# List of trade unions

This is a list of trade unions and union federations by country.

## International federations
### Global

* Industrial Workers of the World
* International Trade Union Confederation
* International Workers Association
* World Federation of Trade Unions
* International Confederation of Labor
* World Organization of Workers

### Sectoral global union federations

* Building and Wood Workers' International
* Education International
* FIFPro
* International Domestic Workers Federation
* IndustriALL Global Union
* International Affiliation of Writers Guilds
* International Arts and Entertainment Alliance
* International Federation of Actors
* International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations
* International Federation of Journalists
* International Federation of Musicians
* International Transport Workers' Federation
* International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations
* Public Services International
* Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers
* UNI Global Union

### European Federations

* List of federations of trade unions in Europe

## Albania

* Confederation of Trade Unions (Albania)
* United Independent Albanian Trade Unions

## Algeria

* General Union of Algerian Workers
* Union générale des syndicats algériens

## Andorra

* Andorran Workers' Union

## Angola

* General Centre of Independent and Free Unions of Angola
* Independent Union of Maritime and Related Workers
* National Union of Angolan Workers

## Antigua and Barbuda

* Antigua and Barbuda Public Service Association
* Antigua Trades and Labour Union
* Antigua Workers' Union
* Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association

## Argentina

* Argentine Workers' Center
* Consejo Coordinador Argentino Sindical
* Federación Agraria Argentina
* Federación Obrera Regional Argentina
* General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)

## Armenia

* Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia

## Aruba

* Aruban Workers' Federation

## Australia

* AFL Players Association
* Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union
* Australian and International Pilots Association
* Australian Council of Trade Unions
* Australian Federation of Air Pilots
* Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers
* Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
* Australian Maritime Officers Union
* Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
* Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union
* Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation
* Australian Services Union
* Australian Workers Union
* Civil Air Operations Officers' Association of Australia
* Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union
* Community and Public Sector Union
* Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
* Electrical Trades Union
* Finance Sector Union
* Flight Attendants Association of Australia
* Musicians' Union of Australia
* Health Services Union
* Industrial Workers of the World
* Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance
* National Tertiary Education Union
* Police Federation of Australia
* Professionals Australia
* Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association
* Transport Workers Union of Australia
* United Firefighters Union of Australia
* United Workers Union

## Austria

* Austrian Trade Union Federation
* Industrial Workers of the World
* Viennese Workers Syndicate

## Azerbaijan

* Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation
* Committee for Oil Industry Workers' Rights
* Journalists Trade Union of Azerbaijan

## Bahamas

* Bahamas Airline Pilots Association
* Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union
* Bahamas Taxi Cab Union
* Commonwealth of the Bahamas Trade Union Congress
* Bahamas Union of Teachers

## Bahrain

* General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain

## Bangladesh

* Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress
* Bangladesh Ganotantrik Sramik Federation
* Bangladesh Jatio Sramik League
* Bangladesh Jatiyo Sramik Jote
* Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal
* Bangladesh Labour Federation
* Bangladesh Sanjukta Sramik Federation
* Bangladesh Trade Union Kendra
* Jatio Sramik Federation
* Jatyo Sramik League
* Samajtantrik Sramik Front

## Barbados

* Barbados Workers' Union
* Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados
* Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association
* National Union of Public Workers

## Belarus

* Trade unions in Belarus
** Belarus Free Trade Union
** Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions
** Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus

## Belgium

* Confederation of Christian Trade Unions
* General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium
* General Federation of Belgian Labour

## Belize

* Christian Workers' Union
* General Workers' Union (Belize)
* National Trade Union Congress of Belize
* United General Workers Union

## Benin

* Autonomous Trade Unions Centre
* General Confederation of the Workers of Benin
* National Union of the Unions of the Workers of Benin

## Bermuda

* Bermuda Industrial Union
* Bermuda Public Services Association

## Bhutan

* Federation of Bhutanese Trade Unions

## Bolivia

* Bolivian Workers' Center
* Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia
* Corriente de Renovación Independiente y Solidaridad Laboral
* Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia

## Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republika Srpska

## Botswana

* Botswana Federation of Trade Unions
** Air Botswana Employees' Union
** Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board Workers' Union
** Botswana Bank Employees' Union
** Botswana Beverages & Allied Workers' Union
** Botswana Central Bank Staff Union
** Botswana Commercial & General Workers' Union
** Botswana Construction Workers' Union
** Botswana Diamond Sorters & Valuators' Union
** Botswana Hotel Travel & Tourism Workers' Union
** Botswana Housing Corporation Staff Union
** Botswana Institute of Development Management Workers' Union
** Botswana Manufacturing & Packaging Workers' Union
** Botswana Meat Industry Workers' Union
** Botswana Mining Workers' Union
** Botswana National Development Bank Staff Union
** Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union
** Botswana Power Corporation Workers' Union
** Botswana Private Medical & Health Services Workers' Union
** Botswana Railways Amalgamated Workers' Union
** Botswana Saving Bank Employees' Union
** Botswana Telecommunication Employees' Union
** Botswana Vaccine Institute Staff Union
** Botswana Wholesale, Furniture & Retail Workers' Union
** National Amalgamated Central, Local & Parastatal Manual Workers' Union
** Rural Industry Promotions Company Workers' Union
** University of Botswana Non-Academic Staff Union

