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International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) has 231 affiliated organisations in 150 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 158 million.
It has three major regional organisations, APRO for Asia and the Pacific, AFRO for Africa, and ORIT for the Americas. It also maintains close links with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and Global Union Federations, which link together national unions from a particular trade or industry at international level.
Important issues are: Child Labour, Globalisation & Economic Affairs, Health, Safety & Environment, Multinational Enterprises,, Trade & Labour Standards as well as Trade Union Rights.
It has three major regional organisations, APRO for Asia and the Pacific, AFRO for Africa, and ORIT for the Americas. It also maintains close links with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and Global Union Federations, which link together national unions from a particular trade or industry at international level.
Important issues are: Child Labour, Globalisation & Economic Affairs, Health, Safety & Environment, Multinational Enterprises,, Trade & Labour Standards as well as Trade Union Rights.
International Federation of Building and Wood Workers
The International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW) is the Global Union Federation (GUF) protecting workers in the building, wood, forestry and allied sectors. 289 unions from 125 countries belong to IFBWW with a total of more than 10 million affiliated members. The IFBWW is providing a global platform and a network to globalize trade union rights and working conditions.
Multinationals are becoming the dominant force in employment and international financial institutions also exert an influence in defining the economic and development policies of borrowing governments. As these issues are of a global nature and have repercussions on trade union rights, the IFBWW launched the Global Labour Clauses Programme to develop trade union responses to these challenges.
Multinationals are becoming the dominant force in employment and international financial institutions also exert an influence in defining the economic and development policies of borrowing governments. As these issues are of a global nature and have repercussions on trade union rights, the IFBWW launched the Global Labour Clauses Programme to develop trade union responses to these challenges.
International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
The ICEM is a industry-based world labour federation dedicated to practical solidarity. It unites trade unions in its sectors on all continents. Its aim is to become a truly global trade union.
Its main focuses are (amongst others):
negotiating and monitoring global agreements with multinational companies - mainly on workers' rights, equality at work and the highest standards of health, safety and environmental protection worldwide
networking trade union reps within global corporations
providing information and expertise on topics ranging from collective bargaining to health and safety standards
representing workers' interests within the UN, its agencies and other intergovernmental bodies.
Its main focuses are (amongst others):
negotiating and monitoring global agreements with multinational companies - mainly on workers' rights, equality at work and the highest standards of health, safety and environmental protection worldwide
networking trade union reps within global corporations
providing information and expertise on topics ranging from collective bargaining to health and safety standards
representing workers' interests within the UN, its agencies and other intergovernmental bodies.
International Metalworkers' Federation
The International Metalworkers' Federation represents the collective interests of 25 million metalworkers in more than 200 unions in 100 countries. The IMF is a federation of national unions - a union of unions - in the metal industry at world level. The IMF head office is in Geneva, Switzerland, where worldwide activities are coordinated with a network of regional offices.
International Framework Agreements (IFAs) are a relatively recent tool but one now widely used by the IMF and other Global Union Federations to lay down the rules of conduct for transnational companies. Since they are negotiated on a global level and require the participation of trade unions, International Framework Agreements are an ideal instrument for dealing with the issues raised by globalisation.
International Framework Agreements (IFAs) are a relatively recent tool but one now widely used by the IMF and other Global Union Federations to lay down the rules of conduct for transnational companies. Since they are negotiated on a global level and require the participation of trade unions, International Framework Agreements are an ideal instrument for dealing with the issues raised by globalisation.
International Union of Food Allied Workers' Associations
The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is an international federation of trade unions representing workers employed in agriculture and plantations, the preparation and manufacture of food and beverages, hotels, restaurants and catering services, all stages of tobacco processing. The IUF is currently composed of 336 trade unions in 120 countries representing a combined membership of over 12 million workers.It is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The IUF seeks to create an international union counterweight to the power of the TNCs. We fight for union recognition at every level, including international level. We have won international agreements on global respect for trade union rights with leading companies within the IUF sectors. In our struggle for recognition of the IUF and its affiliates at international level, we are working to extend these agreements to other TNCs.
The IUF seeks to create an international union counterweight to the power of the TNCs. We fight for union recognition at every level, including international level. We have won international agreements on global respect for trade union rights with leading companies within the IUF sectors. In our struggle for recognition of the IUF and its affiliates at international level, we are working to extend these agreements to other TNCs.
North-South-Network
The North-South-Network is the development agency of DGB Bildungswerk, the training institute of the German Trade Union Federation.The North-South-Network is promoting human und trade union rights, international social and labour standards and sustainable economy.
The North-South-Network is promoting human und trade union rights, international social and labour standards and sustainable economy. The North-South-Network supports projects and initiatives of trade union partners in Brazil and South Africa. Further activities include women's education; health, safety and environmental protection; workers participation at the workplace and in society; professional training and solidarity economy.
(Limited English version of the website.)
The North-South-Network is promoting human und trade union rights, international social and labour standards and sustainable economy. The North-South-Network supports projects and initiatives of trade union partners in Brazil and South Africa. Further activities include women's education; health, safety and environmental protection; workers participation at the workplace and in society; professional training and solidarity economy.
(Limited English version of the website.)
Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC)
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD is an interface for labour unions with the OECD. It is an international trade union organisation which has consultative status with the OECD and its various committees.
TUAC's affiliates consist of over 56 national trade union centres in the 30 OECD industrialised countries which together represent some 70 million workers. It is they who finance TUAC activities decide priorities and policy and elect the TUAC officers.
TUAC's role is to ensure that global markets are balanced by an effective social dimension. Through regular consultations with various OECD committees, the secretariat, and member governments TUAC coordinates and represents the views of the trade union movement in the industrialized countries.
TUAC's affiliates consist of over 56 national trade union centres in the 30 OECD industrialised countries which together represent some 70 million workers. It is they who finance TUAC activities decide priorities and policy and elect the TUAC officers.
TUAC's role is to ensure that global markets are balanced by an effective social dimension. Through regular consultations with various OECD committees, the secretariat, and member governments TUAC coordinates and represents the views of the trade union movement in the industrialized countries.
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