| ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers | |
| Location Country: | The Americas |
| Affiliation: | ICFTU |
| Members: | 50 million in 29 countries |
| Native Name: | Organización Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores |
| Founded: | 1951 |
| Dissolved: | March 2008 |
| Merged: | Trade Union Confederation of the Americas |
| Headquarters: | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
The ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers (Spanish; Castilian: Organización Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores, ORIT) was the regional organization of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) for the Americas.
The federation was formed in 1951, and described its objective as being to work for independent, autonomous, democratic unions throughout the Americas. The ICFTU merged with the World Confederation of Labor in 2006, and in 2008, ORIT merged with the WCL's former regional organisation for the Americas, the Latin American Confederation of Workers, to form the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas.[1]
As of 2005, the organization had 65 affiliated or fraternal organizations, in 29 countries, representing 50 million workers.[2]
The following national organizations were affiliated with ORIT in 2005:
In June 2006 an American labor magazine, Labor Notes, documented the role that the ORIT, ICFTU, ILO, and the AFL-CIO played in supporting elements opposed to the government of Haitian leader Aristide. ORIT is alleged to have ignored massive labor persecution against public sector workers and trade unionist supporters of the ousted government throughout 2004, 2005, and 2006.[3]
1951: Francisco Aguirre[4]
1952: Luis Alberto Monge
1958: Alfonso Sanchez Madariaga
1961: Arturo Jáuregui
1974: Julio Etcheverry Espinola
1977: Juan Del Pino
1983: Tulio Cuevas
1986: Luis Anderson McNeil
2003: Víctor Báez
1951: Arturo Sabroso Montoya
1952: Luis Alberto Colotuzzo
1955: Ignacio Gonzalez Tellechea
1961: Alfonso Sanchez Madariaga
1970: Blas Chumacero
1974: Rafael Camacho Guzmán
1977: Alfonso Sanchez Madariaga
1997: Dick Martin
2001: Linda Chavez-Thompson