## Brazil

* Central Autônoma de Trabalhadores
* Central Única dos Trabalhadores
* Confederação Brasileira de Trabalhadores Cristâos
* Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores
* Confederação Operária Brasileira
* Força Sindical
* Federação das Organizações Sindicalistas Revolucionárias do Brasil

## Bulgaria

* Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria
* Confederation of Labour Podkrepa
* National Trade Union Promyana

## Burkina Faso

* National Confederation of Workers of Burkina
* National Organisations of Free Trade Unions
* Trade Union Confederation of Burkina

## Burundi

* Confederation of Trade Unions of Burundi (Confédération des Syndicats du Burundi, COSYBU)
* Trade Union Confederation of Burundi (Confédération syndicale du Burundi, CSB)

## Cambodia

* Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia

## Cameroon

* Confederation of Cameroon Trade Unions
* General Confederation of Free Workers of Cameroon
* Union of Free Trade Unions of Cameroon

## Canada

* Canadian Labour Congress
** National affiliates
*** Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
*** British Columbia Teachers' Federation
*** Canadian Association of University Teachers
*** Canadian Federation of Nurses' Union
*** Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union
*** Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association
*** Canadian Union of Postal Workers
*** Canadian Union of Public Employees
*** Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
*** National Union of Public and General Employees
*** Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association
*** Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
*** Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
*** Public Service Alliance of Canada
*** Telecommunications Workers Union
*** Unifor (formerly CAW and CEP)
** International affiliates
*** Air Line Pilots Association, International
*** Amalgamated Transit Union
*** American Federation of Musicians
*** Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union
*** CWA-Canadian Media Guild
*** International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada
*** International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
*** International Association of Fire Fighters
*** International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers
*** International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
*** International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
*** International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
*** International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
*** International Longshore and Warehouse Union
*** International Longshoremen's Association
*** International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
*** International Union of Elevator Constructors
*** International Union of Operating Engineers
*** International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
*** Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association
*** Seafarers' International Union of Canada
*** Service Employees International Union
*** Sheet Metal Workers International Association
*** Teamsters
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*** United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
*** United Auto Workers
*** United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
*** United Food and Commercial Workers Union
*** United Mine Workers of America
*** United Steelworkers
*** United Transportation Union
* Independent unions/other affiliations
** Alliance des professeures et professeurs de Montréal
** Canadian Actors' Equity Association
** Centrale des syndicats du Québec
** Confédération des syndicats nationaux
** Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (Quebec)
** Industrial Workers of the World
** Major League Baseball Players Association
** Manitoba Teachers' Society
** National Hockey League Players' Association
** Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers
** Writers Guild of Canada
Company Union
** Christian Labour Association of Canada **

## Cape Verde

* Council of Free Labour Unions
* Trade Unions of Cape Verde Unity Centre

## Caribbean

* Caribbean Congress of Labour
* Caribbean Public Services Association
* Caribbean Union of Teachers

## Cayman Islands

* Cayman Airline Pilots Association

## Central African Republic

* Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique
* National Confederation of Central African Workers
* Union of Central African Workers

## Chad

* Free Confederation of Chadian Workers
* Union of Trade Unions of Chad

## Chile

* Central Autónoma de Trabajadores
* Industrial Workers of the World
* Workers' United Center of Chile

## People's Republic of China

* All-China Federation of Trade Unions
** All-China Federation of Railway Workers' Unions
** National Committee of the Chinese Agricultural, Forestry and Water Conservancy Workers' Union
** National Committee of the Chinese Aviation Workers' Union
** National Committee of the Chinese Banking Workers' Union
** National Committee of the Chinese Defense Industry, Postal and Telecommunications Workers' Union
** National Committee of the Chinese Educational, Scientific, Cultural, Medical and Sports Workers' Union
** National Committee of the Chinese Energy and Chemical Workers' Union
** National Committee of the Chinese Financial, Commercial, Light Industry, Textile and Tobacco Workers' Union
** National Committee of the Chinese Machinery, Metallurgical and Building Material Workers' Union
** National Committee of the Chinese Seamen and Construction Workers' Union

## Colombia

* Central Union of Workers
* Confederation of Workers of Colombia
* General Confederation of Democratic Workers
* SINALTRAINAL

## Commonwealth of Independent States

* General Confederation of Trade Unions

## Democratic Republic of the Congo

* Confédération Générale du Travail du Congo
* Democratic Confederation of Labour (DRC)
* National Union of Congolese Workers

## Republic of the Congo

* Confédération des Syndicats Libres Autonomes du Congo
* Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Congo
* Confédération Syndicale du Congo
* Congolese Trade Union Confederation

