About us (2010)

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is a confederation of national trade union centres, each of which links the trade unions of that particular country. It was established on 1 November 2006, bringing together the organisations which were formerly affiliated to the ICFTU and WCL (both now dissolved) as well as many national trade union centres which had no international affiliation at the time. The new Confederation has 311 affiliated organisations in 155 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 175 million, 40 per cent of whom are women. It is also a partner in «Global Unions» together with the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the 0ECD and the Global Union Federations (GUFs) which link together national unions from a particular trade or industry at international level. The ITUC has specialised bureaux in countries around the world, and has General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.