List of trade unions

List of trade unions by country.

International Federations

• International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ICFTU http://www.icftu.org/
  • ICFTU African Regional Organisation AFRO http://www.icftuafro.org/
  • ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation APRO http://www.icftu-apro.org
  • ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers ORIT http://www.cioslorit.org/
• World Confederation of Labour WCL http://www.cmt-wcl.org/
• World Federation of Trade Unions WFTU http://www.wftu.cz
• European Trade Union Confederation ETUC http://www.etuc.org/en/

• Education International EI http://www.ei-ie.org/
• International Federation of Building and Woodworkers IFBWW http://www.ifbww.org/
• International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions ICEM http://www.icem.org/
• International Federation of Journalists IFJ http://www.ifj.org/
• International Metalworkers' Federation IMF http://www.imfmetal.org/
• International Transport Workers' Federation ITF http://www.itf.org.uk/
• International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation ITGLWF http://www.itglwf.org/
• International of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations IUF http://www.iuf.org.uk/
• Union Network International UNI http://www.union-network.org/

Australia

• Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU (www.actu.asn.au)
• New South Wales Teachers' Federation NSWTF (www.nswtf.org.au)
• Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance MEAA (www.alliance.org.au)

Canada

Many United States unions (typically those with "international" in their name) also include Canada. See below.

• Canadian Auto Workers Union (www.caw.ca)
• Canadian Labour Congress CLC www.clc-ctc.ca
• Canadian Union of Public Employees (www.cupe.ca)
• Canadian Union of Postal Workers (www.cupw.ca)
• Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (House of Democratic Unions)
• Centrale des syndicats du Québec (Quebec House of Unions, www.csq.qc.net)
• Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (www.cep.ca)
• Confédération des syndicats nationaux (National Unions Confederation, www.csn.qc.ca)
• Fédération des travailleurs du Québec (Quebec Workers Federation, www.ftq.qc.ca)
• International Longshore and Warehouse Union (www.ilwu.ca)
• Ontario Public Service Employees Union (www.opseu.org)
• Public Service Alliance of Canada (www.psac.com)
• Service Employees International Union (www.seiu.org)

Czech Republic

• Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions – Českomoravská konfederace odborových svazů, ČMKOS, http://www.cmkos.cz/eng/
• Association of Autonomous Trade Unions – Asociace samostatných odborů, ASO, http://www.asocr.cz/
• Confederation of Art and Culture – Konfederace umění a kultury, KUK, http://www.jtpunion.org/KUK/Obecne/indexKUK.htm
• Christian Trade Union Coalition – Křesťanská odborová koalice, KOK
• Trade Union Federation of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia – Odborové sdružení Čech, Moravy a Slezska, OSČMS, http://www.sweb.cz/oscms/
• Trade Union Federation Equality – Odborový svaz Rovnost, OSR, http://fsa.anarchismus.org/os.php

Finland

The three major confederations:

• Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK (www.sak.fi)
• The Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees STTK (www.sttk.fi)
• Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals AKAVA (www.akava.fi)

Individual trade unions:

• The Finnish Union of Salaried Employees TU (www.toimihenkilounioni.fi)

Related topics:

• Comprehensive Income Policy Agreement

France

• the 4 large confederations
  • Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
  • Force Ouvrière (FO)
  • Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT)
  • Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (CFTC)
  • Confédération Générale des Cadres (CGC)
• Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques (SUD)
• Conféderation Nationale du Travail CNT ([1] (http://www.cnt-f.org)) (anarcho-syndicalists)

Germany

• Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) http://www.dgb.de/sprachen/englisch/kontakte.htm
• Ver.di - http://www.verdi.de/

India

see Indian Trade Unions.

