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Textile and clothing trade unions are
labor unions
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (su ...
that represent workers in the
textile industry
The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of yarn, textile, cloth and clothing. The raw material may be Natural material, natural, or synthetic using products of the chemical industry.
Industry p ...
and
garment industry
Clothing industry or garment industry summarizes the types of trade and industry along the production and value chain of clothing and garments, starting with the textile industry (producers of cotton, wool, fur, and synthetic fibre), embellishmen ...
. A partial list is as follows.
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IndustriALL Global Union
IndustriALL Global Union is a global union federation, founded in Copenhagen on 19 June 2012.
IndustriALL Global Union represents more than 50 million working people in more than 140 countries, working across the supply chains in mining, energy an ...
(Switzerland)
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International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation.
History
The federation w ...
(Belgium)
Africa
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Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union
The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) is the biggest union in the South African clothing, textile, footwear and leather industry, with more than 100 000 members. It negotiates wages for the vast majority of workers i ...
(South Africa)
Asia
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All India Jute Textile Workers' Federation
All India Jute Textile Workers' Federation, a trade union of jute mill workers in India. The union is affiliated to the Hind Mazdoor Sabha
The Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) was formed by the Socialists in 1948 but has little real connection ...
(India)
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Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Federation (India)
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Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union
Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union is a trade union of jute mill workers in West Bengal, India. The union is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Centre of Indian Trade Unions, CITU is a National level Trade Union in India and its tra ...
(India)
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Bengal Jute Mill Workers' Union
Bengal Jute Mill Workers' Union is a trade union of jute mill workers in West Bengal, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most popu ...
(India)
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Bengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor Union
Bengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor Union is a trade union of jute mill workers in West Bengal, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-m ...
(India)
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Bunkar Mahasabha (India)
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Coimbatore District Textile Workers Union
Coimbatore District Textile Workers Union, a trade union in the textile industry in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India. CDTWU is affiliated to the Hind Mazdoor Sabha
The Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) was formed by the Socialists in 1948 but ...
(India)
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Federation of Chatkal Mazdoor Unions (India)
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National Committee of the Chinese Financial, Commercial, Light Industry, Textile and Tobacco Workers' Union (
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
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National Union of Jute Workers (India)
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Pondicherry Textile Labour Union
Pondicherry Textile Labour Union, a trade union of textile workers in Puducherry, India. PTLU is affiliated to the All India Trade Union Congress
The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) is the oldest trade union federation in India. It ...
(India)
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Powerloom Workers Union (India)
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Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh
The Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh is a trade union for textile mills in Mumbai, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous cou ...
(India)
Australia
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Australian Workers Union
The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions. It traces its origins to unions founded in the pastoral and mining industries in the 1880s and currently has approximately 80,000 members. It has exerci ...
(Australia)
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Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union of Aotearoa
The Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union of Aotearoa (CLAW) was a trade union in New Zealand. It had a membership of 750, and was affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. In 2007 it merged with the National Distribution Unio ...
(New Zealand)
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Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia
The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) was a trade union in Australia. It represented a wide range of workers from the textile, clothing, footwear and felt hatting industries.
The TCFUA was formed 1 July 1992 by the mer ...
(Australia)
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United Voice
United Voice was a large Australian trade union, with over 130,000 members. United Voice members worked in a wide range of occupations including hospitality, childcare, teachers' aides, aged care, property services (cleaning, security, maintenan ...
(Australia)
Europe
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Community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, t ...
(United Kingdom)
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Fédération française de la couture
The Fédération française de la couture, du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode ( en, French Federation of Fashion and of Ready-to-Wear Couturiers and Fashion Designers) is the governing body for the French fashion industr ...
(France)
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GMB (trade union)
The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 460,000 members. Its members work in nearly all industrial sectors, in retail, security, schools, distribution, the utilities, social care, the National Health Service ( ...
(United Kingdom)
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United Federation of Trade Unions
The United Federation of Trade Unions ( no, Fellesforbundet) is a general union in Norway. With a membership of 150,000 it is the largest private sector union in the country.
History
The union is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of T ...
(Norway)
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Transport and General Workers Union
The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland – where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) to differentiate its ...
(United Kingdom)
North America
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UNITE HERE
UNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with roughly 300,000 active members. The union's members work predominantly in the hotel, food service, laundry, warehouse, and casino gaming industries. The union was formed in 2004 by ...
(United States)
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Workers United
Workers United is an American and Canadian labor union which represents about 86,000 workers in the apparel, textile, commercial laundry, distribution, food service, hospitality, fitness and non-profit industries.Greenhouse, Steve"Union Rejoini ...
(United States)
textile and clothing trade unions {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot)
Textile and clothing trade unions are labor unions that represent workers in the textile industry and garment industry. A partial list is as follows.
International
*IndustriALL Global Union (S ...