Links to Nationwide Federations of Labour Organizations and Trade Unions

NATIONAL LABOUR FEDERATION LINKS

NO	COUNTRY	STATE	REGION	TOWN	CALL LETTERS	CALL NAME	HQ	EXTRA LETTERS	EXTRA NAME	LOCAL NAME	ENGLISH NAME	LANGUAGE	TEXT
001	Austria			Vienna	OGB	Österreichischen Gewerkschaftsbundes			Austrian Federation of Trade Unions		Austrian Trade Union Federation		Austria's only representative and unified organization is comprised of 13 individual trade unions representing 1.4 million members
002	Belarus			Minsk	FPB	Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus							Represents 4 million members united in: 31 branch trade unions; 6 Minsk trade union associations; 2 big enterprise trade unions;
003	Bhutan			Thimphu	FOBTU	Federation of Bhutanese Trade Unions			People's initiatives to equal opportunity, social justice and peace.				Organises the Bhutanese workers and makes them aware of their basic workers' rights
004	Bulgaria			Sofia		Podkrepa					Confederation of Labor		Affiliates 36 regional unions and 30 branch unions on behalf of the 150,000 members
005	Bulgaria			Sophia		Confederation of Labor Podkrepa						Eng./Bulgarian	A trade union organization that affiliates 36 regional unions and 30 branch unions.
006	Bulgaria			Sophia	CITUB	Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria
007	Burma				FTUB	Federation of Trade Unions - Burma							Formed in 1991, by exiled workers and students who were forced to leave due to the crackdown by the military intelligence
008	Chile			Santiago		Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios Municipales de Chile					National Confederation of Municipal Civil Employees of Chile
009	Chile			Santiago		Confederacion Nacional Sindicato Trab. Construccion de Chile					National Federation of Construction Workers
010	Chile			Santiago	CONFUSAM	Confederación Nacional de Funcionarios de la Salud Municipalizada					National Confederation of Civil Employees of the Municipal Health
011	Chile			Santiago	FENPRUSS	Federación Nacional de Profesionales Universitarios de los Servicios de Salud					National Federation of University Professionals of the Services of Health
	COUNTRY	STATE	REGION	TOWN	CALL LETTERS	CALL NAME	HQ	EXTRA LETTERS	EXTRA NAME	LOCAL NAME	ENGLISH NAME	LANGUAGE	TEXT
012	Chile			Santiago	FENTESS	Federación Nacional de Asociaciones de Funcionarios Técnicos de los Servicios de Salud					National Federation of Associations of Health Services Technical Employees
013	Chile			Santiago	IFJ	International Federation of Journalists		FENATRAMCO	Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de los Medios de Comunicación Social de Chile
014	China			Beijing	ACFTU	All-China Federation of Trade Unions						Chinese/Eng.	This mass organization of the working class has a membership of 103 million in more than 586,000 primary trade union organizations
015	China			Hong Kong		Federation Of Hong Kong & Kowloon Labour Unions
016	China			Kowloon	HKCTU	Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions						English/Chinese	Having 51 affiliates representing 145000 members
017	China	Hong Kong		Kowloon	HKCTU	Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions						English/Chinese	The largest independent trade union centre in Hong Kong with 51 affiliates
018	Colombia			Bogota	CGTD	Confederación General de Trabajadores Democráticos
019	Colombia			Bogota	CTC	Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia					Confederation of Workers of Colombia
020	Colombia			Bogota	CUT	Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia					General Confederation of Democratic Workers
021	Colombia			Medellin	COLSIBA	Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Sindicatos Bananeros					Coordination of Latin American Banana Workers' Unions		Represents 40 trade unions in 8 countries
022	Costa Rica			San Jose	CTRN	Confederación de Trabajadores Rerum Novarum					Rerum Novarum Workers Confederation
	COUNTRY	STATE	REGION	TOWN	CALL LETTERS	CALL NAME	HQ	EXTRA LETTERS	EXTRA NAME	LOCAL NAME	ENGLISH NAME	LANGUAGE	TEXT
023	Croatia			Zagreb		Sindikat usluga UNI-Cro					Trade Union of Services UNI-Cro		Comprised of 8 affiliated trade unions covering these sectors: postal, telecommunications, banking, graphical, security
024	Croatia			Zagreb	UATUC	Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia		SSSH	Savez samostalnih sindikata Hrvatske				The largest Croatian trade union confederation with approximately 350,000 members and 22 affiliated branch unions.
