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A trade union is an association of workers forming a legal unit or legal personhood, usually called a "bargaining unit", which acts as bargaining agent and legal representative for a unit of employees in all matters of law or right arising from or in the administration of a collective agreement. Labour unions typically fund the formal organization, head office, and legal team functions of the labour union through regular fees or union dues. The delegate staff of the labour union representation in the workforce are made up of workplace volunteers who are appointed by members in democratic elections.
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) was an international trade union. It came into being on 7 December 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), and was dissolved on 31 October 2006 when it merged with the World Confederation of Labour (WCL) to form the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions. WFTU was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations. After a number of Western trade unions left it in 1949, as a result of disputes over support for the Marshall Plan, to form the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, the WFTU was made up primarily of unions affiliated with or sympathetic to communist parties. In the context of the Cold War, the WFTU was often portrayed as a Soviet front organization. A number of those unions, including those from Yugoslavia and China, left later when their governments had ideological differences with the Soviet Union.
Irving Brown was an American trades unionist, member of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and then the AFL-CIO, who played an important role in Western Europe and in Africa during the Cold War in supporting splits among trade unions in order to counter communist influence. Brown founded, in 1962, the American Institute for Free Labor Development along with former Communist Party of America member Jay Lovestone.
The Italian Federation of Wood, Building and Allied Workers is a trade union representing construction workers in Italy.
The National Federation of Italian Agricultural Labourers and Employees was a trade union representing agricultural workers in Italy.
The Italian Federation of Garment Workers was a trade union representing workers involved in making clothing and footwear in Italy.
The Italian Railway Union was a trade union representing railway workers in Italy.
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The Italian Federation of Construction and Allied Workers is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in Italy.
The Italian Federation of Metal Mechanics is a trade union representing metal and engineering workers in Italy.
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The Italian Federation of Textile Workers was a trade union representing workers in the textile industry in Italy.
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