Ireland

• Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) (www.ictu.ie) Note: ICTU is the umbrella organisation for unions operating in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. British unions operate in Northern Ireland, as do some all-Ireland unions, and some Northern Ireland-only unions.
• Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (T&G) (www.tgwu.org.uk)
• Amicus-MSF (www.amicus-msf.ie)
• Association of First Division Civil Servants (FDA) (www.fda.org.uk)
• Association of Higher Civil & Public Servants (AHCPS) (www.ahcps.ie)
• Association of Irish Traditional Musicians (AITM) (no website known)
• Association of University Teachers (AUT) (www.aut.org.uk)
• Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) (www.bfawu.org)
• Bakery and Foodworkers Amalgamated Union (BFAU) (no website known)
• British Actors Equity Association (www.equity.org.uk)
• Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) (www.bectu.org.uk)
• Building and Allied Trades Unions (BATU) (www.batu.ie)
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) (www.csp.org.uk)
• Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) (www.cpsu.ie)
• Civil Service Alliance (CSA) (no website known)
• Communications Workers' Union (Ireland) (CWU) (www.cwu.ie)
• Communications Workers' Union (UK) (CWU) (www.cwu.org)
• CONNECT (www.connectuk.org)
• Electricity Supply Board's Officer's Association (ESBOA) (no website known)
• Federated Union of Government Employees (FUGE) (no website known)
• Fire Brigades Union (FBU) (www.fbu.org.uk)
• GMB (www.gmb.org.uk)
• Graphical Paper and Media Union (GPMU) (www.gpmu.ie)
• Guinness Staff Union (GSU) (no website known)
• Irish Bank Officials' Association (IBOA) (www.iboa.ie)
• Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) (www.ifut.ie)
• Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) (www.imo.ie)
• Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union (IMPACT) (www.impact.ie)
• Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) (www.into.ie)
• Irish Nurses' Organisation (INO) (www.ino.ie)
• MANDATE (www.mandate.ie)
• National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO) (www.napo.org.uk)
• National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) (www.natfhe.org.uk)
• National League of the Blind (NLB) (no website known)
• National Union of Journalists (NUJ) (no website known)
• National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades (KFAT) (www.kfat.org.uk)
• National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) (www.rmt.org.uk)
• National Union of Sheet Metal Workers of Ireland (NUSMWI) (no website known)
• Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) (www.nipsa.org.uk)
• Operative Plasterers and Allied Trades Society of Ireland (OPATSI) (no website known)
• Prison Officers' Association (POA) (no website known)
• Prospect (www.prospect.org.uk)
• Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) (www.pcs.org.uk)
• Public Service Executive Union (PSEU) (www.pseu.ie)
• Sales, Marketing and Administrative Union of Ireland (SMAUI) (no website known)
• Seaman's Union of Ireland (SUI) (no website known)
• Services Industrial Professional & Technical Union (SIPTU) (www.siptu.ie)
• Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) (www.tui.ie)
• Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) (www.teeu.ie)
• Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) (www.tssa.ie)
• Ulster Teachers' Union (UTU) (www.utu.edu)
• Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) (www.ucatt.org.uk)
• Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) (www.usdaw.org.uk)
• UNISON (www.unison.org.uk)
• Veterinary Ireland (VI) (www.veterinary-ireland.org)
• Veterinary Officers Association (VOA) (voa.freehosting.net)

Italy

• CGIL (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro) http://www.cgil.it/

Korea

• Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) (http://www.kctu.org/)
• Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) (http://www.fktu.or.kr/)
• Korean Teachers and Educational Workers' Union (KTU) (http://ktu.or.kr/)

The Netherlands

• Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging FNV (http://www.fnv.nl)
• Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond CNV (http:://www.cnv.nl)

