List of trade unions explained

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

International federations

Global

• Industrial Workers of the World
• International Trade Union Confederation
• International Workers Association
• World Federation of Trade Unions
• International Confederation of Labor
• World Organization of Workers

Sectoral global union federations

See main article: Global union federation.

• Building and Wood Workers' International
• Education International
• FIFPro
• International Domestic Workers Federation
• IndustriALL Global Union
• International Affiliation of Writers Guilds
• International Arts and Entertainment Alliance
• International Federation of Actors
• International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations
• International Federation of Journalists
• International Federation of Musicians
• International Transport Workers' Federation
• International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations
• Public Services International
• Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers
• UNI Global Union

European Federations

• List of federations of trade unions in Europe

Albania

• Confederation of Trade Unions (Albania)
• United Independent Albanian Trade Unions

Algeria

• General Union of Algerian Workers
• Union générale des syndicats algériens

Andorra

• Andorran Workers' Union

Angola

• General Centre of Independent and Free Unions of Angola
• Independent Union of Maritime and Related Workers
• National Union of Angolan Workers

Antigua and Barbuda

• Antigua and Barbuda Public Service Association
• Antigua Trades and Labour Union
• Antigua Workers' Union
• Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association

Argentina

• Argentine Workers' Center
• Consejo Coordinador Argentino Sindical
• Federación Agraria Argentina
• Federación Obrera Regional Argentina
• General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)

Armenia

See main article: Trade unions in Armenia.

• Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia

Aruba

• Aruban Workers' Federation

Australia

See main article: List of trade unions in Australia.

• AFL Players Association
• Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union
• Australian and International Pilots Association
• Australian Council of Trade Unions
• Australian Federation of Air Pilots
• Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers
• Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
• Australian Maritime Officers Union
• Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
• Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union
• Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation
• Australian Services Union
• Australian Workers Union
• Civil Air Operations Officers' Association of Australia
• Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union
• Community and Public Sector Union
• Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
• Electrical Trades Union
• Finance Sector Union
• Flight Attendants Association of Australia
• Musicians' Union of Australia
• Health Services Union
• Industrial Workers of the World
• Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance
• National Tertiary Education Union
• Police Federation of Australia
• Professionals Australia
• Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association
• Transport Workers Union of Australia
• United Firefighters Union of Australia
• United Workers Union

Austria

• Austrian Trade Union Federation
• Industrial Workers of the World
• Viennese Workers Syndicate

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation
• Committee for Oil Industry Workers' Rights
• Journalists Trade Union of Azerbaijan

Bahamas

• Bahamas Airline Pilots Association
• Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union
• Bahamas Taxi Cab Union
• Commonwealth of the Bahamas Trade Union Congress
• Bahamas Union of Teachers

Bahrain

• General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress
• Bangladesh Ganotantrik Sramik Federation
• Bangladesh Jatio Sramik League
• Bangladesh Jatiyo Sramik Jote
• Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal
• Bangladesh Labour Federation
• Bangladesh Sanjukta Sramik Federation
• Bangladesh Trade Union Kendra
• Jatio Sramik Federation
• Jatyo Sramik League
• Samajtantrik Sramik Front

Barbados

• Barbados Workers' Union
• Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados
• Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association
• National Union of Public Workers

Belarus

• Trade unions in Belarus
  • Belarus Free Trade Union
  • Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions
  • Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus

Belgium

• Confederation of Christian Trade Unions
• General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium
• General Federation of Belgian Labour

Belize

• Christian Workers' Union
• General Workers' Union (Belize)
• National Trade Union Congress of Belize
• United General Workers Union

Benin

• Autonomous Trade Unions Centre
• General Confederation of the Workers of Benin
• National Union of the Unions of the Workers of Benin

Bermuda

• Bermuda Industrial Union
• Bermuda Public Services Association

Bhutan

• Federation of Bhutanese Trade Unions

Bolivia

• Bolivian Workers' Center
• Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia
• Corriente de Renovación Independiente y Solidaridad Laboral
• Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republika Srpska

Botswana

• Botswana Federation of Trade Unions
  • Air Botswana Employees' Union
  • Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board Workers' Union
  • Botswana Bank Employees' Union
  • Botswana Beverages & Allied Workers' Union
  • Botswana Central Bank Staff Union
  • Botswana Commercial & General Workers' Union
  • Botswana Construction Workers' Union
  • Botswana Diamond Sorters & Valuators' Union
  • Botswana Hotel Travel & Tourism Workers' Union
  • Botswana Housing Corporation Staff Union
  • Botswana Institute of Development Management Workers' Union
  • Botswana Manufacturing & Packaging Workers' Union
  • Botswana Meat Industry Workers' Union
  • Botswana Mining Workers' Union
  • Botswana National Development Bank Staff Union
  • Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union
  • Botswana Power Corporation Workers' Union
  • Botswana Private Medical & Health Services Workers' Union
  • Botswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' Union
  • Botswana Saving Bank Employees' Union
  • Botswana Telecommunication Employees' Union
  • Botswana Vaccine Institute Staff Union
  • Botswana Wholesale, Furniture & Retail Workers' Union
  • National Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' Union
  • Rural Industry Promotions Company Workers' Union
  • University of Botswana Non-Academic Staff Union

