National trade union center
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A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country.[1] Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such as the Nordic countries, different centers exist on a sectoral basis, for example, for blue collar workers and professionals.
Examples
[edit]- Argentina: General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and Argentine Workers' Central Union (CTA)
- Armenia: Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia (CTUA)
- Australia: Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
- Brazil: Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT)
- Britain: Trades Union Congress (TUC)
- Canada: Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
- Czechia: Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (ČMKOS)
- Denmark: Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
- France: French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT) and General Confederation of Labour (CGT)
- Germany: German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
- India: Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) and Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS)
- Ireland: Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
- Italy: Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), Italian Confederation of Trades Unions (CSIL) and Italian Labour Union (UIL)
- Japan: Japanese Trade Union Confederation (RENGO)
- Netherlands: Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV)
- Norway: Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
- New Zealand New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU)
- South Africa: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
- Spain: Workers' Commissions (CCOO), Unión Sindical Obrera (USO), General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT)
- Sweden: Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO)
- USA: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Strategic Organizing Center
- Uruguay: Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores – Convención Nacional de Trabajadores (PIT-CNT)
Many national trade union centers are now members of the International Trade Union Confederation, although some belong to the World Federation of Trade Unions.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Office, International Labour (1994). Political Transformation, Structural Adjustment and Industrial Relations in Africa : English-speaking Countries: Proceedings Of, and Documents Submitted To, a Symposium (Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, 1–4 February 1993). International Labour Organization. p. 30. ISBN 9789221085195.
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