International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) 1
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) 1 : The ICFTU was created in 1949 and has 234 affiliated organizations in 152 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 148 million workers. It has three major regional organizations: APRO for Asia and the Pacific; AFRO for Africa; and ORIT for the Americas. It also maintains close liaison with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) - which includes all ICFTU European affiliates - and global union federations, which link together national unions from a particular trade or industry at international level. It cooperates closely with the International Labour organization. It has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and maintains contacts with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. The five main priorities for action are: employment and international labour standards; tackling the multinationals; trade union rights; equality, women, race and migrants; and trade union organization and recruitment. It publishes annually a Survey of Trade Union Rights, which gives details on violations of basic trade union rights. See: European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
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