New Zealand

• New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) (www.union.org.nz/)
• Airline Pilots Association (APA) (www.nzalpa.org.nz/)
• Alloy Yachts Employees Federation
• Amalgamated Workers Union of New Zealand (AWUNZ) (www.awunz.org.nz/)
• APEX
• Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) (www.asms.org.nz/)
• Association of Staff in Tertiary Education Te Hau Takatini o Aotearoa (ASTE) (www.aste.ac.nz/)
• Association of University Staff (AUS) (www.aus.ac.nz/)
• Auckland Society of International Flight Planners
• Aviation & Marine Engineers Association (AMEA) (www.amea.co.nz/)
• Bakers & Pastrycooks Union
• Chemical Workers Union
• Clothing, Laundry & Allied Workers Union
• Corrections Association of New Zealand (CANZ) (www.canz.gen.nz/)
• Customs Officers Association
• Dairy Workers Union (DWU) (www.nzdwu.org.nz/)
• Finance and Information Workers Union (Finsec)
• Firestone Employees Society Inc
• Flight Attendant & Related Services Association (FARSA)
• Furniture, Manufacturing & Associated Workers Union
• Independent School Teachers Association (ISTANZ) (www.istanz.org.nz/)
• Manufacturing & Construction Workers Union (M&C Union)
• Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) (www.munz.org.nz/)
• Meat & Related Trades Workers Union of Aotearoa (Meat Union Aotearoa) (www.meatunion.org.nz/)
• Medical Laboratories Workers Union
• National Distribution Union (NDU) (www.nduunion.org.nz/)
• New Zealand Building Trades Union (NZBTU) (www.nzbtu.org.nz/)
• New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (NZEI) (www.nzei.org.nz/welcome.html)
• New Zealand Police Association (www.policeassn.org.nz/)
• NZ Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU) (www.nzepmu.org.nz/)
• NZ Meatworkers Union (www.nzmeatworkersunion.co.nz/)
• NZ Merchant Service Guild (MSG) (www.nzmsg.co.nz/)
• NZ Nurses Organisation (NZNO) (www.nzno.org.nz/)
• NZ Professional Firefighters Union
• NZ Writers Guild (www.nzwritersguild.org.nz/)
• Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) (www.ppta.org.nz/)
• Postal Workers Association (PWA)
• Postal Workers Union (PWU)
• Public Service Association (PSA) (www.psa.org.nz/)
• Rail and Maritime Transport Union (R&MTU) (www.rmtunion.org.nz/)
• Service & Food Workers Union of Aotearoa (SFWU)
• Southern Local Government Officers Union (www.slgou.org.nz/Home)
• Stores and Warehouse Employees Union
• Tertiary Institutes Allied Staff Association (TIASA)
• Tramways Employees Union
• Unite (www.unite.org.nz/)

Nigeria

• Nigeria Labour Congress (www.nlcng.org)

Poland

• Solidarity Independent Self-Governing Trade Union (NSZZ Solidarność)
• All-Polish Agreement of Trade Unions (OPZZ)

South Africa

• Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

United Kingdom

• Trades Union Congress (TUC)
• Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC)

