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List of trade unions

List of trade unions by country.

International Federations

• International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ICFTU http://www.icftu.org/
  • Union Network International UNI http://www.union-network.org/

Australia

• Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU ()
• New South Wales Teachers' Federation Canada

Many United States unions (typically those with "international" in their name) also include Canada. See below.

• Canadian Auto Workers Union ()
• Canadian Labour Congress CLC
• Canadian Union of Public Employees ()
• Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (House of Democratic Unions)
• Centrale des syndicats du Québec (Quebec House of Unions, )
• Confédération des syndicats nationaux (National Unions Confederation, )
• Fédération des travailleurs du Québec (Quebec Workers Federation, )
• Public Service Alliance of Canada ()
• Service Employees International Union ()

Czech Republic

• Christian Trade Union Coalition – Křesťanská odborová koalice, KOK
• Finland
• Central Union of trade unions TU (http://www.toimihenkilounioni.fi)

France

• the 4 large confederations
  • Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
  • Force Ouvrière (FO)
  • Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT)
  • Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (CFTC)
  • Confédération Générale des Cadres (CGC)
• Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques (SUD)
• Confédeéation Nationale du Travail anarcho-syndicalists)

Germany

• India

see Indian Trade Unions.

Ireland

• Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) () Note: ICTU is the umbrella organisation for unions operating in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. British unions operate in Northern Ireland, as do some all-Ireland unions, and some Northern Ireland-only unions.
• Amicus-MSF ()
• Association of Irish Traditional Musicians (AITM) (no website known)
• Association of University Teachers (AUT) ()
• Bakery and Foodworkers Amalgamated Union (BFAU) (no website known)
• Civil Service Alliance (CSA) (no website known)
• Communications Workers' Union (UK) (CWU) ()
• Electricity Supply Board's Officer's Association (ESBOA) (no website known)
• Federated Union of Government Employees (FUGE) (no website known)
• Fire Brigades Union (FBU) ()
• GMB ()
• Guinness Staff Union (GSU) (no website known)
• National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO) ()
• National League of the Blind (NLB) (no website known)
• National Union of Journalists (NUJ) (no website known)
• National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) ()
• National Union of Sheet Metal Workers of Ireland (NUSMWI) (no website known)
• Operative Plasterers and Allied Trades Society of Ireland (OPATSI) (no website known)
• Prison Officers' Association (POA) (no website known)
• Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) ()
• Sales, Marketing and Administrative Union of Ireland (SMAUI) (no website known)
• Seaman's Union of Ireland (SUI) (no website known)
• Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) ()
• Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) ()
• UNISON ()
• Italy
• Korea
• Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) (http://www.kctu.org/)
• Korean Teachers and Educational Workers' Union (KTU) (http://ktu.or.kr/)

The Netherlands

• Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging FNV (http://www.fnv.nl)
• Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond CNV (http:://www.cnv.nl)

New Zealand

• Alloy Yachts Employees Federation
• APEX
• Auckland Society of International Flight Planners
• Bakers & Pastrycooks Union
• Chemical Workers Union
• Clothing, Laundry & Allied Workers Union
• Customs Officers Association
• Finance and Information Workers Union (Finsec)
• Firestone Employees Society Inc
• Flight Attendant & Related Services Association (FARSA)
• Furniture, Manufacturing & Associated Workers Union
• Manufacturing & Construction Workers Union (M&C Union)
• Medical Laboratories Workers Union
• NZ Professional Firefighters Union
• Postal Workers Association (PWA)
• Postal Workers Union (PWU)
• Public Service Association (PSA) ()
• Service & Food Workers Union of Aotearoa (SFWU)
• Stores and Warehouse Employees Union
• Tertiary Institutes Allied Staff Association (TIASA)
• Tramways Employees Union
• Poland
• Solidarity Independent Self-Governing Trade Union (NSZZ Solidarność)
• All-Polish Agreement of Trade Unions (OPZZ)

United Kingdom

• Trades Union Congress (TUC)
• Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC)

• Amicus (merger of Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union and Management, Science and Finance Union, January 2001) ()
• Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen ASLEF ()
• Association of University Teachers AUT ()
• Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union BFAWU ()
• British Air Line Pilots Association BALPA ()
• Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union BECTU ()
• Communication Workers Union CWU ()
• Educational Institute of Scotland EIS ()
• EQUITY (actors) ()
• Fire Brigades Union FBU ()
• GMB (General workers' union) ()
• Graphical, Paper and Media Union GPMU ()
• National Association of Probation Officers NAPO ()
• National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers NASUWT ()
• National Farmers Union NFU ()
• National Union of Journalists NUJ ()
• National Union of Mineworkers NUM
• National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers RMT ()
• Professional Footballers Association PFA ()
• Public and Commercial Services Union PCS ()
• Royal College of Nursing RCN
• Transport & General Workers' Union T&G / TGWU ()
• Transport Salaried Staffs' Association TSSA ()
• Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers USDAW ()
• UNISON (Public services) ()
• The Writers' Guild of Great Britain WGGB ()

United States

Current Unions

• American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO ()
  • Actors and Artists of America, Associated (4As)
    • Actors' Equity Association AEA ()
    • American Guild of Variety Artists AGVA
    • Hebrew Actors' Union Inc HAU
    • Screen Actors Guild SAG ()
  • Amalgamated Transit Union ATU ()
  • American Federation of Government Employees AFGE ()
  • American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada AFM ()
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFSCME ()
  • American Federation of Teachers AFT ()
  • American Train Dispatchers Department ATDD
  • Communications Workers of America CWA ()
    • Federation of Professional Athletes
    • Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union see UNITE HERE below
  • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes IATSE ()
  • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers IAM ()
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters IBT ( / )
    • International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America
  • International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers
  • International Union of Journeymen Horseshoers and Allied Trades IUJHAT
  • International Union of Operating Engineers IUOE
  • Service Employees International Union SEIU ()
  • UNITE HERE (merger, 2004)
    • United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada UA
  • United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union UAW ()
    • United Farm Workers of America UFW ()
  • United Food and Commercial Workers UFCW ()
    • United Mine Workers of America UMWA ()
  • Writers Guild of America, east WGAE ()
• Independent
  • Industrial Workers of the World IWW ("Wobblies") ()
  • National Education Association NEA ()
  • Writers Guild of America, west WGA ()

Historical Unions

• American Federation of Labor (see AFL-CIO above)
• American Railway Union
• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
• Congress of Industrial Organizations (see AFL-CIO above)
• Drug, Hospital, and Health Care Employees Union
• General Trades Union
• International Ladies Garment Workers Union
  • Ladies Waist Makers Union, Local 25
• Knights of Labor
• Western Federation of Miners

Union Reform Groups

• Committees for Occupational Safety and Health COSHs
• New Unity Partnership NUP
• List of organizations
• List of employer associations
• List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
• List of reference tables for more lists in the field of business
• List of organizers
• List of BambooWeb articles on labor unions