Brazil

• Central Autônoma de Trabalhadores
• Central Única dos Trabalhadores
• Confederação Brasileira de Trabalhadores Cristâos
• Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores
• Confederação Operária Brasileira
• Força Sindical
• Federação das Organizações Sindicalistas Revolucionárias do Brasil

Bulgaria

• Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria
• Confederation of Labour Podkrepa
• National Trade Union Promyana

Burkina Faso

• National Confederation of Workers of Burkina
• National Organisations of Free Trade Unions
• Trade Union Confederation of Burkina

Burundi

• Confederation of Trade Unions of Burundi (Confédération des Syndicats du Burundi, COSYBU)
• Trade Union Confederation of Burundi (Confédération syndicale du Burundi, CSB)

Cambodia

• Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Cameroon

• Confederation of Cameroon Trade Unions
• General Confederation of Free Workers of Cameroon
• Union of Free Trade Unions of Cameroon

Canada

See main article: List of trade unions in Canada and List of trade unions in Quebec.

• Canadian Labour Congress
  • National affiliates
    • Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
    • British Columbia Teachers' Federation
    • Canadian Association of University Teachers
    • Canadian Federation of Nurses' Union
    • Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union
    • Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association
    • Canadian Union of Postal Workers
    • Canadian Union of Public Employees
    • Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
    • National Union of Public and General Employees
    • Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association
    • Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
    • Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
    • Public Service Alliance of Canada
    • Telecommunications Workers Union
    • Unifor (formerly CAW and CEP)
  • International affiliates
    • Air Line Pilots Association, International
    • Amalgamated Transit Union
    • American Federation of Musicians
    • Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union
    • CWA-Canadian Media Guild
    • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada
    • International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
    • International Association of Fire Fighters
    • International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers
    • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
    • International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
    • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
    • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
    • International Longshore and Warehouse Union
    • International Longshoremen's Association
    • International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
    • International Union of Elevator Constructors
    • International Union of Operating Engineers
    • International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
    • Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association
    • Seafarers' International Union of Canada
    • Service Employees International Union
    • Sheet Metal Workers International Association
    • Teamsters
  • UNITE HERE
    • United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
    • United Auto Workers
    • United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
    • United Food and Commercial Workers Union
    • United Mine Workers of America
    • United Steelworkers
    • United Transportation Union
• Independent unions/other affiliations
  • Alliance des professeures et professeurs de Montréal
  • Canadian Actors' Equity Association
  • Centrale des syndicats du Québec
  • Confédération des syndicats nationaux
  • Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (Quebec)
  • Industrial Workers of the World
  • Major League Baseball Players Association
  • Manitoba Teachers' Society
  • National Hockey League Players' Association
  • Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers
  • Writers Guild of Canada

Company Union

• • Christian Labour Association of Canada **

Cape Verde

• Council of Free Labour Unions
• Trade Unions of Cape Verde Unity Centre

Caribbean

• Caribbean Congress of Labour
• Caribbean Public Services Association
• Caribbean Union of Teachers

Cayman Islands

• Cayman Airline Pilots Association

Central African Republic

• Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique
• National Confederation of Central African Workers
• Union of Central African Workers

Chad

• Free Confederation of Chadian Workers
• Union of Trade Unions of Chad

Chile

• Central Autónoma de Trabajadores
• Workers' United Center of Chile

People's Republic of China

• All-China Federation of Trade Unions
  • All-China Federation of Railway Workers' Unions
  • National Committee of the Chinese Agricultural, Forestry and Water Conservancy Workers' Union
  • National Committee of the Chinese Aviation Workers' Union
  • National Committee of the Chinese Banking Workers' Union
  • National Committee of the Chinese Defense Industry, Postal and Telecommunications Workers' Union
  • National Committee of the Chinese Educational, Scientific, Cultural, Medical and Sports Workers' Union
  • National Committee of the Chinese Energy and Chemical Workers' Union
  • National Committee of the Chinese Financial, Commercial, Light Industry, Textile and Tobacco Workers' Union
  • National Committee of the Chinese Machinery, Metallurgical and Building Material Workers' Union
  • National Committee of the Chinese Seamen and Construction Workers' Union

Colombia

• Central Union of Workers
• Confederation of Workers of Colombia
• General Confederation of Democratic Workers
• SINALTRAINAL

Commonwealth of Independent States

• General Confederation of Trade Unions

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Confédération Générale du Travail du Congo
• Democratic Confederation of Labour (DRC)
• National Union of Congolese Workers

Republic of the Congo

• Confédération des Syndicats Libres Autonomes du Congo
• Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Congo
• Confédération Syndicale du Congo
• Congolese Trade Union Confederation