025	Croatia			Zagreb	URSH	Udruga radnièkih sindikata Hrvatske		WTUAC	Worker's Trade Union Association of Croatia			Eng/Croatian	Comprised of 34 organizations representing workers from the public sector and from the education, culture and production sectors
026	Croatia			Zagreb	URSH	Udruga radnièkih sindikata Hrvatske		WTUAC	Worker's Trade Union Association of Croatia			Eng/Croatian	Comprised of 34 organizations representing workers from the public sector and from the education, culture and production sectors
027	Curacao		Aruba, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles	Willemstad	CFW	Curacao Federation of Workers			CURACAOSCHE FEDERATIE VAN WERKNEMERS				Represents 3250 active members and is the largest and most diverse General Union today with members in every sector of our economy
028	Cyprus			Nicosia	DEOK	Democratic Labour Federation of Cyprus
029	Cyprus			Nicosia	PEO	Pancyprian Federation of Labour
030	Cyprus			Nicosia	PEO	Pancyprian Federation of Labour			Cypriot National Federation
031	Cyprus			Nicosia	SEK	Synomospondia Ergaton Kyprou					Cyprus Workers Confederation	Greek/English	Represents Employees and Employers in Both Private and Semi-Government Sectors and Labour Staff in Public Sector.
032	Dominican Republic			Santo Domingo	CNTD	Confederacion Nacional de Trabajadores Dominicanos					Dominican National Confederation of Workers
033	Ecuador			Quito	CEDOCUT	Confederación Ecuatoriana De Organizaciones Clasistas Unitarias De Trabajadores
	COUNTRY	STATE	REGION	TOWN	CALL LETTERS	CALL NAME	HQ	EXTRA LETTERS	EXTRA NAME	LOCAL NAME	ENGLISH NAME	LANGUAGE	TEXT
034	Ecuador			Quito	CEOSL	Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Sindicales Libres					Confederation of Ecuadorian Labour Union Organizations
035	Ecuador			Quito	CEOSL	Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Sindicales Libres					Ecuadorian Confederation of Free Trade Union Organizations		The most powerful trade union confederation in Ecuador with 120,000 members
036	Ecuador			Quito	CTE	Confederación de Trabajadores del Ecuador					Confederation of Workers of Ecuador
037	Ecuador			Quito	FENAJE	Federación Nacional de Asociaciones Judiciales del Ecuador					National Federation of Judicial Associations of Ecuador		Represents the four thousand judicial servants employed in the judicial system
038	Estonia			Tallinn	EAKL	Eesti Ametiühingute Keskliit					Confederation of Estonian Trade Unions
039	Estonia			Tallinn	EMAF	Eesti Metallitöötajate Ametiühingute Föderatsioon					Federation of Estonian Metal Workers' Trade Unions
040	Estonia			Tallinn	TALO	Teenistujate Ametiliitude Keskorganisatsioon					Estonian Employees' Unions' Confederation		Comprised of unions and associations. Represents and defends the employees work, profession and income-related interests & rights.
041	Finland			Helsinki		Pardia					Confederation of Salaried Employees Pardia
042	Finland			Helsinki	AKAVA			YTN	Ylempien Toimihenkilöiden Neuvottelujärjestö		Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff		Represents private sector employees
043	Finland			Helsinki	AKAVA		HQ				Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals	Finnish
044	Finland			Helsinki	SAK	Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö	HQ				Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions	Finnish	Protects interests of 1.1 million wage-earners within the 25 member trade unions
	COUNTRY	STATE	REGION	TOWN	CALL LETTERS	CALL NAME	HQ	EXTRA LETTERS	EXTRA NAME	LOCAL NAME	ENGLISH NAME	LANGUAGE	TEXT
045	Finland			Helsinki	STTK	Toimihenkilökeskusjärjestö	HQ				Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees	English/Finnish	Represents approximately 650000 professional employees within 26 affiliated trade unions
046	Guatemala			Guatemala City	FESTRAS	Federación Sindical de Trabajadores de la Alimentación Agro-Industrias y Similares de Guatemala					Federation of Agriculture Worker Unions
047	Iceland			Reykjavík		Rafiënaëurinn á Island					Icelandic Federation of Labour
048	Iceland			Reykjavík	ASI	Althydusamband Islands			Labour Federation of Iceland		Icelandic Confederation of Labour	Icelandic	By far the largest federation of trade unions in Iceland, 75.000 strong.
049	Iceland			Reykjavík	BSRB	Bandalag Starfsmanna Ríkis og Bæja					Confederation of State and Municipal Employees		The biggest union of employees in public service has 18000 members
050	India		Covers 25 of the 28 states	Calcutta	AISGEF	All-India State Government Employees Federation							Representing seven million state employees and teachers
051	India			Mumbai	FIP	Federation of Indian Pilots
052	India			New Delhi	AIBOC	All India Bank Officers Confederation							The premier organisation of Bank Officers in the country at the industry level.
053	India			New Delhi	AIRF	All India Railwaymen`s Federation							Represents more than 1.5 million members
054	India			New Delhi	CITU	Centre of Indian Trade Unions			The Voice of the Worker				Over 1000000 members across many sectors
055	India			New Delhi	HMS	Hind Mazdoor Sabha	HQ		Indian Trade Union Confederation				Represents 4500000 workers who believe in Independence from political parties, including the Government, in Trade Union Work.
	COUNTRY	STATE	REGION	TOWN	CALL LETTERS	CALL NAME	HQ	EXTRA LETTERS	EXTRA NAME	LOCAL NAME	ENGLISH NAME	LANGUAGE	TEXT
056	India			New Delhi	NCOA	National Confederation of Officers' Associations of Central Public Sector Undertakings			a trade union of managerial and supervisory staff				Represents 1,500,000 Managerial and supervisory staff of the Public Enterprises
057	Indonesia			Jakarta	ASPEK	Association of Indonesia Trade Unions		ASPEK Indonesia			Federation of Trade Unions covering Finance, Commerce, Telecommunication, Postal and Media Entertainment's wo		Comprised of 60 organizations with 160,000 member
058	Indonesia			Jakarta	DPP FSPNI	Dewan Pimpinan Pusat Federasi Serikat Pekerja Nasional Indonesia					Central Board for all the Indonesia National Federation of Trade Unions		This trade unions militant movement keeps up the struggle war against the capitalist, exploitation, neoliberalist and impirealist.
059	Iraq			Bagdad	IFTU	Iraqi Federation of Workers' Trade Unions		IFTU	Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions				Goals: to win a Labour Code; to build up the union and affiliate it; the end of the occupation and a sovereign and democratic Iraq
060	Iraq			Baghdad	FWCUI & UUI	Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq and the Union of Unemployed in Iraq						Multilingual
061	Ireland			Dublin	IFUT	Irish Federation of University Teachers	HQ		The Trade Union & Professional Association for University Teachers & Related Grades				The only body that consistently defends traditional University values such as academic freedom and the need for pure research
062	Jamaica			Kingston	JFM	Jamaica Federation of Musicians							Represents 2,000 members which includes male and female musicians, artistes and performers
063	Jamaica			Kingston	JFM	Jamaica Federation of Musicians							Represents 2,000 members which includes male and female musicians, artistes and performers
064	Latvia			Riga	LBAS	Latvijas Brivo Arodbiedribu Savienibas					Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia		Protects the interests of professional trade union members and employees on the branch and inter-branch level.
065	Liechtenstein			Triesen	LANV	Liechtensteinischer ArbeitnehmerInnenverband					Liechtenstein Employee Federation		Represents 1300 members working in all industries and occupations
066	Lithuania			Vilnius	LDF	Lietuvos Darbo Federacijai					Lithuanian Labour Federation		Representing over 20000 members
	COUNTRY	STATE	REGION	TOWN	CALL LETTERS	CALL NAME	HQ	EXTRA LETTERS	EXTRA NAME	LOCAL NAME	ENGLISH NAME	LANGUAGE	TEXT
067	Lithuania			Vilnius	LPSK	Lietuvos Profesiniu Sajungu Konfederacija					Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation
068	Lithuania			Vilnius	LPSS	Lietuvos Profesiniu Sajungu Susivienijimas		LTUU	Lithuanian Trade Union Unification
069	Lithuania			Vilnius	LZUD	Lietuvos zemës ûkio profesinio sàjungo federacija					Lithuanian Federation of Trade Unions of Agricultural Workers		Comprised of 110 organizations representing 8035 members.