## Costa Rica

* Central de Trabajadores de Costa Rica
* Central del Movimiento de Trabajadores Costarricenses
* Confederación de Trabajadores de Costa Rica
* Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores (Costa Rica)
* Costa Rican Confederation of Workers
* Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores

## Croatia

* Association of Croatian Public Sector Unions
* Croatian Trade Union Association
* Independent Trade Unions of Croatia
* Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia
* Workers' Trade Union Association of Croatia

## Cuba

* Confederación General del Trabajo
* Cuban Workers' Solidarity
* Workers' Central Union of Cuba

## Cyprus

* Cyprus Turkish Unions Federation
* Cyprus Union of Bank Employees
* Cyprus Workers' Confederation
* Democratic Labour Federation of Cyprus
* Pancyprian Federation of Labour
* Pancyprian Public Servants' Trade Union
* Revolutionary Trade Unions Federation

## Czech Republic

* Christian Labour Confederation
* Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions

## Denmark

* Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC)
** Danish Association of Chartered Surveyors
** Danish Medical Association
** Danish Union of Architects
** Danish Union of Librarians
** Danish Union of Journalists
* Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
** Danish Food and Allied Workers' Union
** Danish Timber Industry and Construction Workers' Union
** Danish Union of Metalworkers
** Danish Union of Professional Technicians
** Danish Union of Public Employees
** Fagligt Fælles Forbund
** National Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees
* FTF – Confederation of Professionals in Denmark
** Danish Association of Pharmaconomists
** Danish Nurses Organisation
** Danish Union of Teachers
* Trade Union Opposition Federation (FS)

## Djibouti

* General Union of Djibouti Workers
* Union of Djibouti Workers

## Dominica

* Dominica Amalgamated Workers' Union
* Dominica Public Service Union
* National Workers' Union (Dominica)
* Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union

## Dominican Republic

* Central General de Trabajadores (Dominican Republic)
* Confederación de Trabajadores Unitaria

## Ecuador

* Confederación de Trabajadores del Ecuador
* Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas Unitarias de Trabajadores
* Ecuador Confederation of Free Trade Union Organizations
* Frente Unitario de los Trabajadores

## Egypt

* Egyptian Trade Union Federation

## El Salvador

* Central Autónoma de Trabajadores Salvadoreños
* Central de Trabajadores Democráticos
* Federación Nacional Sindical de Trabajadores Salvadoreños

## Equatorial Guinea

* Equatorial Guinea Workers' Union

## Eritrea

* National Confederation of Eritrean Workers

## Estonia

* Confederation of Estonian Trade Unions
* Estonian Employees' Unions' Confederation

## Ethiopia

* Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions
* Ethiopian Teachers' Association
* Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Trade Union

## Fiji

* Federation of Cane Growers
* Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions
* Fiji Trades Union Congress
* Indian Cane Growers Association
* Kisan Sangh
* Labasa Kisan Sangh
* Maha Sangh
* National Farmers Union of Fiji
* Rewa Planters Union
* Vishal Sangh

## Finland

The three major confederations:
* Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
* Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland AKAVA
* Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees STTK
Individual trade unions
* Association of Employees in Government Educational Administration
* Finnish Association of Architects
* Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers
* Finnish Union of Practical Nurses
* Union of Health and Social Care Services
* Union of Salaried Employees

## France
### Major confederations

* Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail
* Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens
* Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres
* Confédération Générale du Travail
* Force Ouvrière

### Other important unions

* Fédération Syndicale Unitaire
* Solidaire
* Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes

## Gabon

* Gabonese Confederation of Free Trade Unions
* Gabonese Trade Union Confederation

## The Gambia

* Gambia Workers' Union
* Gambian Workers' Confederation
* The Gambia Press Union

## Georgia

* Georgian Trade Union Confederation

## Germany
### Major confederations

* Christlicher Gewerkschaftsbund (CGB) German Christian Workers' Federation
* Deutscher Beamtenbund (dbb) German Civil Service Federation
** komba gewerkschaft
* Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) German Confederation of Trade Unions
** Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft
** Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten
** IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt
** IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie
** IG Metall
** Trade Union of the Police
** Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft
** ver.di

### Independent unions

* Vereinigung Cockpit [de]
* Free Workers' Union
* Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer

## Ghana

* Ghana Federation of Labour
* Trades Union Congress of Ghana

## Gibraltar

* CITIPEG

### Historical unions

* Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union
* Gibraltar Confederation of Labour
* Gibraltar Labour Trades Union

