International Labor Organizations

The AFL-CIO is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)—the worldwide union network. Based in Brussels, Belgium, the ITUC has more than 230 affiliated union federations in 152 countries representing 150 million workers. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney serves on the Steering Committee and Executive Board of the ITUC. He also serves as the president of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Emerita Linda Chavez-Thompson is the president of the ITUC’s Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers (ORIT).

• ITUC—International Trade Union Confederation
• ICFTU—AFRO African Regional Organization
• ICFTU—APRO Asia Pacific Regional Organization
• ICFTU—ORIT Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers (in Spanish)
• TUAC—Trade Union Advisory Committee (to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development—OECD)
• ETUC—European Trade Union Confederation
• Global unions
• ILO—International Labor Organization
  

Global Union Federations

Ten Global Union Federations (GUFs) are the international representatives of unions organizing in specific industry sectors or occupational groups. Most AFL-CIO unions belong to the GUF for their sector.

• EI—Education International
• BWI—Building and Wood Workers International
• ICEM—International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
• IFJ—International Federation of Journalists
• IMF—International Metalworkers' Federation
• ITGLWF—International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation
• ITF—International Transport Workers' Federation
• IUF—International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations
• PSI—Public Services International
• UNI—Union Network International

National Centers

Locate ICFTU affiliates by country.

Trade Union Development Cooperation

Labor unions are a fundamental institution for democracy and economic development. The following organizations support stronger unions in developing countries through training, research and advocacy programs.

	Australia		Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA
	Denmark		LO/FTF Council
	European Union		European Trade Union College
	European Union		Solidar
	Finland		Trade Union Solidarity Centre–SASK
	Germany		Friedrich Ebert Foundation—FES
	Germany		German Marshall Fund
	Ireland		Global Solidarity Project
	Italy		Union Institute for International Cooperation—ISI-CGIL/CISL/UIL
	Japan		Japan International Labor Foundation—JILAF
	Netherlands		FNV Mondiaal
	Norway		LO Norway
	Spain		Peace and Solidarity Foundation/CC.OO
	Spain		Union Institute for Development Cooperation–ISCOD/UGT
	Sweden		LO-TCO Secretariat of International Trade Union Development Cooperation
	UK		Commonwealth Trade Union Council—CTUC
	USA		American Center for International Labor Solidarity, AFL-CIO

• IFWEA—International Federation of Workers’ Education Associations
• Laogai Research Foundation

International Labor Support Organizations

• Border Committee of Women Workers (Mexico)
• Bureau of Workers’ Activities/ILO
• Campaign for Labor Rights
• Clean Clothes Campaign
• China Labor Bulletin
• Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee
• Human Rights for Workers
• Human Rights Watch
• International Labor Rights Fund
• International Center for Trade Union Rights
• Jobs with Justice
• Maquila Solidarity Network
• National Labor Committee
• Thai Labor Campaign
• U.S. Labor Education in the Americas Project
• United Students Against Sweatshops
• Worker Rights Consortium

International Labor Research

• Asia Monitor Resource Center
• Asian TNC Monitor
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Center for Economic and Policy Research
• Economic Policy Institute
• European Industrial Relations Observatory Online
• European Trade Union Institute
• Focus on Globalization (Taiwan)
• Global Policy Network
• Global Union Research Network
  
• International Federation of Workers’ Education Associations
• Institute of Labor Studies (Mexico)
• Institute for Policy Studies
• Inter Trade Union Department of Statistics and Socio economic Studies-DIEESE (Brazil)
  
• International Institute of Social History
• Korean International Labor Foundation
• Laogai Research Foundation
• National Institute of Labor Studies (Australia)
• National Labor and Economic Development Institute (South Africa)
• Pakistan Institute for Labor Education and Research
• Public Services International Research Unit
• Research Institute for the Advancement of Living Standards (Japan)
• Social Observatory (Brazil)
• Transnational Information Exchange – Asia