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All Nepal Trade Union Federation (ANTUF) Nepal Inclusive Trade Union Federation (NITUF) National Democratic Trade Union Confederation Nepal Independent Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Union Nepal Revolutionary Workers Union (NRWU) Nepal Progressive Trade Union Federation (NPTUF) 605,000(ANTUF) 304,000 (GEFONT) 320,000 (NTUC) GEFONT ...
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) 1932 289,023 Miscellaneous U.S. federal government workers. 2012: AFGE: American Postal Workers Union (APWU) 1971 286,700 United States Postal Service workers other than letter carriers. APWU: International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) 1918 331,003
Both advocate policies and legislation on behalf of workers in the United States and Canada, and take an active role in politics. The AFL–CIO is especially concerned with global trade issues. The percentage of workers belonging to a union (or total labor union "density") varies by country. In 2022 it was 10.1% in the United States, compared ...
A struggling union pension fund for more than 22,500 metro Detroit carpenters and millwrights is getting a $635 million federal bailout, saving retirees from big cuts to their pension checks next ...
The United Auto Workers (UAW), fully named International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and southern Ontario, Canada.
It was initially named the United Association of South Africa, and while its membership was focused in mining, it accepted workers in all industries. This allowed it to absorb the Hairdressers' and Cosmetologists' Trade Unions in 2000, followed by the South African Diamond Workers' Union, and the Staff Association for the Motor and Related ...
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a national trade union center that is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of 61 national and international unions, together representing nearly 15 million active and retired workers.
The union was founded in 1976, when the Textile Workers Union of America merged with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. The small American Federation of Hosiery Workers also joined. On foundation, the new union had about 500,000 members. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the AFL–CIO. [1] [2] In 1979, the United Shoe ...