Costa Rica

• Central de Trabajadores de Costa Rica
• Central del Movimiento de Trabajadores Costarricenses
• Confederación de Trabajadores de Costa Rica
• Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores (Costa Rica)
• Costa Rican Confederation of Workers
• Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores

Croatia

• Association of Croatian Public Sector Unions
• Croatian Trade Union Association
• Independent Trade Unions of Croatia
• Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia
• Workers' Trade Union Association of Croatia

Cuba

• Confederación General del Trabajo
• Cuban Workers' Solidarity
• Workers' Central Union of Cuba

Cyprus

• Cyprus Turkish Unions Federation
• Cyprus Union of Bank Employees
• Cyprus Workers' Confederation
• Democratic Labour Federation of Cyprus
• Pancyprian Federation of Labour
• Pancyprian Public Servants' Trade Union
• Revolutionary Trade Unions Federation

Czech Republic

• Christian Labour Confederation
• Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions

Denmark

• Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC)
  • Danish Association of Chartered Surveyors
  • Danish Medical Association
  • Danish Union of Architects
  • Danish Union of Librarians
  • Danish Union of Journalists
• Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
  • Danish Food and Allied Workers' Union
  • Danish Timber Industry and Construction Workers' Union
  • Danish Union of Metalworkers
  • Danish Union of Professional Technicians
  • Danish Union of Public Employees
  • Fagligt Fælles Forbund
  • National Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees
• FTF – Confederation of Professionals in Denmark
  • Danish Association of Pharmaconomists
  • Danish Nurses Organisation
  • Danish Union of Teachers
• Trade Union Opposition Federation (FS)

Djibouti

• General Union of Djibouti Workers
• Union of Djibouti Workers

Dominica

• Dominica Amalgamated Workers' Union
• Dominica Public Service Union
• National Workers' Union (Dominica)
• Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union

Dominican Republic

• Central General de Trabajadores (Dominican Republic)
• Confederación de Trabajadores Unitaria

East Timor

• East Timor Trade Union Confederation

Ecuador

• Confederación de Trabajadores del Ecuador
• Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas Unitarias de Trabajadores
• Ecuador Confederation of Free Trade Union Organizations
• Frente Unitario de los Trabajadores

Egypt

• Egyptian Trade Union Federation

El Salvador

• Central Autónoma de Trabajadores Salvadoreños
• Central de Trabajadores Democráticos
• Federación Nacional Sindical de Trabajadores Salvadoreños

Equatorial Guinea

• Equatorial Guinea Workers' Union

Eritrea

• National Confederation of Eritrean Workers

Estonia

• Confederation of Estonian Trade Unions
• Estonian Employees' Unions' Confederation

Ethiopia

• Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions
• Ethiopian Teachers' Association
• Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Trade Union

Fiji

• Federation of Cane Growers
• Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions
• Fiji Trades Union Congress
• Indian Cane Growers Association
• Kisan Sangh
• Labasa Kisan Sangh
• Maha Sangh
• National Farmers Union of Fiji
• Rewa Planters Union
• Vishal Sangh

Finland

The three major confederations:

• Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
• Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland AKAVA
• Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees STTK

Individual trade unions

• Association of Employees in Government Educational Administration
• Finnish Association of Architects
• Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers
• Finnish Union of Practical Nurses
• Union of Health and Social Care Services
• Union of Salaried Employees

France

See main article: List of trade unions in France.

Major confederations

• Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail
• Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens
• Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres
• Confédération Générale du Travail
• Force Ouvrière

Other important unions

• Fédération Syndicale Unitaire
• Solidaire
• Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes

Gabon

• Gabonese Confederation of Free Trade Unions
• Gabonese Trade Union Confederation

The Gambia

• Gambia Workers' Union
• Gambian Workers' Confederation
• The Gambia Press Union

Georgia

• Georgian Trade Union Confederation

Germany

See main article: List of trade unions in Germany.

Major confederations

• Christlicher Gewerkschaftsbund (CGB) German Christian Workers' Federation
• Deutscher Beamtenbund (dbb) German Civil Service Federation
  • komba gewerkschaft
• Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) German Confederation of Trade Unions
  • Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft
  • Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten
  • IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt
  • IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie
  • IG Metall
  • Trade Union of the Police
  • Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft
  • ver.di

Independent unions

• • Free Workers' Union
• Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer

Ghana

• Ghana Federation of Labour
• Trades Union Congress of Ghana

Gibraltar

• CITIPEG

Historical unions

• Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union
• Gibraltar Confederation of Labour
• Gibraltar Labour Trades Union

