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Christy McGill, Art Teacher - Divide Elementary School, Lookout, WV.
Christy McGill, Art Teacher - Divide Elementary School, Lookout, WV.
Bulgaria: unions call for national protest
Across national boundaries, union organizations reach out and collaborate on issues that affect the working people in multiple countries. This international solidarity of working people is vitally important as corporations have spread their reach globally and jobs and whole industries are transplanted with the click of a mouse.
The AFL-CIO is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)—the worldwide union network. Based in Brussels, Belgium, the ITUC represents 175 million workers in 151 countries and territories and has 308 national affiliates. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka serves on the General Council and Executive Bureau 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 Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA).
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.
Locate ITUC affiliates by country .
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 |
| Canada | CLC/International Development Program (LIDP) |
| Denmark | LO/FTF Council |
| European Union | European Trade Union Institute |
| European Union | Solidar |
| Finland | Trade Union Solidarity Centre–SASK |
| Germany | Friedrich Ebert Foundation—FES |
| Ireland | Global Solidarity |
| Italy | Union Institute for International Cooperation—ISI-CGIL/CISL/UIL |
| Japan | Japan International Labour 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 | TUC/DFID Partnership |
| USA | Solidarity Center |