## Greece

* Trade unions in Greece

## Greenland

* Danish Trade Union Confederation
** Greenlandic Civil Service Confederation (AK) Atorfillit Kattuffiat
* Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists (DJØF) DJØF Kalaallit Nunaanni
* Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) Ilinniagaqarluarsimasut Qitiusumik Suleqatigiiffiat
** Danish Association of Chartered Surveyors
** Danish Medical Association (NP) Nakorsat Peqatigiiffiat
** Danish Union of Architects (IP) Illussanik Titartaasartut Peqatigiiffiat
** Danish Union of Librarians
** Danish Union of Journalists (TP) Tusagassiuinermi Sulisut Peqatigiiffiat
* Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
** Danish Union of Professional Technicians
** Danish Union of Public Employees
* FTF – Confederation of Professionals in Denmark
** Danish Association of Pharmaconomists
* Greenlandic Achademics Confederation (IK) Ilinniagartuut Kattuffiat
* Greenlandic Teachers Confederation (IMAK) ‘’Ilinniartitsisut Meeqqat Atuarfianneersut Kattuffiat
* Greenlandic Kindergarten Teachers Confederation (NPK) Nunatsinni Perorsaasut Kattuffiat
* Greenlandic Nurses Organization (PPK) Peqqissaasut Kattuffiat
* National Confederation of Trade Unions of Greenland (SIK) Sulinermik Inuussutissarsiuteqartut Kattuffiat
* Greenlandic Supervisors Union (SSK) Sulisunik Siulersuisut Kattuffiat

## Grenada

* Grenada Trades Union Council

## Guatemala

* Central General de Trabajadores de Guatemala
* Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala
* Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala

## Guinea

* General Union of the Workers of Guinea
* National Confederation of Guinean Workers
* National Organization of Free Unions of Guinea
* United Trade Union of Guinean Workers

## Guinea-Bissau

* National Union of Workers of Guinea-Bissau

## Guyana

* Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union
* Guyana Labour Union
* National Workers' Union (Guyana)

## Haiti

* Batay Ouvriye
* Confederation des Travailleurs Haïtiens
* Coordination Syndicale Haïtienne (CSH)
* Haitian Trade Union Coordination
* May 1st - Workers' Fight Federation

## Honduras

* Central General de Trabajadores (Honduras)
* Federación Unitaria de Trabajadores de Honduras
* Honduras Workers' Confederation

## Hong Kong

* Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council
* Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
* Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
* Hong Kong Journalists Association
* Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union
* Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union
* Joint Organization of Unions - Hong Kong

## Hungary

* Autonomous Trade Union Confederation
* Democratic Confederation of Free Trade Unions
* Forum for the Cooperation of Trade Unions

## Iceland

* Confederation of State and Municipal Employees of Iceland
* Icelandic Federation of Labour
* Industrial Workers of the World

## India

* Bengal Jute Mill Workers' Union
* Bengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor Union
* Centre of Indian Trade Unions
** Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union
** Calcutta Tramways Workers' and Employees' Union
** Darjeeling District Newspaper Sellers' Union
** Forward Seamens Union of India
** Joint Forum of Trade Unions
** Maharashtra Sugarcane Cutting and Transport Workers Union
** Otis Elevators Employees Union
** Steel Plant Employees Union
* All India Defence Employees Federation
* Association of Motion Pictures & TV Programme Producer of India
* Federation of Western India Cine Employees
* Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat
** Konkan Railway Corporation Employees Union
** Municipal Mazdoor Union
* Hind Mazdoor Sabha
** All India Railwaymen's Federation
** All India Jute Textile Workers' Federation
** Coimbatore District Textile Workers Union
** Kudremukh Shram Shakthi Sanghatan
** MCF Employees' Union
** Darjeeling Jela Dokan Sramik Union
* Indian National Trade Union Congress
* Kerala Gazetted Officers' Federation
* Kerala State Transport Employees Front
* Labour Progressive Federation
** NLC Workers Progressive Union
* Maharashtra General Kamgar Union
* Mazdoor Mukti Morcha
* Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh
* Socialist Trade Union Centre
* Trade Union Centre of India
* Trade Union Coordination Committee
** Bengal Hawkers Association
* United Trade Union Centre-Lenin Sarani

## Indonesia

* Confederation of All Indonesian Workers' Union
* Confederation of Indonesia Prosperous Trade Union
* Congress of Indonesia Unions Alliance
* Indonesian Railways Workers' Union
* Indonesian Trade Union Confederation
* Federation of Indonesian Independent Manufacturing Worker's Union

## Iran
### Historical unions

* Central Council of Trade Unions
* Central Council of United Trade Unions
* Central Union of Workers and Peasants of Iran
* Ettehadiyeh-ye Sendika-ye Kargaran-e Iran
* Union of Toilers of Iran

### Current unions

* Iranian Workers' Solidarity Network
* Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company
* Workers' House of the Islamic Republic of Iran
* Iranian Teachers' Trade Association
* Association of Iranian Journalists

## Iraq

* Federation of Oil Unions in Iraq
* General Federation of Trade Unions
* Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions

## Ireland

* Irish Congress of Trade Unions

## Israel

* Histadrut
* Koah LaOvdim

## Italy

Major confederations
* Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL)
* Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (CISL)
* Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL)
Other unions
* Confederazione del Comitati di Base
* CONFSAL
* DIRFOR
* General Labour Union (Italy)
* Italian Confederation of Free Workers' Unions
* Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions
* Italian General Confederation of Labour
* Italian Labour Union
* Unione Sindacale Italiana

## Ivory Coast

* Centrale des Syndicats Libres de Côte d'Ivoire
* Federation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Ivory Coast
* General Workers Union in Ivory Coast

## Jamaica

* Bustamante Industrial Trade Union
* Jamaica Airline Pilots Association
* Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers
* Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
* National Workers Union

## Japan

* General Union
* Japan Teachers Union
* National Union of General Workers
* RENGO
* Sohyo
* Tozen
* Zenzōsen

## Jordan

* General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions
* Jordanian Engineers Association
* Jordan Dental Association
* Jordanian teachers' syndicate

## Kazakhstan

* Confederation of Labour of Kazakhstan
* Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan

## Kenya

* Central Organization of Trade Unions (Kenya)

## Kiribati

* Kiribati Trade Union Congress

## Kuwait

* Kuwait Trade Union Federation

## Kyrgyzstan

* Kyrgyzstan Federation of Trade Unions

## Laos

* Lao Federation of Trade Unions

## Latvia

* Free Trade Confederation of Latvia

## Lebanon

* General Confederation of Lebanese Workers
* Lebanese Order of Physicians

## Lesotho

* Congress of Lesotho Trade Unions
* Lesotho Congress of Democratic Unions
* Lesotho Trade Union Congress

## Liberia

* Liberian Federation of Labour Unions

## Libya

* National Trade Unions' Federation

## Liechtenstein

* Liechtenstein Employees' Association

## Lithuania

* Lithuanian Labour Federation
* Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation
* Lithuanian Trade Union - Solidarity

## Luxembourg

* Free Luxembourger Workers' Union
* Luxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade Unions

## Madagascar

* Christian Confederation of Malagasy Trade Unions
* Confederation of Malagasy Workers
* United Autonomous Unions of Madagascar

## Malawi

* Malawi Congress of Trade Unions

## Malaysia

* Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services
* Malaysian Trades Union Congress
* National Council of Unions of the Industrial and Lower Income Group of Government Workers
* National Union of Plantation Workers

## Mali

* National Workers' Union of Mali
* Workers' Trade Union Confederation of Mali

## Malta

* Confederation of Malta Trade Unions
* General Workers' Union (Malta)
* Malta Union of Teachers
* Malta Workers' Union

## Mauritania

* Free Confederation of Mauritanian Workers
* General Confederation of Mauritanian Workers
* Union of Mauritanian Workers

## Mauritius

* Federation of Civil Service Unions
* Federation of Progressive Unions
* Mauritius Labour Congress
* Mauritius Trade Union Congress
* National Trade Unions Confederation
* Organization of Artisans' Unity
* Telecommunications Employees and Staff Association

## Mexico

* Authentic Labor Front
* Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos
* Confederation of Mexican Workers
* General Confederation of Workers (Mexico)
* National Association of Actors (Asociación Nacional de Actores)
* National Social Security Workers Union
* National Union of Mine and Metal Workers of the Mexican Republic
* Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers
* Sindicato de Trabajadores Ferrocarrileros de la República Mexicana
* Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación
* Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana
* Union of Cinema Production Workers

## Moldova

* Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Moldova

## Monaco

* Union of Monaco Trade Unions

## Mongolia

* Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions
* Solidarity Trade Union

## Morocco

* Democratic Confederation of Labour (Morocco)
* Democratic Federation of Labour
* General Union of Moroccan Workers
* Moroccan Workers' Union
* National Labour Union of Morocco

## Mozambique

* Mozambique Workers' Organization
* National Confederation of Free and Independent Trade Unions of Mozambique

## Myanmar

* Federation of Trade Unions of Burma
* Seafarers' Union of Burma

## Namibia

* SWAPO
* National Union of Namibian Workers
* Trade Union Congress of Namibia

## Netherlands

* Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond
* CNV Public
* Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging
* Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen
* Vakcentrale Voor Middengroepen en Hoger Personeel
* Vrije Bond
* Transport Workers' Union
* Construction and Wood Union
* General Dutch Construction Union

## Netherlands Antilles

* Bonaire Federation of Labour
* Central General di Trahadonan di Corsow
* Trade Union Centre of Curaçao
* Windward Islands Federation of Labour