Greece

• Trade unions in Greece

Greenland

• Danish Trade Union Confederation
  • Greenlandic Civil Service Confederation (AK) Atorfillit Kattuffiat
• Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists (DJØF) DJØF Kalaallit Nunaanni
• Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) Ilinniagaqarluarsimasut Qitiusumik Suleqatigiiffiat
  • Danish Association of Chartered Surveyors
  • Danish Medical Association (NP) Nakorsat Peqatigiiffiat
  • Danish Union of Architects (IP) Illussanik Titartaasartut Peqatigiiffiat
  • Danish Union of Librarians
  • Danish Union of Journalists (TP) Tusagassiuinermi Sulisut Peqatigiiffiat
• Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
  • Danish Union of Professional Technicians
  • Danish Union of Public Employees
• FTF – Confederation of Professionals in Denmark
  • Danish Association of Pharmaconomists
• Greenlandic Achademics Confederation (IK) Ilinniagartuut Kattuffiat
• Greenlandic Teachers Confederation (IMAK) ‘’Ilinniartitsisut Meeqqat Atuarfianneersut Kattuffiat
• Greenlandic Kindergarten Teachers Confederation (NPK) Nunatsinni Perorsaasut Kattuffiat
• Greenlandic Nurses Organization (PPK) Peqqissaasut Kattuffiat
• National Confederation of Trade Unions of Greenland (SIK) Sulinermik Inuussutissarsiuteqartut Kattuffiat
• Greenlandic Supervisors Union (SSK) Sulisunik Siulersuisut Kattuffiat

Grenada

• Grenada Trades Union Council

Guatemala

• Central General de Trabajadores de Guatemala
• Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala
• Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala

Guinea

• General Union of the Workers of Guinea
• National Confederation of Guinean Workers
• National Organization of Free Unions of Guinea
• United Trade Union of Guinean Workers

Guinea-Bissau

• National Union of Workers of Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

• Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union
• Guyana Labour Union
• National Workers' Union (Guyana)

Haiti

• Batay Ouvriye
• Confederation des Travailleurs Haïtiens
• Coordination Syndicale Haïtienne (CSH)
• Haitian Trade Union Coordination
• May 1st - Workers' Fight Federation

Honduras

• Central General de Trabajadores (Honduras)
• Federación Unitaria de Trabajadores de Honduras
• Honduras Workers' Confederation

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council
• Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
• Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
• Hong Kong Journalists Association
• Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union
• Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union
• Joint Organization of Unions - Hong Kong

Hungary

• Autonomous Trade Union Confederation
• Democratic Confederation of Free Trade Unions
• Forum for the Cooperation of Trade Unions

Iceland

• Confederation of State and Municipal Employees of Iceland
• Icelandic Federation of Labour
• Industrial Workers of the World

India

See main article: Indian Trade Unions.

• Bengal Jute Mill Workers' Union
• Bengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor Union
• Centre of Indian Trade Unions
  • Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union
  • Calcutta Tramways Workers' and Employees' Union
  • Cochin City Motor Thozhilali Union
  • Darjeeling District Newspaper Sellers' Union
  • Forward Seamens Union of India
  • Joint Forum of Trade Unions
  • Maharashtra Sugarcane Cutting and Transport Workers Union
  • Otis Elevators Employees Union
  • Steel Plant Employees Union
• All India Defence Employees Federation
• Association of Motion Pictures & TV Programme Producer of India
• Federation of Western India Cine Employees
• Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat
  • Konkan Railway Corporation Employees Union
  • Municipal Mazdoor Union
• Hind Mazdoor Sabha
  • All India Railwaymen's Federation
  • All India Jute Textile Workers' Federation
  • Coimbatore District Textile Workers Union
  • Kudremukh Shram Shakthi Sanghatan
  • MCF Employees' Union
  • Darjeeling Jela Dokan Sramik Union
• Indian National Trade Union Congress
• Kerala Gazetted Officers' Federation
• Kerala State Transport Employees Front
• Labour Progressive Federation
  • NLC Workers Progressive Union
• Maharashtra General Kamgar Union
• Mazdoor Mukti Morcha
• Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh
• Socialist Trade Union Centre
• Trade Union Centre of India
• Trade Union Coordination Committee
  • Bengal Hawkers Association
• United Trade Union Centre-Lenin Sarani

Indonesia

• Confederation of All Indonesian Workers' Union
• Confederation of Indonesia Prosperous Trade Union
• Congress of Indonesia Unions Alliance
• Indonesian Railways Workers' Union
• Indonesian Trade Union Confederation

Iran

Historical unions

• Central Council of Trade Unions
• Central Council of United Trade Unions
• Central Union of Workers and Peasants of Iran
• Ettehadiyeh-ye Sendika-ye Kargaran-e Iran
• Union of Toilers of Iran

Current unions

• Iranian Workers' Solidarity Network
• Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company
• Workers' House of the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Iranian Teachers' Trade Association
• Association of Iranian Journalists

Iraq

• Federation of Oil Unions in Iraq
• General Federation of Trade Unions
• Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions

Ireland

• Irish Congress of Trade Unions

Israel

• Histadrut
• Koah LaOvdim

Italy

See main article: List of trade unions in Italy. Major confederations

• Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL)
• Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (CISL)
• Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL)

