Global union federation

A global union federation (GUF) is an international federation of national trade unions organizing in specific industry sectors or occupational groups. Historically, such federations in the social democratic tradition described as international trade secretariats (ITS), while those in the Christian democratic tradition described themselves as international trade federations. Equivalent sectoral bodies linked to the World Federation of Trade Unions described themselves as trade union internationals.

Many unions are members of one or more global union federations, relevant to the sectors where they have their members. Individual unions may also be affiliated to a national trade union centre, which in turn can be affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) or the WFTU. This means that workers do not belong to the global union; instead, the individual workers belong to their local, and the local organization may choose to join one or more regional or national labor organizations, and each national organization may choose to join one or more global unions.

Current federations

Former secretariats

See also

• Global Unions

Notes

Citations

Sources

Books

• Burchill, Frank; Ross, Richard (1977). A History of the Potters' Union. Hanley: Ceramic and Allied Trades Union. ISBN978-0-906210-01-7.
• Chen, Martha Alter (2005). . United Nations Publications. ISBN978-1-932827-26-2.
• Gries, Rainer (2001). "Overview of the Development of International Trade Union Organisations". (PDF). Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. (PDF) from the original on 22 June 2007.
• Rojot, Jacques (2006). "International Collective Bargaining". In Morley, Michael J.; Gunnigle, Patrick; Collings, David (eds.). Global Industrial Relations. New York: Routledge. ISBN978-1-134-33079-9.
• Sassenbach, Johannes (1926). Twenty-five Years of International Trade Unionism. Amsterdam: International Federation of Trade Unions. OCLC.

Articles

• Sarkar, Santanu; Kuruvilla, Sarosh (19 January 2020). . British Journal of Industrial Relations. 58 (1). British Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(1): 27–49. doi:.
• . The New York Times. Vienna. International Herald Tribune. 1 November 2006. from the original on 5 February 2020.

Profiles

• . Yearbook of International Organizations. Union of International Associations. 14 October 1999. from the original on 5 February 2020.
• . Yearbook of International Organizations. Union of International Associations. 26 June 2006. from the original on 9 December 2019.