# Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia

The Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia (SSJ) was a mass organization in SFR Yugoslavia that operated as both a centralized body of trade unions and a socio-political organ of the Yugoslav government. It existed as one of the most powerful organizations within the Socialist Alliance of Working People of Yugoslavia, the popular front of the ruling League of Communists. In addition to assisting in the implementation of the Party's domestic labor programs, the SSJ actively sent labor delegations abroad to other countries, with 190 such delegations having been sent in the year 1959 alone. The organization maintained relations with both Western and Eastern labor unions and represented Yugoslavia at the International Labour Organization.
The SSJ was dissolved and succeeded by numerous smaller organizations across the six Yugoslav republics shortly before the Yugoslav Wars in 1990:
* Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia
* Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia
* Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Montenegro
* Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia
* Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia

## Affiliates

| Union | Founded | Left | Reason left | Membership (1954) | Membership (1965) | Membership (1990) |
| Association of Barber and Wig Workers of Yugoslavia | | 1947 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Association of Domestic Auxiliary Staff of Yugoslavia | | 1947 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Association of Educators of Pre-School Institutions | | | | 735 | N/A | N/A |
| Association of Teachers of Special Schools | 1952 | 1959 | Merged | 639 | N/A | N/A |
| Association of Teachers of Vocational Schools | 1952 | 1959 | Merged | 4,485 | N/A | N/A |
| Association of University Teachers | 1952 | 1959 | Merged | 1,982 | N/A | N/A |
| Catering and Tourism Workers' Union | 1974 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 250,000 |
| Chemistry and Non-Metallic Industry Workers' Union | 1974 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 255,000 |
| Commerce Workers' Union | 1974 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 650,000 |
| Communal Enterprise Workers' Union | 1945 | 1955 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Craft Workers' Union | 1947 | 1955 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Economic-Administrative and Technical Institutions Employees Union | 1945 | 1946 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Education, Science and Culture Workers' Union | 1978 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 430,000 |
| Energy Workers' Union | | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 180,000 |
| Federation of Artists and Sculptors | | | | 535 | N/A | N/A |
| Federation of Associations of Pensioners | | | | 244,624 | N/A | N/A |
| Federation of Journalists | | | | 2,000 | N/A | N/A |
| Federation of Librarians | | | | 579 | N/A | N/A |
| Federation of Museum Societies | | | | 300 | N/A | N/A |
| Forestry and Wood Industry Workers' Union | 1974 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 320,000 |
| Health and Social Care Workers' Union | 1974 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 421,000 |
| Judicial and Administrative Institutions Employees Union of Yugoslavia | 1945 | 1946 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Metal Production and Manufacturing Workers' Union | 1974 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 980,000 |
| Printing, Newspaper, Publishing and Information Workers' Union | 1974 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 130,000 |
| Public Utilities and Handicraft Workers' Union | 1974 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 300,000 |
| State Administration and Finance Workers' Union | 1978 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 520,000 |
| State Administrative and Judicial Institutions Employees Union | 1946 | 1949 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Textile, Leather and Footwear Workers' Union | 1974 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | N/A | 480,000 |
| Union of Administrative and Judicial Workers | 1974 | 1978 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Agricultural, Food Processing and Tobacco Workers of Yugoslavia | 1959 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | 373,000 | 525,000 |
| Union of Agricultural Workers and Employees | 1945 | 1959 | Merged | 84,792 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Chemical Industry Workers | 1945 | 1959 | Merged | 37,759 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Communal and Craft Workers | 1955 | 1963 | Merged | 131,986 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Construction Workers of Yugoslavia | 1945 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | 155,410 | 387,000 | 680,000 |
| Union of Cultural and Art Institution Workers | 1951 | 1963 | Merged | 11,137 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Educational and Scientific Workers of Yugoslavia | 1945 | 1963 | Merged | 48,394 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Financial Officials | 1945 | 1949 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Food and Tobacco Workers | 1945 | 1959 | Merged | 57,437 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Industrial and Mining Workers | 1963 | 1974 | Split | N/A | 1,191,000 | N/A |
| Union of Maritime Workers | 1945 | 1959 | Merged | 9,591 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Metal Workers | 1945 | 1963 | Merged | 149,436 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Metallurgical and Mining Workers | 1955 | 1959 | Merged | 127,940 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Metallurgical Workers and Employees | 1950 | 1955 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Workers | 1959 | 1963 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Mining Workers | 1945 | 1955 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Monetary and Financial Workers | 1974 | 1978 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Employees | 1945 | 1959 | Merged | 21,432 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Print and Paper Workers | 1945 | 1963 | Merged | 20,369 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Health Workers | 1945 | 1963 | Merged | 62,435 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Public Service Workers | 1963 | 1974 | Split | N/A | 516,000 | N/A |
| Union of Railwaymen | 1945 | 1959 | Merged | 112,186 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Service Workers | 1963 | 1974 | Split | N/A | 499,000 | N/A |
| Union of State Administration Employees | 1949 | 1963 | Merged | 137,551 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Textile and Leather Workers | 1955 | 1963 | Merged | 108,283 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Trade Workers | 1945 | 1955 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Transport and Communications Workers of Yugoslavia | 1959 | 1990 | SSJ dissolved | N/A | 306,000 | 520,000 |
| Union of Transport Workers | 1945 | 1959 | Merged | 42,076 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Wood Industry Workers | 1945 | 1963 | Merged | 94,337 | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Workers and Employees of the Catering and Tourism Economy | 1945 | 1955 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Workers and Employees of the Leather Processing Industry | 1945 | 1955 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Workers and Employees of the Textile and Clothing Industry | 1945 | 1955 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Workers and Employees of the Tobacco Industry | 1945 | 1948 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Workers and Employees of Utility Companies and Institutions | 1945 | 1955 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Workers in Culture, Arts, Radio and Television | 1974 | 1978 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Workers in Education and Science | 1974 | 1978 | Merged | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Union of Workers in Trade, Catering and Tourism | 1955 | 1963 | Merged | 132,916 | N/A | N/A |