070	Luxembourg			Esch-sur-Alzette	OGB-L	Onofhängege Gewerkschafts-Bond Lëtzebuerg		CGTL	Confédération Générale du Travail du Luxembourg		General Confederation of Labour in Luxembourg
071	Luxembourg			Esch-sur-Alzette	OGBL	Onofhängege Gewerkschafts-Bond Lëtzebuerg		CGTL	Confédération Générale du Travail du Luxembourg		General Confederation of Labour in Luxembourg
072	Luxembourg			Luxembourg	CGFP	Confédération Générale de la Fonction Publique							Representing the interests of all professional public sector employees
073	Luxembourg			Luxembourg	FGFC	Fédération Générale de la Fonction Communale					General Federation of Local Authority Employees
074	Malaysia			Kuala Lumpur	MKTR	Majlis Kebangsaan Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Kakitangan Rendah, Kerajaan Malaysia			Solidarity Forever | Solidariti Berkekalan				Consisting of twenty-two (22) affiliated national and state unions representing over 200,000 workers in the Lower-income Group
075	Malta			Valletta	CMTU	Confederation of Malta Trade Unions
076	Mauritania			Nouakchott	CGTM	Confédération Générale des Travailleurs de Mauritanie
077	Mexico	DF		Mexico City	CNC	Confederación Nacional Campesina					National Peasant Confederation
	COUNTRY	STATE	REGION	TOWN	CALL LETTERS	CALL NAME	HQ	EXTRA LETTERS	EXTRA NAME	LOCAL NAME	ENGLISH NAME	LANGUAGE	TEXT
078	Mexico	DF		Mexico City	CROC	Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos					Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Farmers
079	Mexico	DF		Mexico City	CTM	Confederación de Trabajadores de México			Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Terraceros Constructores y Conexos de la Republica Mexicana		Confederation of Mexican Workers		National Union of Ground Workers and Constructors and Affilliates of the Mexican Republic
080	Mexico	DF		Mexico City	FENASIB	Federación Nacional de Sindicatos Bancarios					National Federation of Banking Unions	Spanish
081	Mexico	DF		Mexico City	FESEBS	Federación de Sindicatos de Empresas de Bienes y Servicios							Federation of Unions of Companies of Goods and Services
082	Mexico	DF		Mexico City	FSTSE	Federación de Sindicatos de Trabajadores al Servicio del Estado					Federation of Unions of Workers in the Service of the State
083	Moldova			Chisinau	CSRM	Consiliul Confederatiei Sindicatelor din Republica Moldova		UCRM	Union Confederation of the Republic of Moldava		Union Confederation of the Republic of Moldava
084	Montenegro			Podgorica	SSSCG	Savez Samostalnih Sindikata Crne Gore					Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Montenegro		Together We Are Stronger
085	Nepal			Kathmandu	DECONT	Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade unions							Represents 251,307 members affiliated through 18 national level unions and engaged in 41 district councils
086	Netherlands				CNV	Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond	HQ				Confederation of Christian Trade Unions	Dutch
087	Netherlands			Amsterdam	FNV	Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging	HQ				Netherlands Trade Union Confederation	Dutch
088	Netherlands			Den Haag	CFO	Christelijke Federatie van Overheidspersoneel					Christian Federation of Civil Servants		Representing 86000 civil servants, working for health care related & for independent (emancipated) governmental organisations.
	COUNTRY	STATE	REGION	TOWN	CALL LETTERS	CALL NAME	HQ	EXTRA LETTERS	EXTRA NAME	LOCAL NAME	ENGLISH NAME	LANGUAGE	TEXT
089	Netherlands Antilles	Curacao		Willemstad	CFW	Curacaoshe Federatie van Werknemers					Curacao Federation of Workers	English/Dutch	To improve the lives of working families, to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice
090	Nicaragua			Managua	FRPP	Federacion de la Rama Plastico Papel					Federation of Graphic Artists
091	Northern Ireland			Belfast		Police Federation for Northern Ireland							Represents 7,000 Police Service of Northern Ireland officers