• Amicus (merger of Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union and Management, Science and Finance Union, January 2001) (www.amicustheunion.org)
• Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen ASLEF (www.aslef.org.uk)
• Association of Teachers and Lecturers ATL (www.askatl.org.uk)
• Association of University Teachers AUT (www.aut.org.uk)
• Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union BFAWU (www.bfawu.org.uk)
• British Air Line Pilots Association BALPA (www.balpa.org.uk)
• Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union BECTU (www.bectu.org.uk)
• Ceramic and Allied Trades Union CATU (www.catu.org.uk)
• Communication Workers Union CWU (www.cwu.org)
• Educational Institute of Scotland EIS (www.eis.org.uk)
• EQUITY (actors) (www.equity.org.uk)
• Farmers Union of Wales / Undeb Amaethwyr Cymru (FUW) (fuw.org.uk (http://www.fuw.org.uk/))
• FDA (senior civil servants) (www.fda.org.uk)
• Fire Brigades Union FBU (www.fbu.org.uk)
• GMB (General workers' union) (www.gmb.org.uk)
• Graphical, Paper and Media Union GPMU (www.gpmu.org.uk)
• Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association HCSA (www.hcsa.com)
• ISTC (Iron and Steel Trades Confederation) (www.istc-tu.org)
• Musicians Union MU (www.musiciansunion.org.uk)
• National Association of Probation Officers NAPO (www.napo.org.uk)
• National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers NASUWT (www.teachersunion.org.uk)
• National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education NATFHE (www.natfhe.org.uk)
• National Farmers Union NFU (www.nfu.org.uk)
• National Union of Journalists NUJ (www.nuj.org.uk)
• National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers NUMAST (www.numast.org)
• National Union of Mineworkers NUM
• National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers RMT (www.rmt.org.uk)
• National Union of Teachers NUT (www.teachers.org.uk)
• Prison Officers' Association POA (www.poauk.org.uk)
• Professional Footballers Association PFA (www.givemefootball.com)
• Prospect (engineering, scientific, management and professional staff) (www.prospect.org.uk)
• Public and Commercial Services Union PCS (www.pcs.org.uk)
• Royal College of Nursing RCN
• Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists SCP (www.scpod.org)
• Society of Radiographers SoR (www.sor.org)
• Transport & General Workers' Union T&G / TGWU (www.tgwu.org.uk)
• Transport Salaried Staffs' Association TSSA (www.tssa.org.uk)
• Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (National Union of Teachers of Wales) UCAC (www.athrawon.com)
• UNIFI (Financial services) (www.unifi.org.uk)
• Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians UCATT (www.ucatt.org.uk)
• Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers USDAW (www.usdaw.org.uk)
• UNISON (Public services) (www.unison.org.uk)
• The Writers' Guild of Great Britain WGGB (www.writersguild.org.uk)

