List of federations of trade unions

This is a list of federations of trade unions currently in existence. Those federations listed under each country are also known as national trade union centres and are organizations formed by trade unions which operate, in most cases, at the national level. The organizations listed in the worldwide section are industry/sectoral-specific (i.e. the GUFs) and international organizations representing national trade union centres (e.g. ITUC).

Council of Global Unions
The Council of Global Unions (CGU) is made up of ten global union federations (which affiliates national-level sectoral trade unions), the largest international federation of national centres (the ITUC) and the trade union body to the OECD (TUAC).


 * Building and Wood Workers International (BWI)
 * Education International (EI)
 * IndustriALL Global Union
 * International Arts and Entertainment Alliance (IAEA)
 * International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
 * International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
 * International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
 * International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF)
 * Public Services International (PSI)
 * Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC)
 * Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers (TUIAFPW)
 * UNI Global Union (UNI)

Other international federations

 * International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG)
 * International Workers' Association (IWA-AIT)
 * World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
 * World Organization of Workers (WOW)

Africa

 * East African Trade Union Confederation
 * ITUC Regional Organisation for Africa (ITUC-Africa)
 * Organisation of African Trade Union Unity
 * Organisation of Trade Unions of West Africa

Asia

 * South Asian Regional Trade Union Council SARTU
 * ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific ITUC Asia Pacific

Europe

 * Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS)
 * Eurocadres
 * European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
 * European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI)
 * European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
 * General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU)

Americas

 * Caribbean Congress of Labour
 * Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (CSA-TUCA)

Middle-East

 * International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions