The Taiwan Confederation of Trade Unions (TCTU; ) is a

national trade union center Organizers within trade unions have sought to increase the bargaining power of workers in regards to collective bargaining by acting in collaboration with other trade unions. Multi-union organizing can take place on an informal basis, or on ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. It was established in 1997, but did not receive official recognition from the government until May 1, 2000. The organization has been described as politically aligned with the

Democratic Progressive party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

. It has been positioned as an alternative to the

Chinese Federation of Labor The Chinese Federation of Labor (CFL, zh, 中華民國全國總工會) is a national trade union center in the Republic of China. It was founded in 1948 in mainland China, and until the government recognition of the Taiwan Confederation of Trad ...

, which has historical ties to

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

(KMT).

Affiliates

The TCTU has 21 affiliated unions. * Kaohsiung County Federation of Trade Unions * Kaohsiung City Confederation of Trade Unions * Tainan Hsien (County) Federation of Trade Unions * YiLan County Confederation of Trade Unions * Miaoli County Confederation of Trade Unions * Hsinchu Confederation of Trade Unions (County level) * Confederation of Taipei Trade Unions * Taichung City Amalgamated Industrial Union * Chang Hwa Confederation of Trade Unions * Ta-ton Corporation Union * Taiwan Power Labor Union * Taiwan Petroleum Workers’ Union * Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corporation Federation Union * Chungwha Telecommunication Workers' Union * China Airlines Employee Union

References

External links

TCTU
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