Other unions

• Confederazione del Comitati di Base
• CONFSAL
• DIRFOR
• General Labour Union (Italy)
• Italian Confederation of Free Workers' Unions
• Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions
• Italian General Confederation of Labour
• Italian Labour Union
• Unione Sindacale Italiana

Ivory Coast

• Centrale des Syndicats Libres de Côte d'Ivoire
• Federation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Ivory Coast
• General Workers Union in Ivory Coast

Jamaica

• Bustamante Industrial Trade Union
• Jamaica Airline Pilots Association
• Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers
• Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
• National Workers Union

Japan

• General Union
• Japan Teachers Union
• National Union of General Workers
• RENGO
• Sohyo
• Tozen
• Zenzōsen

Jordan

• General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions
• Jordanian Engineers Association
• Jordan Dental Association
• Jordanian teachers' syndicate

Kazakhstan

• Confederation of Labour of Kazakhstan
• Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kenya

• Central Organization of Trade Unions (Kenya)

Kiribati

• Kiribati Trade Union Congress

Kuwait

• Kuwait Trade Union Federation

Kyrgyzstan

• Kyrgyzstan Federation of Trade Unions

Laos

• Lao Federation of Trade Unions

Latvia

• Free Trade Confederation of Latvia

Lebanon

• General Confederation of Lebanese Workers
• Lebanese Order of Physicians

Lesotho

• Congress of Lesotho Trade Unions
• Lesotho Congress of Democratic Unions
• Lesotho Trade Union Congress

Liberia

• Liberian Federation of Labour Unions

Libya

• National Trade Unions' Federation

Liechtenstein

• Liechtenstein Employees' Association

Lithuania

• Lithuanian Labour Federation
• Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation
• Lithuanian Trade Union - Solidarity

Luxembourg

• Free Luxembourger Workers' Union
• Luxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade Unions

Madagascar

• Christian Confederation of Malagasy Trade Unions
• Confederation of Malagasy Workers
• United Autonomous Unions of Madagascar

Malawi

• Malawi Congress of Trade Unions

Malaysia

• Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services
• Malaysian Trades Union Congress
• National Council of Unions of the Industrial and Lower Income Group of Government Workers
• National Union of Plantation Workers

Mali

• National Workers' Union of Mali
• Workers' Trade Union Confederation of Mali

Malta

• Confederation of Malta Trade Unions
• General Workers' Union (Malta)
• Malta Union of Teachers
• Malta Workers' Union

Mauritania

• Free Confederation of Mauritanian Workers
• General Confederation of Mauritanian Workers
• Union of Mauritanian Workers

Mauritius

• Federation of Civil Service Unions
• Federation of Progressive Unions
• Mauritius Labour Congress
• Mauritius Trade Union Congress
• National Trade Unions Confederation
• Organization of Artisans' Unity
• Telecommunications Employees and Staff Association

Mexico

• Authentic Labor Front
• Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos
• Confederation of Mexican Workers
• General Confederation of Workers (Mexico)
• National Association of Actors (Asociación Nacional de Actores)
• National Social Security Workers Union
• National Union of Mine and Metal Workers of the Mexican Republic
• Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers
• Sindicato de Trabajadores Ferrocarrileros de la República Mexicana
• Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación
• Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana
• Union of Cinema Production Workers

Moldova

• Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Moldova

Monaco

• Union of Monaco Trade Unions

Mongolia

• Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions
• Solidarity Trade Union

Morocco

• Democratic Confederation of Labour (Morocco)
• Democratic Federation of Labour
• General Union of Moroccan Workers
• Moroccan Workers' Union
• National Labour Union of Morocco

Mozambique

• Mozambique Workers' Organization
• National Confederation of Free and Independent Trade Unions of Mozambique

Myanmar

• Federation of Trade Unions of Burma
• Seafarers' Union of Burma

Namibia

• SWAPO
• National Union of Namibian Workers
• Trade Union Congress of Namibia

Netherlands

• Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond
• CNV Public
• Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging
• Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen
• Vakcentrale Voor Middengroepen en Hoger Personeel
• Vrije Bond
• Transport Workers' Union
• Construction and Wood Union
• General Dutch Construction Union

Netherlands Antilles

• Bonaire Federation of Labour
• Central General di Trahadonan di Corsow
• Trade Union Centre of Curaçao
• Windward Islands Federation of Labour

