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The TUCA Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA-CSA) is the regional organization of the International Trade Union Confederation
(ITUC) for the Americas. It was formed in March 2008 to succeed the ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers (CIOSL/ORIT), after ICFTU
merged to ITUC. The organisation has 65 affiliated or fraternal organisations, in 29 countries, representing 50 million workers.
The COISL/ORIT was formed in 1951, and describes its objective as being to work for independent, autonomous, democratic unions throughout the Americas. The organisation carries out work in a range of fields.
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
(ITUC) for the Americas. It was formed in March 2008 to succeed the ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers (CIOSL/ORIT), after ICFTU
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions was an international trade union. It came into being on 7 December 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions , and was dissolved on 31 October 2006 when it merged with the World Confederation of Labour to form the...
merged to ITUC. The organisation has 65 affiliated or fraternal organisations, in 29 countries, representing 50 million workers.
The COISL/ORIT was formed in 1951, and describes its objective as being to work for independent, autonomous, democratic unions throughout the Americas. The organisation carries out work in a range of fields.
Member TUCs
The following national organisations are affiliated with the CIOSL/ORIT (ordered by country):- ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
- Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina
- BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
- Barbados Workers' UnionBarbados Workers' UnionThe Barbados Workers' Union is a trade union in Barbados. It was established in October, 1941. It has 25,000 members and represents them directly, negotiating with individual companies in each sector....
- Barbados Workers' Union
- BelizeBelizeBelize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
- National Trade Union Congress of BelizeNational Trade Union Congress of BelizeThe National Trade Union Congress of Belize is a central trade union federation representing the majority of workers in Belize. The NTUCB is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation. It is an umbrella organization for seven unions in Belize...
(Fraternal, not affiliated)
- National Trade Union Congress of Belize
- BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
- Central Única dos TrabalhadoresCentral Única dos Trabalhadores-See also:*Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores*Força Sindical-External links:...
- Confederação Geral dos TrabalhadoresConfederação Geral dos TrabalhadoresThe Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores is the second-largest federation of labor unions in Brazil. Founded in 1986, the CGT is close to the centrist Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement .-External links:*...
- Força SindicalForça SindicalThe Força Sindical is a trade union centre in Brazil. It was formed in 1991 by Luis Antônio Medeiros, a leader from the Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores.The FS is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-External links:...
- Central Única dos Trabalhadores
- CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
- Canadian Labour CongressCanadian Labour CongressThe Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in English Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated.- Formation :...
- Confédération des syndicats nationauxConfédération des Syndicats NationauxThe Confédération des syndicats nationaux , is the second largest trade union federation in Quebec by membership.- History :...
- Canadian Labour Congress
- ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
- Central Unitaria de TrabajadoresCentral Unitaria de TrabajadoresCentral Unitaria de Trabajadores may refer to:* Central Union of Workers, a trade union in Colombia* Central Unitaria de Trabajadores * Unifed Workers' Centre, a trade union in Chile...
- Central Unitaria de Trabajadores
- ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
- Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia
- Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia (Frat.)
- Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
- Confederación de Trabajadores Rerum Novarum
- DominicaDominicaDominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
- Waterfront and Allied Workers' UnionWaterfront and Allied Workers' UnionThe Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union is a trade union in Dominica. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union
- EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
- Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones
- El SalvadorEl SalvadorEl Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
- Central de Trabajadores DemocráticosCentral de Trabajadores DemocráticosCentral de Trabajadores Democráticos is a trade union centre in El Salvador. It was founded in the 1980s, and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Unión Nacional de Trabajadores Campesinos (Frat.)
- Central de Trabajadores Democráticos
- USA
- AFL-CIOAFL-CIOThe American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL–CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers...
- AFL-CIO
- GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
- Confederación de Unidad Sindical de GuatemalaConfederación de Unidad Sindical de GuatemalaThe Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala is a national trade union center in Guatemala. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.-References:...
- Unidad Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala (Frat.)
- Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala
- Central de Trabajadores del Campo (Frat.)
- GuyanaGuyanaGuyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
- Guyana Trades Union CongressGuyana Trades Union CongressThe Guyana Trades Union Congress is a national trade union center in Guyana. It was founded in 1941 as the British Guiana Trades Union Council. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- Guyana Trades Union Congress
- HondurasHondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
- Confederación de Trabajadores de Honduras
- Confederación Unica de Trabajadores de Honduras
- JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
- Jamaica Confederation of Trade UnionsJamaica Confederation of Trade UnionsThe Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union center in Jamaica. It is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation.-Origins:...
- Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
- MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
- Confederation of Mexican Workers
- Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros Campesinos
- Unión Nacional de TrabajadoresUnión Nacional de TrabajadoresThe National Workers' Union of Venezuela is a federation of labor unions in Venezuela that was founded in 2003. This union was created by supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to challenge the Workers' Confederation of Venezuela , an anti-Chávez union federation that has strong ties with...
- MontserratMontserratMontserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...
- Monserrat Allied Workers' Union
- NicaraguaNicaraguaNicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
- Confederación de Unificación Sindical
- Central Sandinista de Trabajadores
- PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
- Confederación de Trabajadores de la República de Panamá
- Convergencia SindicalConvergencia SindicalThe Convergencia Sindical is a national trade union center in Panama. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
- ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
- Central Unica de Trabajadores
- PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
- Confederación Gral de Trabajadores del Perú
- Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del PerúConfederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del PerúThe Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú is a national trade union center in Peru. It was founded in 1992 and has a membership of 300,000....
- Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
- Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores Dominicana
- Confederación de Trabajadores Unitarios
- SurinameSurinameSuriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
- Algemeen Verbond van Vakverenigingen de Moederbond (Frat.)
- Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
- UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
- Asociación de Bancarios del Uruguay
- VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
- Confederación Trabajadores de Venezuela
Criticism
In June 2006 an American labor magazine, Labor Notes, documented the role that the ORIT, ICFTU, ILO, and the AFL-CIO played in supporting elements opposed to the government of Haitian leader Aristide. ORIT is alleged to have ignored massive labor persecution against public sector workers and trade unionist supporters of the ousted government throughout 2004, 2005, and 2006.See also
- International Trade Union ConfederationInternational Trade Union ConfederationThe International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
- ITUC Regional Organisation for Africa
- ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific
- European Trade Union ConfederationEuropean Trade Union ConfederationThe European Trade Union Confederation is a trade union organization which was established in 1973 to represent workers and their national affiliates at the European level....
- List of federations of trade unions
External links
- Americas: New Unified ITUC Regional Organisation Founded http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article1946&var_recherche=TUCA
- TUCA/CSA website (in Spanish)