List of trade unions

Table of contents

1 International Federations 2 Australia 3 Canada 4 Czech Republic 5 Finland 6 France 7 Ireland 8 Korea 9 The Netherlands 10 New Zealand 11 Poland 12 United Kingdom 13 United States 13.1 Current Unions 13.2 Historical Unions 13.3 Union Reform Groups 13.4 Other Union Organizations 14 See also

International Federations

• International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ICFTU http://www.icftu.org/
  • ICFTU African Regional Organisation AFRO http://www.icftuafro.org/
  • ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation APRO http://www.icftu-apro.org
  • ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers ORIT http://www.cioslorit.org/
• World Confederation of Labour WCL http://www.cmt-wcl.org/
• European Trade Union Confederation ETUC http://www.etuc.org/en/

• Education International EI http://www.ei-ie.org/
• International Federation of Building and Woodworkers IFBWW http://www.ifbww.org/
• International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions ICEM http://www.icem.org/
• International Federation of Journalists IFJ http://www.ifj.org/
• International Metalworkers' Federation IMF http://www.imfmetal.org/
• International Transport Workers' Federation ITF http://www.itf.org.uk/
• International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation ITGLWF http://www.itglwf.org/
• International of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations IUF http://www.iuf.org.uk/
• Union Network International UNI http://www.union-network.org/

• Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU (www.actu.asn.au)
• New South Wales Teachers' Federation NSWTF (www.nswtf.org.au)

• Canadian Labour Congress CLC www.clc-ctc.ca

• Canadian Auto Workers Union (www.caw.ca)
• Canadian Union of Public Employees (www.cupe.ca)
• International Longshore and Warehouse Union (www.ilwu.ca)
• Ontario Public Service Employees Union (www.opseu.org)
• Service Employees International Union (www.seiu.org)

• Central Union of trade unions SAK (http://www.sak.fi)
• The Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees STTK (http://www.sttk.fi)
• Confederation of trade unions for academic professionals AKAVA (http://www.akava.fi)
• The Finnish Union of Salaried Employees TU (http://www.toimihenkilounioni.fi)

• 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 CNT ([1]) (anarcho-syndicalists)

• Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) (www.ictu.ie) 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.
• Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (T&GWU) (www.tgwu.org.uk)
• Amicus-MSF (www.amicus-msf.ie)
• Association of First Division Civil Servants (FDA) (www.fda.org.uk)
• Association of Higher Civil & Public Servants (AHCPS) (www.ahcps.ie)
• Association of Irish Traditional Musicians (AITM) (no website known)
• Association of University Teachers (AUT) (www.aut.org.uk)
• Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) (www.bfawu.org)
• Bakery and Foodworkers Amalgamated Union (BFAU) (no website known)
• British Actors Equity Association (www.equity.org.uk)
• Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) (www.bectu.org.uk)
• Building and Allied Trades Unions (BATU) (www.batu.ie)
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) (www.csp.org.uk)
• Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) (www.cpsu.ie)
• Civil Service Alliance (CSA) (no website known)
• Communications Workers' Union (Ireland) (CWU) (www.cwu.ie)
• Communications Workers' Union (UK) (CWU) (www.cwu.org)
• CONNECT (www.connectuk.org)
• Electricity Supply Board's Officer's Association (ESBOA) (no website known)
• Federated Union of Government Employees (FUGE) (no website known)
• Fire Brigades' Union (FBU) (www.fbu.org.uk)
• GMB (www.gmb.org.uk)
• Graphical Paper and Media Union (GPMU) (www.gpmu.ie)
• Guinness Staff Union (GSU) (no website known)
• Irish Bank Officials' Association (IBOA) (www.iboa.ie)
• Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) (www.ifut.ie)
• Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) (www.imo.ie)
• Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union (IMPACT) (www.impact.ie)
• Irish National Teacher's Organisation (INTO) (www.into.ie)
• Irish Nurses' Organisation (INO) (www.ino.ie)
• MANDATE (www.mandate.ie)
• National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO) (www.napo.org.uk)
• National Association of Teachers of Further and Higher Education (NATFHE|NATFHE]] (www.natfhe.org.uk)
• National League of the Blind (NLB) (no website known)
• National Union of Journalists (NUJ) (no website known)
• National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades (KFAT) (www.kfat.org.uk)
• National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) (www.rmt.org.uk)
• National Union of Sheet Metal Workers of Ireland (NUSMWI) (no website known)
• Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) (www.nipsa.org.uk)
• Operative Plasterers and Allied Trades Society of Ireland (OPATSI) (no website known)
• Prison Officers' Association (POA) (no website known)
• Prospect (www.prospect.org.uk)
• Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) (www.pcs.org.uk)
• Public Service Executive Union (PSEU) (www.pseu.ie)
• Sales, Marketing and Administrative Union of Ireland (SMAUI) (no website known)
• Seaman's Union of Ireland (SUI) (no website known)
• Services Industrial Professional Technical Union (SIPTU) (www.siptu.ie)
• Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) (www.tui.ie)
• Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) (www.teeu.ie)
• Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) (www.tssa.ie)
• Ulster Teachers' Union (UTU) (www.utu.edu)
• Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) (www.ucatt.org.uk)
• Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) (www.usdaw.org.uk)
• UNISON (www.unison.org.uk)
• Veterinary Ireland (VI) (www.veterinary-ireland.org)
• Veterinary Officers Association (VOA) (voa.freehosting.net)

• Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
• Korea Teachers and Workers Union (KTU)
• Korea International Labour Foundation KILF http://www.koilaf.org/

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

• New Zealand Public Service Association (NZPSA)

• Solidarity Independent Self-Governing Trade Union (NSZZ Solidarność)
• All-Polish Agreement of Trade Unions (OPZZ)

• 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) (www.aeeu.org.uk, www.msf.org.uk)
• Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen ASLEF (www.aslef.org.uk)
• Association of Teachers and Lecturers ATL (www.askatl.org.uk)
• Association of University Teachers AUT (www.aut.org.uk)
• Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union BFAWU (www.bfawu.org.uk)
• British Air Line Pilots Association BALPA (www.balpa.org.uk)
• Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union BECTU (www.bectu.org.uk)
• Ceramic and Allied Trades Union CATU (www.catu.org.uk)
• Communication Workers Union CWU (www.cwu.org)
• Educational Institute of Scotland EIS (www.eis.org.uk)
• EQUITY (actors) (www.equity.org.uk)
• Farmers Union of Wales / Undeb Amaethwyr Cymru (FUW) (fuw.org.uk)
• FDA (senior civil servants) (www.fda.org.uk)
• Fire Brigades Union FBU (www.fbu.org.uk)
• GMB (General workers' union) (www.gmb.org.uk)
• Graphical, Paper, and Media Union GPMU (www.gpmu.org.uk)
• Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association HCSA (www.hcsa.com)
• ISTC (Iron and Steel Trades Confederation) (www.istc-tu.org)
• Musicians Union MU (www.musiciansunion.org.uk)
• National Association of Probation Officers NAPO (www.napo.org.uk)
• National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education NATFHE (www.natfhe.org.uk)
• National Union of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers NASUWT (www.teachersunion.org.uk)
• National Farmers Union NFU (www.nfu.org.uk)
• National Union of Journalists NUJ (www.nuj.org.uk)
• National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers NUMAST (www.numast.org)
• National Union of Mineworkers NUM
• National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers RMT (www.rmt.org.uk)
• National Union of Teachers NUT (www.teachers.org.uk)
• Prison Officers Association POA (www.poauk.org.uk)
• Professional Footballers Association PFA (www.givemefootball.com)
• Prospect (engineering, scientific, management and professional staff) (www.prospect.org.uk)
• Public and Commercial Services Union PCS (www.pcs.org.uk)
• Royal College of Nursing RCN
• Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists SCP (www.scpod.org)
• Society of Radiographers SoR (www.sor.org)
• Transport & General Workers' Union T&G / TGWU (www.tgwu.org.uk)
• Transport Salaried Staffs' Association TSSA
• Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (National Union of Teachers of Wales) UCAC (www.athrawon.com)
• UNIFI (Financial services) (www.unifi.org.uk)
• Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians UCATT (www.ucatt.org.uk)
• Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers USDAW (www.usdaw.org.uk)
• UNISON (Public services)
• The Writers' Guild of Great Britain WGGB (www.writersguild.org.uk)

