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A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country.[1] Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such as the Nordic countries, different centers exist on a sectoral basis, for example, for blue collar workers and professionals.
Examples
edit- Argentina: General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and Argentine Workers' Central Union (CTA)
- Armenia: Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia (CTUA)
- Australia: Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
- Brazil: Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT)
- Britain: Trades Union Congress (TUC)
- Canada: Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
- Czechia: Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (ČMKOS)
- Denmark: Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
- France: French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT) and General Confederation of Labour (CGT)
- Germany: German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
- India: Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) and Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS)
- Ireland: Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
- Italy: Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), Italian Confederation of Trades Unions (CSIL) and Italian Labour Union (UIL)
- Japan: Japanese Trade Union Confederation (RENGO)
- Netherlands: Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV)
- Norway: Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
- South Africa: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
- Spain: Workers' Commissions (CCOO), Unión Sindical Obrera (USO), General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT)
- Sweden: Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO)
- USA: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Strategic Organizing Center
Many national trade union centers are now members of the International Trade Union Confederation, although some belong to the World Federation of Trade Unions.
See also
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References
edit- ^ Office, International Labour (1994). Political Transformation, Structural Adjustment and Industrial Relations in Africa : English-speaking Countries: Proceedings Of, and Documents Submitted To, a Symposium (Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, 1–4 February 1993). International Labour Organization. p. 30. ISBN 9789221085195.