Trade Union Confederation of the Americas

"ORIT" redirects here. For the bacterial Origin of transfer, or "oriT", see Origin of transfer.

TUCA - CSA

Full name	TUCA Trade Union Confederation of the Americas
Native name	Confederación Sindical de los Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de las Americas
Founded	2008 (1951)
Members	50 million in 29 countries
Country	The Americas
Affiliation	ITUC
Key people	Victor Báez Mosqueira, General Secretary; Linda Chavez Thompson, President
Office location	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Website	www.csa-csi.org/

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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.

Member TUCs

The following national organisations are affiliated with the CIOSL/ORIT (ordered by country):

• 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 de Trabajadores de Colombia (Frat.)
• Costa Rica
  • Confederación de Trabajadores Rerum Novarum
• Dominica
  • Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union
• Ecuador
  • Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones
• El Salvador
  • Central de Trabajadores Democráticos
  • Unión Nacional de Trabajadores Campesinos (Frat.)
• USA
  • AFL-CIO
• Guatemala
  • Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala
  • Unidad Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala (Frat.)
• Central de Trabajadores del Campo (Frat.)
• Guyana
  • Guyana Trades Union Congress
• Honduras
  • Confederación de Trabajadores de Honduras
  • Confederación Unica de Trabajadores de Honduras
• Jamaica
  • Jamaican Confederation of Trade Unions
• Mexico
  • Confederation of Mexican Workers
  • Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros Campesinos
  • Unión Nacional de Trabajadores
• Montserrat
  • Monserrat Allied Workers' Union
• Nicaragua
  • Confederación de Unificación Sindical
  • Central Sandinista de Trabajadores
• Panama
  • Confederación de Trabajadores de la República de Panamá
  • Convergencia Sindical
• Paraguay
  • Central Unica de Trabajadores
• Peru
  • Confederación Gral de Trabajadores del Perú
  • Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú
• Dominican Republic
  • Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores Dominicana
  • Confederación de Trabajadores Unitarios
• Suriname
  • Algemeen Verbond van Vakverenigingen de Moederbond (Frat.)
• Trinidad and Tobago
  • National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago
• Uruguay
  • Asociación de Bancarios del Uruguay
• Venezuela
  • 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.^[1]

See also

Organized labour portal

• International Trade Union Confederation
• ITUC Regional Organisation for Africa
• ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific
• European Trade Union Confederation
• List of federations of trade unions

References

1. ^ http://labornotes.org/archives/2006/06/articles/f.shtml

• ICTUR et al.,, ed (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7. 

External links

• Americas: New Unified ITUC Regional Organisation Founded [1]
• TUCA/CSA website (in Spanish)