United States

Current Unions

• American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO
  • Actors and Artists of America, Associated (4As)
    • Actors' Equity Association AEA
    • American Federation of Television and Radio Artists AFTRA
    • American Guild of Musical Artists AGMA (www.agma.org)
    • American Guild of Variety Artists AGVA
    • Hebrew Actors' Union Inc HAU
    • The Guild of Italian American Actors GIAA (www.nygiaa.org)
    • Screen Actors Guild SAG
  • Air Line Pilots Association ALPA (www.alpa.org
  • Amalgamated Transit Union ATU
  • American Federation of Government Employees AFGE
  • American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada AFM
  • American Federation of School Administrators AFSA (www.admin.org)
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFSCME
  • American Federation of Teachers AFT
  • American Postal Workers Union APWU (www.apwu.org/)
  • American Radio Association ARA (home.earthlink.net/~araplans/)
  • American Train Dispatchers Department ATDD
  • Association of Flight Attendants AFA (www.afanet.org)
  • Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union BCTGM (www.bctgm.org)
  • Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees BMWE (www.bmwe.org)
  • Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen BRS (www.brs.org)
  • California School Employees Association CSEA (www.csea.com)
  • Communications Workers of America CWA
    • The Newspaper Guild (www.newsguild.org)
  • Federation of Professional Athletes
    • National Football League Players Association NFLPA (www.nflpa.org)
  • Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union GMP (www.gmpiu.org)
  • Graphic Communications International Union GCIU (www.gciu.org)
  • Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union see UNITE HERE below
  • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes IATSE
  • International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers IW (www.ironworkers.org)
  • International Association of Fire Fighters IAFF (www.iaff.org)
  • International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers (www.insulators.org)
  • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers IAM
  • International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (www.boilermakers.org)
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW (www.ibew.org)
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters IBT
    • Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers BLE (www.ble.org)
  • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers IFPTE (www.ifpte.org)
  • International Longshoremen's Association ILA (www.ilaunion.org (http://ilaunion.org/home.asp?h=1))
    • International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots MM&P (www.bridgedeck.org)
  • International Longshore and Warehouse Union ILWU (www.ilwu.org)
  • 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 BAC (www.bacweb.org)
  • International Union of Elevator Constructors IUEC (www.iuec.org)
  • International Union of Journeymen Horseshoers and Allied Trades IUJHAT
  • International Union of Operating Engineers IUOE
  • International Union of Painters and Allied Trades IUPAT (www.iupat.org)
  • International Union of Police Associations IUPA (www.iupa.org/)
  • Laborers' International Union of North America LIUNA (www.liuna.org)
    • National Federation of Independent Unions NFIU (www.nfiu.org)
    • National Postal Mail Handlers Union NPMHU (www.npmhu.org)
  • Marine Engineers Beneficial Association MEBA (www.d1meba.org)
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association NATCA (www.natca.org)
  • National Association of Letter Carriers NALC (www.nalc.org)
  • Office and Professional Employees International Union OPEIU (www.opeiu.org)
  • Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada OPCMIA (www.opcmai.org (http://www.opcmia.org/))
  • Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union PACE (www.paceunion.org)
  • Seafarers International Union of North America SIU (www.seafarers.org)
  • Service Employees International Union SEIU
  • Sheet Metal Workers International Association SMWIA (www.smwia.org)
  • Transportation Communications International Union TCU (www.tcunion.org)
  • Transport Workers Union of America TWU (www.twu.org)
  • UNITE HERE (merger, 2004)
    • Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees UNITE!
    • Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union HERE
  • United American Nurses UAN (www.uannurse.org)
  • United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada UA
  • United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union
    • National Writers Union NWU (www.nwu.org/)
  • United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners UBC (www.carpenters.org)
  • United Farm Workers of America UFW
  • United Food and Commercial Workers UFCW
    • Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union RWDS (www.rwdsu.org)
    • Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers AWPPW (www.awppw.org)
  • United Mine Workers of America UMWA
  • United Steelworkers of America USWA (www.uswa.org)
  • United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers (www.unionroofers.com)
  • Utility Workers Union of America UWUA (www.uwua.org)
  • Writers Guild of America, east WGAE
• Independent
  • Independent Steelworkers Union ISU (ISU Homepage (http://www.standupforsteel.com/isu_homepage.htm))
  • Industrial Workers of the World IWW ("Wobblies")
  • Major League Baseball Players Association MLBPA
  • National Education Association NEA
  • National Farmers Union (www.nfu.org) (not a labor union, strictly speaking)
  • United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America UE (www.ranknfile-ue.org)
  • Writers Guild of America, west WGA

Historical Unions

• American Federation of Labor (see AFL-CIO above)
• American Railway Union
• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
• Congress of Industrial Organizations (see AFL-CIO above)
• Drug, Hospital, and Health Care Employees Union
• General Trades Union
• International Ladies Garment Workers Union
  • Ladies Waist Makers Union, Local 25
• Knights of Labor
• Western Federation of Miners

Union Reform Groups

• Association for Union Democracy AUD (www.uniondemocracy.org)
• Labor Notes "Putting the Movement Back in the Labor Movement" (www.labornotes.org/)
• Research, Educate, Advocacy, People REAP - UFCW reform group (www.reapinc.org/)
• Short Circuits IBEW local reformers (www.shortcircuits.us)
• Teamsters for a Democratic Union TDU (www.tdu.org)

Other Union Organizations

• Coalition of Black Trade Unionists CBTU (www.cbtu.org)
• Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions CGEU (www.cgeu.org)
• Coalition of Labor Union Women CLUW (www.cluw.org)
• Committees for Occupational Safety and Health COSHs
• Jobs with Justice JwJ (www.jwj.org)
• New Unity Partnership NUP
• Pride At Work PAW (www.prideatwork.org)
• Working America (www.workingamerica.org)

USSR

• Soviet trade unions

Venezuela

• Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela

See also

• List of organizations
• List of employer associations
• List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
• List of reference tables for more lists in the field of business
• List of organizers
• List of AskFactMaster.Com articles on labor unions

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