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trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
s and union federations by country.


International federations


Global

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Industrial Workers of the World The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), whose members are nicknamed "Wobblies", is an international labor union founded in Chicago, United States in 1905. The nickname's origin is uncertain. Its ideology combines general unionism with indu ...
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International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC; ; ; ) is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation was formed on 1 November 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) a ...
* International Workers Association *
World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade union, trade unions established on October 3, 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the Int ...
* International Confederation of Labor * World Organization of Workers


Sectoral global union federations

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Building and Wood Workers' International The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) is the global union federation of democratic and free trade unions in the building industry, building, building materials, wood industry, wood, forestry and allied industries. History The fede ...
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Education International Education International (EI) is a global union federation (GUF) of teachers' trade unions consisting of 383 member organizations in 178 countries and territories that represents over 32 million education teachers and education support personnel fr ...
* FIFPro * International Domestic Workers Federation * IndustriALL Global Union *
International Affiliation of Writers Guilds The International Affiliation of Writers Guilds is an international trade union federation representing guilds of professional screenwriters and playwrights. Some affiliates also belong to national trade union federations. Activities The IAWG str ...
* International Arts and Entertainment Alliance * International Federation of Actors * International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations *
International Federation of Journalists The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is the largest global union federation of journalists' trade unions in the world. It represents more than 600,000 media workers from 187 organisations in 146 countries. The IFJ is an associate ...
* International Federation of Musicians *
International Transport Workers' Federation The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a democratic global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2017 the ITF had 677 member organizations in 149 countries, representing a combined membership o ...
* International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations *
Public Services International Public Services International (PSI) is the global union federation for workers in public services, including those who work in social services, health care, municipal services, central government and public utilities. , PSI has 700 affiliated ...
* 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) The General Confederation of Labor (in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Confederación General del Trabajo'', CGT) is a Trade unions in Argentina, national trade union federation in Argentina founded on 27 September 1930, as the result of the merger o ...


Armenia

* Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia


Aruba

* Aruban Workers' Federation


Australia

* AFL Players Association * Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union * Australian and International Pilots Association *
Australian Council of Trade Unions The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), originally the Australasian Council of Trade Unions, is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia. It is a national trade union centre of 46 affiliated trade union, unions and eight t ...
* 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 The Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation (ASMOF) is an Australian trade union, affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions, that represents doctors who receive salaries. In Australia doctors operate as self-employed tradesp ...
* 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 The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), whose members are nicknamed "Wobblies", is an international labor union founded in Chicago, United States in 1905. The nickname's origin is uncertain. Its ideology combines general unionism with indu ...
* 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 Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...
* United Firefighters Union of Australia * United Workers Union


Austria

* Austrian Trade Union Federation *
Industrial Workers of the World The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), whose members are nicknamed "Wobblies", is an international labor union founded in Chicago, United States in 1905. The nickname's origin is uncertain. Its ideology combines general unionism with indu ...
* Viennese Workers Syndicate


Azerbaijan

* Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation *
Committee for Oil Industry Workers' Rights A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly or other form of organization. A committee may not itself be considered to be a form of assembly or a decision-making body. Usually, an assembly o ...
* 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

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Botswana Federation of Trade Unions The Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) is the national trade union federation for Botswana. Founded in 1977, it represents over 90% of all trade unions in the country, including all major unions. The BFTU is currently undertaking a reorg ...
** 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

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Canadian Labour Congress The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC ( or ), is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian trade union, labour unions are affiliated. History Formation The CLC was founded on April 23, 1956, thro ...
** 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 The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM/AFofM) is a 501(c)(5) trade union, labor union representing professional instrumental musicians in the United States and Canada. The AFM, which has its headquarters in N ...
*** 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 The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a trade union, labor union that represents approximately 820,000 workers and retirees in the electricity, electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Guam, Panama, Puerto Rico, an ...
*** 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 The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a trade union, labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union, the union now represents a di ...
** UNITE HERE *** United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry ***
United Auto Workers The United Auto Workers (UAW), fully named International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and sou ...
*** United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America *** United Food and Commercial Workers Union ***
United Mine Workers of America The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners. Today, the Union also represents health care workers, truck drivers, manufacturing workers and public employees in the Unit ...
*** 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 The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), whose members are nicknamed "Wobblies", is an international labor union founded in Chicago, United States in 1905. The nickname's origin is uncertain. Its ideology combines general unionism with indu ...
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Major League Baseball Players Association The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is the labor union representing all current Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) players. All players, managers, coaches, and athletic trainers who hold or have held ...
** Manitoba Teachers' Society **
National Hockey League Players' Association The National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA, ) is the trade union, labour union for the group of professional List of NHL players, hockey players who are under Standard Player Contracts to the 32 member clubs in the National Hockey ...
** 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 *
Industrial Workers of the World The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), whose members are nicknamed "Wobblies", is an international labor union founded in Chicago, United States in 1905. The nickname's origin is uncertain. Its ideology combines general unionism with indu ...
* Workers' United Center of Chile