New Zealand

• Amalgamated Workers Union of New Zealand
  • Central Amalgamated Workers' Union
  • Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union
  • Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union
• APEX
• Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
• Association of Staff in Tertiary Education Te Hau Takatini o Aotearoa
• Association of University Staff of New Zealand
• Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union of Aotearoa
• Corrections Association of New Zealand
• Customs Officers' Association of New Zealand
• Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union
• Finance and Information Workers Union
• Firestone Employees Society
• Flight Attendants and Related Services Association
• Furniture, Manufacturing & Associated Workers Union
• Maritime Union of New Zealand
• Meat Union Aotearoa
• National Distribution Union
• National Union of Public Employees (New Zealand)
• New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association
• New Zealand Building Trades Union
• New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
• New Zealand Dairy Workers Union
• New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa
• New Zealand Meat & Related Trades Workers Union
• New Zealand Nurses Organisation
• New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union
• New Zealand Public Service Association
• New Zealand Writers Guild
• NZ Merchant Service Guild Industrial Union of Workers
• Post Primary Teachers' Association
• Rail & Maritime Transport Union
• Service & Food Workers Union of Aotearoa
• Solidarity Union
• Unite Union

Nicaragua

• Confederation of Labour Unification
• Nicaraguan Workers' Centre
• Sandinista Workers' Centre

Niger

• Democratic Confederation of Workers of Niger
• General Union of Workers of Niger
• Union of Workers' Trade Unions of Niger

North Macedonia

• Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia

Norway

• Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway
• Confederation of Vocational Unions
• EL & IT Forbundet
• Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations
• NITO
• Norwegian Civil Service Union
• Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions(LO)
• Norwegian Post and Communications Union
• Norwegian Prison and Probation Officers’ Union
• Norwegian Seafarers' Union
• Norwegian Syndicalist League
• Norwegian Transport Workers' Union
• Norwegian Union of Food, Beverage and Allied Workers
• Norwegian Union of General Workers
• Norwegian Union of Industry and Energy Workers
• Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees
• Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices
• United Federation of Trade Unions

Pakistan

See main article: List of trade unions in Pakistan.

• Pakistan Workers Confederation
• All Pakistan Federation of Labour
• All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions
• All Pakistan Federation of United Trade Unions
• All Pakistan Trade Union Congress
• All Pakistan Trade Union Federation
• Pakistan Labour Federation
• Pakistan National Federation of Trade Unions
• Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign
• Pakistan Transport & General Workers' Federation
• Pakistan Workers' Federation
• Railway Worker's Union (Open Lines)

Panama

• Central National de Trabajadores de Panama
• Confederation of Workers of the Republic of Panama
• Convergencia Sindical
• General Confederation of Workers of Panama
• SUNTRACS

Papua New Guinea

• Papua New Guinea Trade Union Congress

Paraguay

• Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (Paraguay)
• Confederación Paraguaya de Trabajadores
• National Workers' Central (Paraguay)

Peru

• Central Autónoma de Trabajadores del Perú
• Confederación de Trabajadores del Perú
• Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú
• Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú

Philippines

• Federation of Free Workers
• May First Labour Movement Centre
• Trade Union Congress of the Philippines

Poland

• All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
• Solidarity
• Trade Unions Forum
• Workers' Initiative

Portugal

• General Confederation of Labour (Portugal)
• General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers
• General Union of Workers (Portugal)
• National Workers' Union (Portugal)
• Union of Independent Trade Unions (Portugal)

Puerto Rico

• General Confederation of Workers (Puerto Rico)
• Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico

Romania

• Democratic Trade Union Confederation of Romania
• National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania - Brotherhood
• National Trade Union Bloc
• National Trade Union Confederation (Romania)
• National Trade Union Confederation - Meridian
• General Association of All Workers of Romania

• Deșteptarea (1879)^[1]

Russia

See main article: List of trade unions in Russia.

• Confederation of Labour of Russia
• Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia
• Sotsprof
• Union of Trade Unions of Russia

Rwanda

• Trade Union Centre of Workers of Rwanda
• Union of Workers in Industry, Garages, Construction Firms, Mines and Printers

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• St. Kitts and Nevis Trades and Labour Union

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers' Union
• National Labour Congress
• National Workers' Movement (St. Vincent)
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union

Samoa

• Samoa Public Service Association
• Samoa Trade Union Congress

San Marino

• Democratic Confederation of San Marino Workers
• San Marino Confederation of Labour

São Tomé and Príncipe

• General Union of the Workers of São Tomé and Príncipe
• National Organization of the Workers of São Tomé and Príncipe - Central Union

Senegal

• Dakar Dem Dikk Workers Democratic Union
• Democratic Union of Senegalese Workers
• National Confederation of Senegalese Workers
• National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Senegal

Serbia

• Postmans Trade Union

Seychelles

• Seychelles Federation of Workers' Unions
• Seychelles Workers Union

Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone Confederation of Trade Unions
• Sierra Leone Labour Congress

Singapore

• National Trades Union Congress

Slovakia

• Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic
• Independent Christian Trade Unions of Slovakia
• Priama akcia
• Unity Trade Union

Slovenia

• Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia
• Confederation of New Trade Unions of Slovenia
• Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovenia - Pergam
• Trade Union Confederation 90 of Slovenia

