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- ↑ "Article 14 [Unions]". Albania - Constitution. Archived from the original on 2007-04-16. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
- ↑ Albania withdrew from the ILO in 1967, but returned in 1991.
- ↑ ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
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