ITUC-Asia Pacific explained

ITUC Asia Pacific
Location Country:	Asia and Pacific Region
Affiliation:	ITUC
Members:	30 million in 28 countries http://www.icftu-apro.org/chart.html
Full Name:	ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific
Founded:	2007
Key People:	Felix Anthony, President Shoya Yoshida,^[1] General Secretary

The ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific (ITUC Asia Pacific) is a regional organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation representing trade unions from countries in Asia and Oceania. It has 40 affiliated organisations in 28 countries, claiming a membership of 30 million people.

History

The federation was founded in 2007, when the ICFTU-Asia Pacific Regional Organisation merged with the World Confederation of Labour's Brotherhood of Asian Trade Unions.

Affiliates

The following national organisations are affiliated to ITUC Asia Pacific (ordered by country):

• Australia
  • Australian Council of Trade Unions
• Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress
  • Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal
  • Bangladesh Labour Federation
  • Jatiya Sramik League
• Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • Chinese Federation of Labour
• Cook Islands
  • Cook Islands Workers Association Incorporated
• Fiji
  • Fiji Trades Union Congress
• French Polynesia
  • A Tia I Mua
• India
  • Hind Mazdoor Sabha
  • Indian National Trade Union Congress
• Israel
  • General Federation of Labour in Israel
• Japan
  • Japanese Trade Union Confederation
• Jordan
  • The General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions
• Kiribati
  • Kiribati Trades Union Congress
• South Korea
  • Federation of Korean Trade Unions
  • Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
• Malaysia
  • Malaysian Trades Union Congress
• Mongolia
  • Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions
• Myanmar
  • Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar - CTUM
• Nepal
  • Nepal Trade Union Congress
• New Caledonia
  • Union Des Syndicates des Oudriers et Employes de Nouvelle Caledonie
• New Zealand
  • New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
• Pakistan
  • All Pakistan Federation of Labour
  • All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions
  • Pakistan National Federation of Trade Unions
• Papua New Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea Trade Union Congress
• Philippines
  • Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
  • Federation of Free Workers
• Samoa
  • Samoa Workers Congress
• Singapore
  • National Trades Union Congress
• Sri Lanka
  • Ceylon Workers' Congress
• Thailand
  • State Enterprises Workers' Relations Confederation-SERC
  • Labour Congress of Thailand
  • Thai Trade Union Congress
• Tonga
  • Friendly Islands Teachers' Association
• Turkey
  • Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey
  • Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions
  • The Confederation of Turkish Real Trade Unions
  • Confederation of Public Servants Trade Unions
• Vanuatu
  • Vanuatu Council of Trade Unions

Leadership

General Secretary

2017: Shoya Yoshida

President

2015: Felix Anthony

External links

• ITUC Asia Pacific website

Notes and References

1. Web site: First steering committee meeting of the Asia-Pacific Trade Union Development Cooperation Network. www.ituc-csi.org. en. 2019-09-20.