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Textile and clothing trade unions are
labor unions
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 ...
that represent workers in the
textile industry
The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of textiles: yarn, cloth and clothing.
Industry process
Cotton manufacturing
Cotton is the world's most important natural fibre. In the year 2007, th ...
and
garment industry. A partial list is as follows.
International
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IndustriALL Global Union (Switzerland)
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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 ...
(Belgium)
Africa
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Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (South Africa)
Asia
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All India Jute Textile Workers' Federation (India)
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Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Federation (India)
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Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union (India)
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Bengal Jute Mill Workers' Union (India)
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Bengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor Union (India)
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Bunkar Mahasabha (India)
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Coimbatore District Textile Workers Union (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. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
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National Union of Jute Workers (India)
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Pondicherry Textile Labour Union (India)
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Powerloom Workers Union (India)
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Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh (India)
Australia
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Australian Workers Union (Australia)
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Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union of Aotearoa (New Zealand)
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Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (Australia)
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United Voice
United Voice was an Australian trade union from 1992 to 2019. It merged with the National Union of Workers to form the United Workers Union in 2019. United Voice was part of the Labor Left faction of the Australian Labor Party.
The union was ...
(Australia)
Europe
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Community
A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...
(United Kingdom)
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Fédération française de la couture (France)
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GMB (trade union)
The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 560,000 members. Its members work in nearly all industrial sectors, in retail, security, schools, distribution, the utilities, social care, the National Health Service (N ...
(United Kingdom)
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United Federation of Trade Unions (Norway)
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Transport and General Workers Union (United Kingdom)
North America
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UNITE HERE (United States)
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Workers United (United States)
textile and clothing trade unions