## New Zealand

* Amalgamated Workers Union of New Zealand
** Central Amalgamated Workers' Union
** Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union
** Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union
* APEX
* Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
* Association of Staff in Tertiary Education Te Hau Takatini o Aotearoa
* Association of University Staff of New Zealand
* Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union of Aotearoa
* Corrections Association of New Zealand
* Customs Officers' Association of New Zealand
* Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union
* Finance and Information Workers Union
* Firestone Employees Society
* Flight Attendants and Related Services Association
* Furniture, Manufacturing & Associated Workers Union
* Maritime Union of New Zealand
* Meat Union Aotearoa
* National Distribution Union
* National Union of Public Employees (New Zealand)
* New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association
* New Zealand Building Trades Union
* New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
* New Zealand Dairy Workers Union
* New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa
* New Zealand Meat & Related Trades Workers Union
* New Zealand Nurses Organisation
* New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union
* New Zealand Public Service Association
* New Zealand Writers Guild
* NZ Merchant Service Guild Industrial Union of Workers
* Post Primary Teachers' Association
* Rail & Maritime Transport Union
* Service & Food Workers Union of Aotearoa
* Solidarity Union
* Unite Union

## Nicaragua

* Confederation of Labour Unification
* Nicaraguan Workers' Centre
* Sandinista Workers' Centre

## Niger

* Democratic Confederation of Workers of Niger
* General Union of Workers of Niger
* Union of Workers' Trade Unions of Niger

## North Macedonia

* Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia

## Norway

* Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway
* Confederation of Vocational Unions
* EL & IT Forbundet
* Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations
* NITO
* Norwegian Civil Service Union
* Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions(LO)
* Norwegian Post and Communications Union
* Norwegian Prison and Probation Officers’ Union
* Norwegian Seafarers' Union
* Norwegian Syndicalist League
* Norwegian Transport Workers' Union
* Norwegian Union of Food, Beverage and Allied Workers
* Norwegian Union of General Workers
* Norwegian Union of Industry and Energy Workers
* Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees
* Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices
* United Federation of Trade Unions

## Pakistan

* Pakistan Workers Confederation
* All Pakistan Federation of Labour
* All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions
* All Pakistan Federation of United Trade Unions
* All Pakistan Trade Union Congress
* All Pakistan Trade Union Federation
* Pakistan Labour Federation
* Pakistan National Federation of Trade Unions
* Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign
* Pakistan Transport & General Workers' Federation
* Pakistan Workers' Federation
* Railway Worker's Union (Open Lines)

## Panama

* Central National de Trabajadores de Panama
* Confederation of Workers of the Republic of Panama
* Convergencia Sindical
* General Confederation of Workers of Panama
* SUNTRACS

## Papua New Guinea

* Papua New Guinea Trade Union Congress

## Paraguay

* Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (Paraguay)
* Confederación Paraguaya de Trabajadores
* National Workers' Central (Paraguay)
* Paraguayan Regional Workers' Federation

## Peru

* Central Autónoma de Trabajadores del Perú
* Confederación de Trabajadores del Perú
* Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú
* Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú

## Philippines

* Federation of Free Workers
* May First Labour Movement Centre
* Trade Union Congress of the Philippines

## Poland

* All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
* Solidarity
* Trade Unions Forum
* Workers' Initiative

## Portugal

* General Confederation of Labour (Portugal)
* General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers
* General Union of Workers (Portugal)
* National Workers' Union (Portugal)
* Union of Independent Trade Unions (Portugal)

## Puerto Rico

* General Confederation of Workers (Puerto Rico)
* Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico

## Romania

* Democratic Trade Union Confederation of Romania
* National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania - Brotherhood
* National Trade Union Bloc
* National Trade Union Confederation (Romania)
* National Trade Union Confederation - Meridian
* General Association of All Workers of Romania
   * Deșteptarea (1879)

## Russia

* Confederation of Labour of Russia
* Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia
* Sotsprof
* Union of Trade Unions of Russia

## Rwanda

* Trade Union Centre of Workers of Rwanda
* Union of Workers in Industry, Garages, Construction Firms, Mines and Printers

## Saint Kitts and Nevis

* St. Kitts and Nevis Trades and Labour Union

## Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

* Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers' Union
* National Labour Congress
* National Workers' Movement (St. Vincent)
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union

## Samoa

* Samoa Public Service Association
* Samoa Trade Union Congress

## San Marino

* Democratic Confederation of San Marino Workers
* San Marino Confederation of Labour

## São Tomé and Príncipe

* General Union of the Workers of São Tomé and Príncipe
* National Organization of the Workers of São Tomé and Príncipe - Central Union

## Senegal

* Dakar Dem Dikk Workers Democratic Union
* Democratic Union of Senegalese Workers
* National Confederation of Senegalese Workers
* National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Senegal

## Serbia

* Postmans Trade Union

## Seychelles

* Seychelles Federation of Workers' Unions
* Seychelles Workers Union

## Sierra Leone

* Sierra Leone Confederation of Trade Unions
* Sierra Leone Labour Congress

## Singapore

* National Trades Union Congress

## Slovakia

* Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic
* Independent Christian Trade Unions of Slovakia
* Priama akcia
* Unity Trade Union

## Slovenia

* Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia
* Confederation of New Trade Unions of Slovenia
* Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovenia - Pergam
* Trade Union Confederation 90 of Slovenia

