palestine | 318,052
Confederación de Trabajadores de la República de Panamá (CTRP) | Panama | 40,000
Confederación General de Trabajadores de Panamá (CGTP) | Panama | 53,250
Convergencia Sindical (CS) | Panama | 33,800
Central Nacional de Trabajadores (CNT) | Paraguay | 120,840
Central Unitaria de Trabajadores Auténtica (CUT-A) | Paraguay | 40,000
Central Autónoma de Trabajadores del Perú (CATP) | Peru | 12,705
Central Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú (CUT) | Peru | 25,000
Alliance of Progressive Labour (APL) | Philippines | 50,821
Federation of Free Workers (FFW) | Philippines | 27,078
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) | Philippines | 475,000
Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność" (NSZZ) | Poland | 622,596
Ogólnopolskie Porozumienie Związków Zawodowych (OPZZ) | Poland | 320,000
União Geral de Trabalhadores (UGT-P) | Portugal | 260,000
Blocul National Sindical (BNS) | Romania | 150,000
Confederația Națională Sindicală Cartel Alfa (Cartel ALFA) | Romania | 1,050,000
Confederaţia Sindicatelor Democratice din România (CSDR) | Romania | 101,000
Confederația Națională a Sindicatelor Libere din România (CNSLR-FRATIA) | Romania | 400,000
Confederation of Labour of Russia (KTR) | Russian Federation | 2,100,000
Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR) | Russian Federation | 27,800,000
Centrale des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Rwanda (CESTRAR) | Rwanda | 72,000
Congrès du Travail et de la Fraternité au Rwanda (COTRAF) | Rwanda | 20,000
National Workers Union – St. Lucia (NWU) | Saint Lucia | 3,000
St. Lucia Seamen, Waterfront & General Workers' Trade Union (SWGWTU) | Saint Lucia | 1,000
Samoa Trade Union Congress (STUC) | Samoa | 2,000
Confederazione Democratica Lavoratori Sammarinesi (CDLS) | San Marino | 6,715
Confederazione Sammarinese del Lavoro (CSDL) | San Marino | 5,700
Organizaçâo Nacional dos Trabalhadores de São Tomé e Principe -Central Sindical (ONTSTP-CS) | Sao Tome and Principe | 4,000
União Geral de Trabalhadores de São Tomé e Príncipe (UGT-STP) | Sao Tome and Principe | 7,684
Confédération des Syndicats Autonomes du Sénégal (CSA) | Senegal | 40,000
Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs du Sénégal – Forces du Changement (CNTS-FC) | Senegal | 14,000
Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs du Sénégal (CNTS) | Senegal | 70,000
Union Démocratique des Travailleurs du Sénegal (UDTS) | Senegal | 20,000
Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes du Sénégal (UNSAS) | Senegal | 53,000
Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (CATUS) | Serbia | 465,000
Ujedinjeni Granski Sindikati Nezavisnost (NEZAVISNOST) | Serbia | 128,000
Central Confederation of Trade Unions (CCOTU) | Sierra Leone | 8,340
Sierra Leone Labour Congress (SLLC) | Sierra Leone | 54,550
National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) | Singapore | 229,000
Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic (KOZSR) | Slovakia | 260,780
Confederation of South African Workers' Unions (CONSAWU) | South Africa | 49,730
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) | South Africa | 1,800,000
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) | South Africa | 310,000
National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) | South Africa | 310,000
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) | South Korea | 1,134,000
Korean Trade Union Federation (FKTU) | South Korea | 1,153,000
Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO.) | Spain | 900,000
Euskal Sindikatua ELA (ELA) | Spain | 115,000
Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) | Spain | 880,000
Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) | Spain | 112,000
Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) | Sri Lanka | 190,000
National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) | Sri Lanka | 400,000
National Workers' Congress (NWC) | Sri Lanka | 82,972
Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya (SLNSS) | Sri Lanka | 68,000
Algemeen Verbond van Vakverenigingen in Suriname "De Moederbond" (MOEDERBOND) | Surinam | 6,000
Organisatie van Samenwerkende Autonome Vakbonden (OSAV) | Surinam | 5,000
Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) | Swaziland | 76,000
Landsorganisationen i Sverige (LO) | Sweden | 1,564,767
Sveriges Akademikers Centralorganisation (SACO) | Sweden | 579,874
Tjänstemännens Centralorganisation (TCO) | Sweden | 961,650
Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund / Union syndicale Suisse (SGB) | Switzerland | 377,327
Chinese Federation of Labour (CFL) | Taiwan | 250,000
Trade Unions' Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA) | Tanzania | 350,000
Zanzibar Trade Union Congress (ZATUC) | Tanzania | 15,000
Labour Congress of Thailand (LCT) | Thailand | 25,000
National Congress Private Industrial of Employees (NCPE) | Thailand | 150,000
State Enterprises Workers' Relations Confederation (SERC) | Thailand | 50,000
Thai Trade Union Congress (TTUC) | Thailand | 8,000
Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs du Togo (CNTT) | Togo | 55,000
Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Togo (CSTT) | Togo | 79,172
Union Nationale des Syndicats Indépendants du Togo (UNSIT) | Togo | 9,000
Tonga National Trade Union Congress (TNTUC) | Tonga | 1,000
All Trinidad General Workers' Trade Union (ATGWTU) | Trinidad and Tobago | 500
National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (NATUC) | Trinidad and Tobago | 45,000
Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT) | Tunisia | 517,000
Devrimci Isçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu (DISK) | Turkey | 30,000
Kamu Emekçileri Sendikalari Konfederasyonu (KESK) | Turkey | 200,000
Türkiye Hak Isçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu (HAK-IS) | Turkey | 330,000
Türkiye Isçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu (TÜRK-IS) | Turkey | 820,000
National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) | Uganda | 146,000
All-Ukrainian Union of Workers' Solidarity (VOST) | Ukraine | 151,120
Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) | Ukraine | 267,000
Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU) | Ukraine | 8,480,000
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) | USA | 8,400,000
Vanuatu Council of Trade Unions (VCTU) | Vanuatu | 2,388
Associazione Dipendenti Laici Vaticani (ADLV) | Vatican | 1,000
Alianza Sindical Independiente (ASI) | Venezuela | 120,000
General Federation of Worker's Trade Unions of Yemen (GFWTUY) | Yemen | 350,000
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)  | Zambia | 350,000
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) | Zimbabwe | 241,998
Confédération générale autonome des travailleurs en Algérie (CGATA) | Algeria |
Central de los Trabajadores Argentinos – Autónoma (CTA-A) | Argentina |
Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia (HAMK) | Armenia |
Nova Central Sindical de Trabalhadores (NCST) | Brazil |
Centrale des Syndicats de Secteurs Privé, Parapublic et Informel du Bénin (CSPIB) | Benin |
Centrale Syndicale du Secteur Public (CSP) | Benin |
Central Social Juanito Mora Porras (CSJMP) | Costa Rica |
Centrale syndicale Humanisme (CSH) | Côte d'Ivoire |
Confédération Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas Unitarias de Trabajadores (CEDOCUT) | Ecuador |
Confédération Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Sindicales Libres (CEOSL) | Ecuador |
Egyptian Democratic Labour Congress (EDLC) | Egypt |
Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU) | Egypt |
Confederación Sindical Trabajadoras y Trabajadores de El Salvador (CSTS) | El Salvador |
Icelandic Confederation of University Graduates (BHM) | Iceland |
Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kazakhstan (CNTUK) | Kazakhstan |
Federations of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan (FPRK) | Kazakhstan |
Lesotho Labour Council (LLC) | Lesotho |
General Federation of Trade Unions in Libya (GFTUL) | Libya
Confederation of Trade Unions – Myanmar (CTUM) | Myanmar |
Maldives Trade Union Congress (MTUC) | Maldives |
Congress of Independent Trade Unions (CITU) | Nepal |
Confédération des Travailleurs du Secteur Privé (CTSP) | Rwanda |
Timor Leste Trade Union Confederation (TLTUC/KSTL) | Timor Leste |
South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) | South Africa |
Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) | Somalia |
Solomons Islands Council of Trade Unions (SICTU) | Solomon Islands |
South Sudan Workers Trade Union Federation (SSWTUF) | South Sudan |
Confederation of Free Trade Unions of India (CFTUI) | India |
Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) | Philippines |
Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO) | Philippines
Unione Sammarinese Lavoratori (USL) | San Marino |

