Trade Union Confederation of the Americas

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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.<!-- I'm using the Babelfish translation of their Spanish website -- AJR --> 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):<!-- Unions not linked if I can only find them in Spanish, those names are given as Babelfish-assisted translations. -- AJR -->

• Argentina
• Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina
• Barbados
• Barbados Workers' Union
• Belize
• National Trade Union Congress of Belize (Fraternal, not affiliated)
• Brazil
• Central Única dos Trabalhadores
• Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores
• Força Sindical
• Canada
• Canadian Labour Congress
• Confédération des syndicats nationaux
• Chile
• Central Unitaria de Trabajadores
• Colombia
• Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia
• Central Unitaria...... ...
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