## Solomon Islands

* Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions

## South Africa

* Confederation of South African Workers' Unions
** Solidarity
* Congress of South African Trade Unions
** Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union
** Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union
** Communication Workers Union (South Africa)
** Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa
** Food and Allied Workers Union
** Musicians Union of South Africa
** National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union
** National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
** Performing Arts Workers' Equity
** Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union
** SASBO - The Finance Union
** South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers Union
** South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union
** South African Democratic Nurses' Union
** South African Democratic Teachers Union
** South African Football Players Union
** South African Medical Association
** South African Municipal Workers' Union
** South African State and Allied Workers' Union
** South African Transport and Allied Workers Union
** Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union
* Federation of Unions of South Africa
** Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa
** Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union
** Public Servants Association of South Africa
** United Association of South Africa
* National Council of Trade Unions
** Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union
* National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa

## South Korea

* Federation of Korean Trade Unions
* Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
* Korean Teachers & Education Workers' Union

## Spain

* Agrarian Trade Union Federation
* Basque Workers' Solidarity
* Confederación General del Trabajo
* Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
* Confederación Intersindical Galega
* Intersindical - Confederació Sindical Catalana
* Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak
* Spanish Trade Union Organisation
* Typographic Workers Trade Union
* Unión General de Trabajadores
* Workers Collectives
* Workers' Commissions (CCOO)
* Workers in Struggle Collectives

## Sri Lanka

* All Ceylon United Motor Workers' Union
* Ceylon Federation of Labour
* Ceylon Mercantile Union
* GCSU Sri Lanka
* National Union of Workers
* United Corporations and Mercantile Union

## Sudan

* Sudanese Workers' Trade Union Federation

## Suriname

* Federation of Civil Service Organizations
* General Alliance of Labour Unions in Suriname
* Organization of Cooperating Autonomous Trade Unions
* Progressive Labour Federation 47

## Swaziland

* Swaziland Federation of Labour
* Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions

## Sweden

* Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden
* Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations
* Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
* Swedish Trade Union Confederation

## Switzerland

* Swiss Federation of Trade Unions
* Travail.Suisse

## Syria

* General Federation of Trade Unions (Syria)

## Taiwan

* Chinese Federation of Labour
* Taiwan Confederation of Trade Unions

## Tajikistan

* Tajikistan Federation of Trade Unions

## Tanzania

* Tanzania Teachers’ Union
* Trade Union' Congress of Tanzania
* Zanzibar Trade Union Congress

## Thailand

* Labour Congress of Thailand
* National Congress of Thai Labour
* Thai Trade Union Congress

## Timor-Leste

* Timor-Leste Trade Union Confederation

## Togo

* National Confederation of Togolese Workers
* National Union of Independent Trade Unions of Togo
* Trade Union Confederation of Togolese Workers

## Tonga

* Friendly Islands Teachers' Association
* Tonga Nurses' Association

## Trinidad and Tobago
### Current unions

* Airline Superintendents Association
* Amalgamated Workers Union
* Association of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Staff
* Aviation, Communication and Allied Workers Union
* Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union
* Communication, Transport and General Workers Union
* Communication Workers Union
* Customs and Excise Extra Guards Association
* Electronic Media Union of Trinidad and Tobago
* Estate Police Association
* Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations
* Fire Services Association
* Managers and Supervisors Association
* National Petroleum Staff Association
* National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago
* National Union of Domestic Employees
* National Union of Government and Federated Workers
* National Workers' Union
* Oilfields Workers' Trade Union
* Public Services Association
* Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union
* Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and Tobago
* Transport and Industrial Workers Union
* Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association
* Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers Union
* Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association
* Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers

### Historical unions

* All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union
* Amalgamated Engineering and General Workers' Trade Union
* Bank and General Workers Union
* Bank Employees' Union
* British Colonial Taxpayers and All Workers Union
* Civil Service Association
* Communication Services and General Workers Trade Union
* Federated Workers Trade Union
* Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union
* Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union
* National Union of Government Employees
* Public Works and Public Service Workers Trade Union
* Staff Association of Barclays Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
* TTT Senior Staff Association
* Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union
* Oilfields Workers Trade Union

## Tunisia

* Tunisian General Labour Union (created in 1946)

## Turkey

* Confederation of Public Workers' Unions
* Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey
* Confederation of Turkish Real Trade Unions
* Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions
* Industrial Workers of the World

## Turkmenistan

* National Centre of Trade Unions of Turkmenistan

## Tuvalu

* Tuvalu Overseas Seamen's Union

## Uganda

* National Organization of Trade Unions

## Ukraine

* Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine
* Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine
* National Confederation of the Trade-Union Organizations of Ukraine

## United Kingdom

* General Federation of Trade Unions (UK)
* Scottish Trades Union Congress
* Trades Union Congress

