List of trade unions

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This is a list of trade unions and union federations by country.

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International federations

Global

Sectoral global union federations

European Federations

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Company Union

Cape Verde

Caribbean

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

People's Republic of China

Colombia

Commonwealth of Independent States

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

The three major confederations:

Individual trade unions

France

Major confederations

Other important unions

Gabon

The Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Major confederations

Independent unions

Ghana

Gibraltar

Historical unions

Greece

Greenland

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Historical unions

Current unions

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Major confederations

Other unions

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg


Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

North Macedonia

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

  • Deșteptarea (1879) [1]

Russia

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

San Marino

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Current unions

Historical unions

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

United Kingdom

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. [2]

United States

AFL–CIO

(The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations )

Change to Win Federation

(The Change to Win Federation )

Independent

Union reform groups

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vatican City

Venezuela

Vietnam

Western Sahara

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

See also

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References

  1. Linden, Marcel van der, and Jürgen Rojahn. The Formation of Labour Movements, 1870-1914: An International Perspective. Contributions to the history of labour and society, v. 2 . Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990. p. 384
  2. See Annual Report of the Certification Officer 2011-2012 (2012) Appendix 1.
  3. Jim McLean (12 May 2001). "Artists draw up first trade union". Herald Scotland . Retrieved 1 February 2014.