Solomon Islands

• Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions

South Africa

• Confederation of South African Workers' Unions
  • Solidarity
• Congress of South African Trade Unions
  • Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union
  • Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union
  • Communication Workers Union (South Africa)
  • Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa
  • Food and Allied Workers Union
  • Musicians Union of South Africa
  • National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union
  • National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
  • Performing Arts Workers' Equity
  • Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union
  • SASBO - The Finance Union
  • South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers Union
  • South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union
  • South African Democratic Nurses' Union
  • South African Democratic Teachers Union
  • South African Football Players Union
  • South African Medical Association
  • South African Municipal Workers' Union
  • South African State and Allied Workers' Union
  • South African Transport and Allied Workers Union
  • Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union
• Federation of Unions of South Africa
  • Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa
  • Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union
  • Public Servants Association of South Africa
  • United Association of South Africa
• National Council of Trade Unions
  • Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union
• National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa

South Korea

• Federation of Korean Trade Unions
• Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
• Korean Teachers & Education Workers' Union

Spain

See main article: List of trade unions in Spain.

• Agrarian Trade Union Federation
• Basque Workers' Solidarity
• Confederación General del Trabajo
• Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
• Confederación Intersindical Galega
• Intersindical - Confederació Sindical Catalana
• Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak
• Spanish Trade Union Organisation
• Typographic Workers Trade Union
• Unión General de Trabajadores
• Workers Collectives
• Workers' Commissions (CCOO)
• Workers in Struggle Collectives

Sri Lanka

• All Ceylon United Motor Workers' Union
• Ceylon Federation of Labour
• Ceylon Mercantile Union
• GCSU Sri Lanka
• National Union of Workers
• United Corporations and Mercantile Union

Sudan

• Sudanese Workers' Trade Union Federation

Suriname

• Federation of Civil Service Organizations
• General Alliance of Labour Unions in Suriname
• Organization of Cooperating Autonomous Trade Unions
• Progressive Labour Federation 47

Swaziland

• Swaziland Federation of Labour
• Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions

Sweden

• Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden
• Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations
• Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
• Swedish Trade Union Confederation

Switzerland

• Swiss Federation of Trade Unions
• Travail.Suisse

Syria

• General Federation of Trade Unions (Syria)

Taiwan

• Chinese Federation of Labour
• Taiwan Confederation of Trade Unions

Tajikistan

• Tajikistan Federation of Trade Unions

Tanzania

• Tanzania Teachers’ Union
• Trade Union' Congress of Tanzania
• Zanzibar Trade Union Congress

Thailand

• Labour Congress of Thailand
• National Congress of Thai Labour
• Thai Trade Union Congress

Togo

• National Confederation of Togolese Workers
• National Union of Independent Trade Unions of Togo
• Trade Union Confederation of Togolese Workers

Tonga

• Friendly Islands Teachers' Association
• Tonga Nurses' Association

Trinidad and Tobago

Current unions

• Airline Superintendents Association
• Amalgamated Workers Union
• Association of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Staff
• Aviation, Communication and Allied Workers Union
• Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union
• Communication, Transport and General Workers Union
• Communication Workers Union
• Customs and Excise Extra Guards Association
• Electronic Media Union of Trinidad and Tobago
• Estate Police Association
• Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations
• Fire Services Association
• Managers and Supervisors Association
• National Petroleum Staff Association
• National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago
• National Union of Domestic Employees
• National Union of Government and Federated Workers
• National Workers' Union
• Oilfields Workers' Trade Union
• Public Services Association
• Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union
• Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and Tobago
• Transport and Industrial Workers Union
• Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association
• Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers Union
• Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association
• Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers

Historical unions

• All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union
• Amalgamated Engineering and General Workers' Trade Union
• Bank and General Workers Union
• Bank Employees' Union
• British Colonial Taxpayers and All Workers Union
• Civil Service Association
• Communication Services and General Workers Trade Union
• Federated Workers Trade Union
• Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union
• Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union
• National Union of Government Employees
• Public Works and Public Service Workers Trade Union
• Staff Association of Barclays Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
• TTT Senior Staff Association
• Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union
• Oilfields Workers Trade Union

Tunisia

• Tunisian General Labour Union (created in 1946)

Turkey

• Confederation of Public Workers' Unions
• Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey
• Confederation of Turkish Real Trade Unions
• Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions
• Industrial Workers of the World

Turkmenistan

• National Centre of Trade Unions of Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

• Tuvalu Overseas Seamen's Union

Uganda

• National Organization of Trade Unions

Ukraine

• Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine
• Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine
• National Confederation of the Trade-Union Organizations of Ukraine

United Kingdom

See main article: List of trade unions in the United Kingdom.