### Current unions

The following is a list of major independent trade unions, which are solely accountable to their members and free from employer domination as it stood on 31 March 2012.
* Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen ASLEF
* Association of Teachers and Lecturers ATL
* Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union BFAWU
* British Air Line Pilots Association BALPA
* Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union BECTU
* British Medical Association Medical Doctors BMA
* Ceramic and Allied Trades Union CATU
* Communication Workers Union CWU
* Community (trade union)
* Community and Youth Workers' Union
* Connect - formerly the Society of Telecommunications Executives (STE)
* Doctors In Unite Medical Doctors (affiliated with Unite and the TUC)
* Educational Institute of Scotland EIS
* EQUITY (actors)
* Fire Brigades Union FBU
* First Division Association (senior civil servants)
* GMB (General workers' union)
* Graphical, Paper and Media Union GPMU
* Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association HCSA
* Industrial Workers of the World IWW
* International Union of Sex Workers IUSW
* Musicians' Union MU
* National Association of Probation Officers NAPO
* National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers NASUWT
* National Union of Journalists NUJ
* National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers NUMAST
* National Union of Mineworkers NUM
* National Union of Teachers NUT
* Offshore Industry Liaison Committee OILC
* Prison Officers Association POA
* Professional Association of Teachers PAT
* Professional Footballers Association PFA
* Prospect (engineering, scientific, management and professional staff)
* Public and Commercial Services Union PCS
* National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers RMT
* Royal College of Nursing RCN (legally a professional society rather than a trade union)
* Scottish Artists Union SAU
* Sex Workers Union (SWU)
* Society of Radiographers SoR
* Solidarity Federation
* Transport and General Workers Union T&G / TGWU
* Transport Salaried Staffs' Association TSSA
* Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (National Union of Teachers of Wales) UCAC
* UNIFI (trade union) (Financial services)
* Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians UCATT
* Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers USDAW
* UNISON (Public services)
* Unite - the Union
* University and College Union, amalgam of the AUT and NATFHE.
* The Writers' Guild of Great Britain WGGB

## United States
### AFL–CIO

    (The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations)
* Air Line Pilots Association
* Amalgamated Transit Union
* American Federation of Government Employees
* American Federation of Musicians
* American Federation of School Administrators
* American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
* American Federation of Teachers
* American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
* American Postal Workers Union
* American Train Dispatchers Department
* Associated Actors and Artistes of America
** Actors' Equity Association
** American Guild of Musical Artists
** American Guild of Variety Artists
** The Guild of Italian American Actors
** Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
* Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union
* Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
* California Nurses Association/ National Nurses Organizing Committee
* California School Employees Association
* Communications Workers of America
* Farm Labor Organizing Committee
* Federation of Professional Athletes/National Football League Players Association
* Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union
* International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
* International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
* International Association of Fire Fighters
* International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers
* International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
* International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
* International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
* International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
* International Longshore and Warehouse Union
* International Longshoremen's Association
* International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America
* International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers
* International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
* International Union of Elevator Constructors
* International Union of Operating Engineers
* International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
* International Union of Police Associations
* Laborers' International Union of North America
* Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
* National Air Traffic Controllers Association
* National Association of Letter Carriers
* National Football League Players Association
* Office and Professional Employees International Union
* Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association
* Professional Aviation Safety Specialists
* San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council
* Seafarers International Union of North America
* Sheet Metal Workers International Association
* Transport Workers Union of America
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* United American Nurses
* United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada
* United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union
* United Food and Commercial Workers
* United Mine Workers of America
* United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union
* United Transportation Union
* United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers
* Utility Workers Union of America
* Writers Guild of America, East

### Change to Win Federation

    (The Change to Win Federation)
* International Brotherhood of Teamsters
* Service Employees International Union
** Workers United
* United Farm Workers of America

### Independent

* Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
* Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions
* Directors Guild of America
* Dramatists Guild of America
* Fraternal Order of Police
* Independent Pilots Association
* Industrial Workers of the World
* Jockeys' Guild
* Major League Baseball Players Association
* National Basketball Players Association
* National Education Association
* National Rural Letter Carriers Association
* National Treasury Employees Union
* NHL Players Association
* Professional Lacrosse Players' Association
* Programmers Guild
* Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
* United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
* United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
* US Airline Pilots Association
* World Umpires Association
* Writers Guild of America, west

### Union reform groups

* Labor Notes
* Teamsters for a Democratic Union

## Uruguay

* Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores - Convención Nacional de Trabajadores

## Uzbekistan

* Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan

## Vanuatu

* Vanuatu Council of Trade Unions

## Vatican City

* Association of Vatican Lay Workers

## Venezuela

* Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela
* Movimiento Nacional de Trabajadores Para La Liberación
* Unión Nacional de Trabajadores de Venezuela

## Vietnam

* Vietnamese General Confederation of Labour

## Western Sahara

* General Workers' Union of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro

## Yemen

* Yemeni Confederation of Labor Unions

## Zambia

* Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia
* Zambia Congress of Trade Unions
* Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers

## Zimbabwe

* Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions which includes the defunct African Trade Union Congress