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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
- IndustriALL Global Union
- International Confederation of Labor
Sectoral global union federations
- Building and Wood Workers' International
- Education International
- FIFPro
- International Affiliation of Writers Guilds
- International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
- International Federation of Journalists
- International Metalworkers' Federation
- International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation
- International Transport Workers' Federation
- International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association
- Public Services International
- Union Network International
European Federations
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
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)
Aruba
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
- Finance Sector Union
- Flight Attendants Association 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
- Retail and Fast Food Workers Union
- Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association
- Transport Workers Union of Australia
- United Firefighters Union of Australia
- United Workers Union
Austria
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
Bahrain
Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress
- Bangladesh Ganotantrik Sramik Federation
- Bangladesh Jatio Sramik League
- Jatiyo Sramik Jote
- Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal
- Bangladesh Labour Federation
- Bangladesh Mukto Sramik 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
- 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
Bhutan
Bolivia
- Bolivian Workers' Center
- Caboface
- 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
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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- National affiliates
- 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
Cape Verde
Caribbean
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
- Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique
- National Confederation of Central African Workers
- Union of Central African Workers
Chad
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
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
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
Côte d'Ivoire
- Centrale des Syndicats Libres de Côte d'Ivoire
- Federation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Côte d'Ivoire
- General Workers Union in Côte d'Ivoire
Denmark
- Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC)
- Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
- FTF – Confederation of Professionals in Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
- Dominica Amalgamated Workers' Union
- Dominica Public Service Union
- National Workers' Union (Dominica)
- Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union
Dominican Republic
East Timor
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
El Salvador
- Central Autónoma de Trabajadores Salvadoreños
- Central de Trabajadores Democráticos
- Federación Nacional Sindical de Trabajadores Salvadoreños
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
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
- Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques
- Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes
Other unions
Historic unions
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
- Christlicher Gewerkschaftsbund (CGB) *German Christian Workers' Federation
- Deutsche Angestellten Gewerkschaft (DAG) German Salaried Employees' Union
- Deutscher Beamtenbund (dbb) German Civil Service Federation
- Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) German Confederation of Trade Unions
- KabineKlar German Flight Attendants Union
Ghana
Gibraltar
Historical unions
- Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union
- Gibraltar Confederation of Labour
- Gibraltar Labour Trades Union
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)
- FTF – Confederation of Professionals in Denmark
- 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
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
Guyana
- Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union
- Guyana Airline Pilots Association
- 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)
- Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores de 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
see Indian Trade Unions.
- Kerala Gazetted Officers' Union
- 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
- Cochin City Motor Thozhilali Union
- Darjeeling District Newspaper Sellers' Union
- Forward Seamens Union of India
- 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
- Hind Mazdoor Sabha
- Indian National Trade Union Congress
- Kerala Gazetted Officers' Federation
- Kerala State Transport Employees Front
- Labour Progressive Federation
- Maharashtra General Kamgar Union
- Mazdoor Mukti Morcha
- Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh
- Socialist Trade Union Centre
- Trade Union Centre of India
- Trade Union Coordination Committee
- United Trade Union Centre-Lenin Sarani
Indonesia
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
Historical unions
- Electricity Supply Staff Association (Dublin)
- Galway Workers' and General Labourers' Union
- Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union
- Irish Transport and General Workers' Union
- Irish Union of Hairdressers and Allied Workers
- Power Loom Tenters' Trade Union of Ireland
- Workers' Union of Ireland
Current unions
- Amicus
- Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland
- Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union
- British Actors Equity Association
- Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Civil and Public Services Union
- Communication Workers' Union (Ireland)
- Communication Workers' Union (UK)
- FDA
- Fire Brigades Union
- GMB
- Graphical Paper and Media Union
- Independent Workers Union of Ireland
- Industrial Workers of the World
- Irish Bank Officials' Association
- Irish Medical Organisation
- Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union
- Irish National Teachers' Organisation
- Irish Nurses Organisation
- Irish Writers' Union
- MANDATE
- Musicians' Union (United Kingdom)
- NAPO
- National League of the Blind
- National Union of Journalists
- National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades
- National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
- Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance
- Prison Officers Association
- Prospect
- Professional Footballers' Association of Ireland
- Public and Commercial Services Union
- Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical Union
- Teachers' Union of Ireland
- Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
- Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians
- Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
- UNISON
- Unite - the Union
- University and College Union
Israel
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
Jamaica
- Bustamante Industrial Trade Union
- Jamaica Airline Pilots Association
- Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers
- Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
- National Workers Union
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
- Lithuanian Labour Federation
- Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation
- Lithuanian Trade Union - Solidarity
Luxembourg
Republic of Macedonia
Madagascar
- Christian Confederation of Malagasy Trade Unions
- Confederation of Malagasy Workers
- United Autonomous Unions of Madagascar
Malawi
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
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
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
- Democratic Confederation of Labour (Morocco)
- Democratic Federation of Labour
- General Union of Moroccan Workers
- Moroccan Workers' Union
- National Labour Union of Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Netherlands
- Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond
- CNV Public
- Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging
- Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen
- Vakcentrale Voor Middengroepen en Hoger Personeel
- Vrije Bond
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
- 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
Niger
- Democratic Confederation of Workers of Niger
- General Union of Workers of Niger
- Union of Workers' Trade Unions of Niger
Norway
- Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway
- 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
Paraguay
- Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (Paraguay)
- Confederación Paraguaya de Trabajadores
- National Workers' Central (Paraguay)
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
Poland
Portugal
- General Confederation of Labour (Portugal)
- General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers
- General Union of Workers (Portugal)
- Union of Independent Trade Unions (Portugal)
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
Russia
- All-Russian Confederation of Labour
- Artists Trade Union of Russia
- Confederation of Labour of Russia
- Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists
- Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia
- Siberian Confederation of Labour
Rwanda
- Trade Union Centre of Workers of Rwanda
- Union of Workers in Industry, Garages, Construction Firms, Mines and Printers
Saint Kitts and Nevis
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
San Marino
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
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
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
South Africa
- Confederation of South African Workers' Unions
- 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</ref>
- 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
- National Council of Trade Unions
- 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
- Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna
- 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
Suriname
- Federation of Civil Service Organizations
- General Alliance of Labour Unions in Suriname
- Organization of Cooperating Autonomous Trade Unions
- Progressive Labour Federation 47
Swaziland
Sweden
- Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden
- Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations
- Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
- Swedish Trade Union Confederation
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
- National Confederation of Togolese Workers
- National Union of Independent Trade Unions of Togo
- Trade Union Confederation of Togolese Workers
Tonga
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
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
Tuvalu
Uganda
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
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.[1]
- 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
- 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[2]
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Seafarers International Union of North America
- Sheet Metal Workers International Association
- Transport Workers Union of America
- UNITE HERE
- 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
- 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
- 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
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
- Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela
- Movimiento Nacional de Trabajadores Para La Liberación
- Unión Nacional de Trabajadores de Venezuela
Vietnam
Western Sahara
Yemen
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
See also
- List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
- List of employer associations
- List of federations of trade unions
- List of reference tables for more lists in the field of business
- History trade unions in the USSR
- List of Wikipedia articles on labor unions
- List of international labor organizations
- Lists of organizations
References
- ^ See Annual Report of the Certification Officer 2011-2012 (2012) Appendix 1.
- ^ Jim McLean (12 May 2001). "Artists draw up first trade union". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