• General Federation of Trade Unions (UK)
• Scottish Trades Union Congress
• Trades Union Congress

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]

• Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen ASLEF
• Association of Teachers and Lecturers ATL
• Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union BFAWU
• British Air Line Pilots Association BALPA
• Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union BECTU
• British Medical Association Medical Doctors BMA
• Ceramic and Allied Trades Union CATU
• Communication Workers Union CWU
  • Community (trade union) Community and Youth Workers' Union
• Connect - formerly the Society of Telecommunications Executives (STE)
• Doctors In Unite Medical Doctors (affiliated with Unite and the TUC)
• Educational Institute of Scotland EIS
• EQUITY (actors)
• Fire Brigades Union FBU
• First Division Association (senior civil servants)
• GMB (General workers' union)
• Graphical, Paper and Media Union GPMU
• Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association HCSA
• Industrial Workers of the World IWW
• International Union of Sex Workers IUSW
• Musicians' Union MU
• National Association of Probation Officers NAPO
• National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers NASUWT
• National Union of Journalists NUJ
• National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers NUMAST
• National Union of Mineworkers NUM
• National Union of Teachers NUT
• Offshore Industry Liaison Committee OILC
• Prison Officers Association POA
• Professional Association of Teachers PAT
• Professional Footballers Association PFA
• Prospect (engineering, scientific, management and professional staff)
• Public and Commercial Services Union PCS
• National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers RMT
• Royal College of Nursing RCN (legally a professional society rather than a trade union)
• Scottish Artists Union SAU^[3]
• Sex Workers Union (SWU)
• Society of Radiographers SoR
  • Solidarity Federation Transport and General Workers Union T&G / TGWU
• Transport Salaried Staffs' Association TSSA
• Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (National Union of Teachers of Wales) UCAC
• UNIFI (trade union) (Financial services)
• Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians UCATT
• Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers USDAW
• UNISON (Public services)
• Unite - the Union
• University and College Union, amalgam of the AUT and NATFHE.
• The Writers' Guild of Great Britain WGGB

United States

See main article: List of labor unions in the United States.

AFL–CIO

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

• Air Line Pilots Association
• Amalgamated Transit Union
• American Federation of Government Employees
• American Federation of Musicians
• American Federation of School Administrators
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
• American Federation of Teachers
• American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
• American Postal Workers Union
• American Train Dispatchers Department
• Associated Actors and Artistes of America
  • Actors' Equity Association
  • American Guild of Musical Artists
  • American Guild of Variety Artists
  • The Guild of Italian American Actors
  • Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
• Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union
• Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
• California Nurses Association/ National Nurses Organizing Committee
• California School Employees Association
• Communications Workers of America
• Farm Labor Organizing Committee
• Federation of Professional Athletes/National Football League Players Association
• Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
• International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
• International Association of Fire Fighters
• International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers
• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
• International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
• International Longshore and Warehouse Union
• International Longshoremen's Association
• International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America
• International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers
• International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
• International Union of Elevator Constructors
• International Union of Operating Engineers
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
• International Union of Police Associations
• Laborers' International Union of North America
• Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
• National Air Traffic Controllers Association
• National Association of Letter Carriers
• National Football League Players Association
• Office and Professional Employees International Union
• Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association
• Professional Aviation Safety Specialists
• San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council
• Seafarers International Union of North America
• Sheet Metal Workers International Association
• Transport Workers Union of America
• UNITE HERE
• United American Nurses
• United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada
• United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union
• United Food and Commercial Workers
• United Mine Workers of America
• United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union
• United Transportation Union
• United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers
• Utility Workers Union of America
• Writers Guild of America, East

Change to Win Federation

(The Change to Win Federation)

• International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• Service Employees International Union
  • Workers United
• United Farm Workers of America

Independent

• Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
• Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions
• Directors Guild of America
• Dramatists Guild of America
• Fraternal Order of Police
• Independent Pilots Association
• Industrial Workers of the World
• Jockeys' Guild
• Major League Baseball Players Association
• National Basketball Players Association
• National Education Association
• National Rural Letter Carriers Association
• National Treasury Employees Union
• NHL Players Association
• Professional Lacrosse Players' Association
• Programmers Guild
• Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
• United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
• US Airline Pilots Association
• World Umpires Association
• Writers Guild of America, west

Union reform groups

• Labor Notes
• Teamsters for a Democratic Union

Uruguay

• Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores - Convención Nacional de Trabajadores

Uzbekistan

• Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

• Vanuatu Council of Trade Unions

Vatican City

• Association of Vatican Lay Workers

Venezuela

• Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela
• Movimiento Nacional de Trabajadores Para La Liberación
• Unión Nacional de Trabajadores de Venezuela

Vietnam

• Vietnamese General Confederation of Labour

Western Sahara

• General Workers' Union of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro

Yemen

• Yemeni Confederation of Labor Unions

Zambia

• Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia
• Zambia Congress of Trade Unions
• Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions which includes the defunct African Trade Union Congress

See also

• List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
• List of employer associations
• List of federations of trade unions
• List of reference tables for more lists in the field of business
• History of trade unions in the USSR
• List of Wikipedia articles on labor unions
• List of international labor organizations
• Lists of organizations

Notes and 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. News: Jim McLean . Artists draw up first trade union . . 12 May 2001 . 1 February 2014.