Current Unions

• American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO (www.afl-cio.org)
  • Actors and Artists of America, Associated (4As)
    • Actors' Equity Association AEA (www.actorsequity.org)
    • American Federation of Television & Radio Artists AFTRA (www.aftra.org)
    • American Guild of Musical Artists AGMA (www.agma.org)
    • American Guild of Variety Artists AGVA
    • Hebrew Actors' Union Inc HAU
    • The Guild of Italian American Actors GIAA (www.nygiaa.org)
    • Screen Actors Guild SAG (www.sag.org)
  • Air Line Pilots Association ALPA (www.alpa.org
  • Amalgamated Transit Union ATU (www.atu.org)
  • American Federation of Government Employees AFGE (www.afge.org)
  • American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada AFM (www.afm.org)
  • American Federation of School Administrators AFSA (www.admin.org)
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFSCME (www.afscme.org)
  • American Federation of Teachers AFT (www.aft.org)
  • American Postal Workers Union APWU (www.apwu.org/)
  • American Radio Association ARA (home.earthlink.net/~araplans/)
  • American Train Dispatchers Department ATDD
  • Association of Flight Attendants AFA (www.afanet.org)
  • Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union BCTGM (www.bctgm.org)
  • Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees BMWE (www.bmwe.org)
  • Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen BRS (www.brs.org)
  • California School Employees Association CSEA (www.csea.com)
  • Communications Workers of America CWA (www.cwa-union.org/)
    • The Newspaper Guild (www.newsguild.org)
  • Federation of Professional Athletes
    • National Football League Players Association NFLPA (http://www.nflpa.org/ www.nflpa.org)
  • Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union GMP (www.gmpiu.org)
  • Graphic Communications International Union GCIU (www.gciu.org)
  • Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union see UNITE HERE below
  • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes IATSE (www.iatse-intl.org)
  • International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers IW (www.ironworkers.org)
  • International Association of Fire Fighters IAFF (www.iaff.org)
  • International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers (www.insulators.org)
  • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers IAM (www.goiam.org)
  • International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (www.boilermakers.org)
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW (www.ibew.org)
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters IBT (www.teamster.org / www.teamster.net)
    • Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers BLE (www.ble.org)
  • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers IFPTE (www.ifpte.org)
  • International Longshoremen's Association ILA (www.ilaunion.org)
    • International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots MM&P (www.bridgedeck.org)
  • International Longshore and Warehouse Union ILWU (www.ilwu.org)
  • 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 BAC (www.bacweb.org)
  • International Union of Elevator Constructors IUEC (www.iuec.org)
  • International Union of Journeymen Horseshoers and Allied Trades IUJHAT
  • International Union of Operating Engineers IUOE
  • International Union of Painters and Allied Trades IUPAT (www.iupat.org)
  • International Union of Police Associations IUPA (www.iupa.org/)
  • Laborers' International Union of North America LIUNA (www.liuna.org)
    • National Federation of Independent Unions NFIU (www.nfiu.org)
    • National Postal Mail Handlers Union NPMHU (www.npmhu.org)
  • Marine Engineers Beneficial Association MEBA (www.d1meba.org)
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association NATCA (www.natca.org)
  • National Association of Letter Carriers NALC (www.nalc.org)
  • Office and Professional Employees International Union OPEIU (www.opeiu.org)
  • Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada OPCMIA (www.opcmai.org)
  • Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union PACE (www.paceunion.org)
  • Seafarers International Union of North America SIU (www.seafarers.org)
  • Service Employees International Union SEIU (www.seiu.org)
  • Sheet Metal Workers International Association SMWIA (www.smwia.org)
  • Transportation Communications International Union TCU (www.tcunion.org)
  • Transport Workers Union of America TWU (www.twu.org)
  • UNITE HERE (merger, 2004)
    • Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees UNITE! (www.uniteunion.org)
    • Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union HERE (www.hereunion.org)
  • United American Nurses UAN (www.uannurse.org)
  • 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 (www.uaw.org)
    • National Writers Union NWU (www.nwu.org/)
  • United Farm Workers of America UFW (www.ufw.org)
  • United Food and Commercial Workers UFCW (www.ufcw.org)
    • Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union RWDS (www.rwdsu.org)
  • United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners UBC (www.carpenters.org)
    • Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers AWPPW (www.awppw.org)
  • United Mine Workers of America UMWA (www.umwa.org)
  • United Steelworkers of America USWA (www.uswa.org)
  • United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers (www.unionroofers.com)
  • Utility Workers Union of America UWUA (www.uwua.org)
  • Writers Guild of America, east WGAE (www.wgaeast.org)
• Independent
  • Industrial Workers of the World IWW ("Wobblies") (www.iww.org)
  • National Education Association NEA (www.nea.org)
  • National Farmers Union (www.nfu.org) (not a labor union, strictly speaking)
  • United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America UE (www.ranknfile-ue.org)
  • Writers Guild of America, west WGA (www.wga.org)

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

• Teamsters for a Democratic Union TDU (www.tdu.org / www.flyingteamsters.org/democratic.asp)
• Short Circuits IBEW local reformers (www.shortcircuits.us)
• Research, Educate, Advocacy, People REAP - UFCW reform group (www.reapinc.org/)
• Labor Notes Putting the Movement Back in the Labor Movement (www.labornotes.org/)

• Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions CGEU (http://www.cgeu.org)
• Coalition of Labor Union Women CLUW (http://www.cluw.org/)
• Jobs with Justice JwJ (www.jwj.org)
• Committees for Occupational Safety and Health COSHs
  • SEMCOSH - Southeast Michigan Coalition on Occupational Safety and Health - http://www.semcosh.org (http://www.officemonkey.org/wiki.cgi)

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