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General Union of Peasants
General Union of Peasants
الاتحاد العام للفلاحين
Founded1964[1]
AffiliationsNational Progressive Front
Websitehttp://www.alfalahen.org.sy/

The General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) is the sole organisation/industry association for farmers in Syria, it was founded in 1964. The Union was formed form numerous agricultural cooperatives that had been active in Syria since 1943.[2]

The Union distributes a magazine relating to the activities and goals of the union, this magazine is called "The Journal of the Struggle of the Peasants".[3]

The union is closely linked with the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and is a member of the National Progressive Front[4]. In 2018 the union held a ceremony to celebrate the 54th anniversary of it's establishment in Damascus, in the cremeony Secretary General, Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim, further emphasized loyalty to the Politics of Syria/Syrian government. Numerous high ranking members of the ruling Ba'ath party attended the ceremony.[5]


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