International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions
The International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU; ar:"الاتحاد الدولي لنقابات العمال العربي") is the international representation of trade unions in a number of Arab nations.
International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions | |
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| Founded | 1956 |
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| Headquarters | Amman, Jordan[1] |
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Key people | Hacène Djemam, general secretary |
| Website | https://www.arabtradeunion.org/?lang=2 |
Founded in 1956, the ICATU was originally located in Egypt, but was moved to Syria in 1978 to protest Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel.
Affiliate trade unions include the following:
- General Federation of Trade Unions (Syria)
- General Federation of Oman Workers
- General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain
- General Federation of Iraqi Trade Unions
- General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions
- Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions
- Democratic Workers' Union of Egypt
- Tunisian General Labour Union
- General and Autonomous Confederation Workers in Algeria (CGATA)
- Moroccan Federation of Labour
- The Democratic Confederation of Labour (CDT)
- General Federation of Women in Morocco
- Union of Mauritanian Workers
- Free Confederacy of Mauritania's Workers
- Yemeni Confederation of Labor Unions
References
- ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
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