## See also

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* Organized labour portal

* Decent work
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* Global Rights Index
* Global union federation
* International Labour Organization
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* World Federation of Trade Unions

## Notes

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## References

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1. ^ "Luc Triangle confirmed as ITUC General Secretary". ituc-csi.org. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
2. ^ Staff writer (2024). "International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)". UIA Global Civil Society Database. uia.org. Brussels, Belgium: Union of International Associations. Yearbook of International Organizations Online. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
3. ^ "About Us". International Trade Union Confederation. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
4. ^ "Development (TUDCN)". International Trade Union Confederation. ITUC-CSI-IGB. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
5. ^ "International Trade Union Confederation". www.ituc-csi.org. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
6. ^ "About us". ITUC. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
7. ^ Kevin Short (28 May 2014). The Worst Places On The Planet To Be A Worker. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 May 2014; see also: ITUC Global Rights Index: The world's worst countries for workers.
8. ^ Srikanth, Anagha (18 June 2020). "The US ranks worse than these major economies for "systematic violation of workers' rights, according to a new report". The Hill. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
9. ^ "ILO Director-General lauds formation of new global union federation". ILO Online press room. November 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
10. ^ "Growing concern over the Leadership of the International Trade Union Confederation – Wikinews, the free news source". Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
11. ^ "Sharan Burrow Acceptance Speech". ITUC Online. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
12. ^ "Executive – Australian Council of Trade Unions". ACTU Online. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
13. ^ "Second ITUC World Congress concludes by electing its first female General Secretary". ITUC Online. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
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16. ^ "Akiko Gono".
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## Bibliography

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* Fabio Bertini (2011), Gilliatt e la piovra. Il sindacalismo internazionale dalle origini ad oggi (1776–2006), Roma, Aracne
* Ed Mustill (2013), The Global Labour Movement: An Introduction, a short guide to the global union federations, the ITUC, and other international bodies

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