Textile and clothing trade unions

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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 ...

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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. International *

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 ...

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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 *

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 ...

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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) * Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Federation (India) *

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 ...

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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 ...

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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) * Bunkar Mahasabha (India) *

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) * Federation of Chatkal Mazdoor Unions (India) * National Committee of the Chinese Financial, Commercial, Light Industry, Textile and Tobacco Workers' Union (

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) * National Union of Jute Workers (India) *

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) * Powerloom Workers Union (India) *

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 *

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ( ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...