List of trade unions

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

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
Company Union
 * 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
 * UNITE HERE
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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

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

East Timor

 * East Timor Trade Union Confederation

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

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

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
 * 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
 * Cochin City Motor Thozhilali 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

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)

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)
 * 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

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

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

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