People's Republic of China

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All-China Federation of Trade Unions The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is the national trade union center and people's organization of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest trade union in the world with 302 million members in 1,713,000 primary tra ...
** 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 The National Committee of the Chinese Machinery, Metallurgical and Building Material Workers’ Union is a national industrial union of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China China, officially the Pe ...
** 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 HK Denmark (), is a Danish trade union representing clerical workers, workers in retail, and in related industries. The union was founded in 1900, as the Central Organisation of Danish Trade and Office Aid Associations, later becoming the Union o ...
* 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


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 The Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (SuPer, , ) is a trade union in Finland. SuPer is the largest trade union in Finland for professionals with vocational upper-secondary qualifications in social and health care or education and guidance, and ...
* Union of Health and Social Care Services *
Union of Salaried Employees The Union of Salaried Employees (TU, , ) was a trade union in Finland. With 125,000 members, TU was a major trade union for workers in industry and industrial services, technics, economy and information. The union was established in 2001, when ...


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 The General Confederation of Labour (, , CGT) is a national trade union center, founded in 1895 in the city of Limoges. It is the first of the five major French confederations of trade unions. It is the largest in terms of votes in the Labour C ...
* 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


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 The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), whose members are nicknamed "Wobblies", is an international labor union founded in Chicago, United States in 1905. The nickname's origin is uncertain. Its ideology combines general unionism with indu ...


India

* 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 ** 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 * KASBI, Congress of Indonesia Unions Alliance * Indonesian Railways Workers' Union * Indonesian Trade Union Confederation * Federation of Indonesian Independent Manufacturing Worker's Union


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 (Iraq), General Federation of Trade Unions * Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions


Ireland

* Irish Congress of Trade Unions


Israel

* Histadrut * Koah LaOvdim


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 (Jamaica), National Workers Union


Japan

* General Union (Japan), General Union * Japan Teachers Union * National Union of General Workers (Zenrokyo), 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 * Free Union (anarchist organisation), Vrije Bond * Transport Workers' Union (Netherlands), 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 * Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff, APEX * Association of Salaried Medical Specialists * Association of Staff in Tertiary Education, 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, 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, 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 * Norsk Syndikalistisk Forbund, Norwegian Syndicalist League *Norwegian Transport Workers' Union * Norwegian Union of Food, Beverage and Allied Workers * Norwegian Union of General Workers * Industri Energi, 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

*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) * Paraguayan Regional Workers' Federation


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 (Polish trade union), 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)Linden, Marcel van der, and Jürgen Rojahn.
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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 (South African trade union), 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

* Agrarian Trade Union Federation * Basque Workers' Solidarity * Confederación General del Trabajo (Spain), 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, 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 (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


Timor-Leste

* Timor-Leste Trade Union Confederation


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 (Trinidad and Tobago), 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 (Trinidad & Tobago), 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 (Trinidad and Tobago), 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 *
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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

* 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. * 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 (UK), Communication Workers Union CWU * Community (trade union) * Community and Youth Workers' Union * Connect (trade 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 (UK), EQUITY (actors) * Fire Brigades Union FBU * First Division Association (senior civil service, civil servants) * GMB Union, GMB (General workers' union) * Graphical, Paper and Media Union GPMU * Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association HCSA *
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IWW * International Union of Sex Workers IUSW * Musicians' Union (UK), 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 (Great Britain), National Union of Mineworkers NUM * National Union of Teachers NUT * Offshore Industry Liaison Committee OILC * POA (trade union), Prison Officers Association POA * Professional Association of Teachers PAT * Professional Footballers Association PFA * Prospect (trade union), Prospect (engineering, scientific, management and professional staff) * Public and Commercial Services Union PCS * Rail Maritime and Transport Workers Union, 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 * 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 (trade union), Unite - the Union * University and College Union, amalgam of the Association of University Teachers, AUT and NATFHE. * The Writers' Guild of Great Britain WGGB


United States


AFL–CIO

:(The AFL–CIO, 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 The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM/AFofM) is a 501(c)(5) trade union, labor union representing professional instrumental musicians in the United States and Canada. The AFM, which has its headquarters in N ...
* 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, 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 The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a trade union, labor union that represents approximately 820,000 workers and retirees in the electricity, electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Guam, Panama, Puerto Rico, an ...
* 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 * SF Building Trades, 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, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada * United Auto Workers, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union * United Food and Commercial Workers *
United Mine Workers of America The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners. Today, the Union also represents health care workers, truck drivers, manufacturing workers and public employees in the Unit ...
* United Steelworkers, 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, 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 *
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* Jockeys' Guild *
Major League Baseball Players Association The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is the labor union representing all current Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) players. All players, managers, coaches, and athletic trainers who hold or have held ...
* 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 * Trade unions in the Soviet Union, History of trade unions in the USSR * :Labor unions, List of Wikipedia articles on labor unions * List of international labor organizations * :Lists of organizations, Lists of organizations


References

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