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WHAT DOES ICFTU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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 International Trade Union Confederation. Prior to being dissolved, the ICFTU had a membership of 157 million members in 225 affiliated organisations in 148 countries and territories.

Definition of ICFTU in the English dictionary

The definition of ICFTU in the dictionary is International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ICFTU

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ICFTU

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Synonyms and antonyms of ICFTU in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ICFTU» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

国际自由工会联合会
1,325 millions of speakers

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CIOSL
570 millions of speakers

English

ICFTU
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ICFTU
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ICFTU
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ICFTU
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

CISL
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ICFTU
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

CISL
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

ICFTU
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

IBFG
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ICFTU
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ICFTU
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

ICFTU
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ICFTU
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ICFTU
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आयसीएफटीयू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ICFTU
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

CISL
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ICTFU
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ICFTU
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

CISL
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ICFTU
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

IVVV
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

FFI
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

FFI
5 millions of speakers

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ICFTU» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ICFTU

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ICFTU»

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Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-class History
financial commitments. Independent AFL-CIO activity in Africa after 1957 led to clashes with the British. By 1959, the ICFTU had upset the Americans, the British, and the Africans. It failed to develop a sound regional structure for the continent; ...
Eric Arnesen, 2007
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Economic Transitions to Neoliberalism in Middle-Income ...
ICFTU (1983),Report of Thirteenth Congress, Brussels: ICFTU. ICFTU (1988a), Report of the Fourteenth World Congress, Brussels: ICFTU. ICFTU (1988b), Decisionsofthe FourteenthWorld Congress, Brussels:ICFTU. ICFTU (1992a), Report ...
Alfredo Saad-Filho, Galip L. Yalman, 2009
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The International Labour Organisation: A Case Study on the ...
2The weight of the AFL-CIO within the ICFTU is now offset by the growing influence of the European, and especially Nordic, trade unions. 3And with the further notable exception of the French CGT (affiliated to the WFTU) and the Italian CGIL ...
Victor Yves Ghébali, Roberto Ago, Nicolás Valticos, 1989
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Tom Mboya: The Man Kenya Wanted to Forget
On top of all that, it had the ICFTU. It would of course be wrong to see the ICFTU as purely and simply a foreign policy arm of the AFL-CIO. With regard to the subsidizing of African trade union leaders, the ICFTU in the fifties was sometimes  ...
D. Goldworthy
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Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor
INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS (ICFTU). The ICFTU was the largest international body representing organized labor in noncommunist countries between its formation in December 1949 and 2006. After the ...
James C. Docherty, Sjaak van der Velden, Jacobus Hermanus Antonius van der Velden, 2012
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Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations in ...
attended by the Director-Generals of the WTO and the ILO and a number of Ministers and a peaceful rally of some 50,000 American trade unionists led by several hundred international visitors, the ICFTU was a very visible presence in and ...
Roger Blanpain, Jim Baker, 2004
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Special Report of the Director-General on the Application of ...
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). The ICFTU maintains a list of multinational companies investing in South Africa. The ICFTU monitoring unit on sanctions also maintains a list of companies exploiting the anti-labour ...
‎1990
8
Trade Unions and Global Governance: The Debate on a Social ...
ICFTU (1985), Agenda Item 6: Lome Convention. Meeting of the Economic and Social Committee, 16 December. (Appendix 88EB/12, ESC 6). Brussels: ICFTU Archives. (1986), Agenda Item 12: Report of the Economic and Social Committee,  ...
Gerda van Roozendaal, 2002
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The Making of International Trade Policy: Ngos, ...
ICTSD (2007), 'Welcome to ICTSD', accessed 24 May 2008 at www.ictsd. org/ about/index.htm. ICFTU (1996), 'International labour standards and trade: an anti- protectionist mechanism for promoting basic workers' rights in the global market',  ...
Hannah Murphy, 2010
10
Civil Society and Global Finance
1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 This chapter has benefited from helpful comments and suggestions made by James Howard, Director, Employment and International Labour Standards, ICFTU, Brussels. I am also grateful for research ...
Albrecht Schnabel, Jan Aart Scholte, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ICFTU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ICFTU is used in the context of the following news items.
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Corporatist agenda of trade unions on display at G20 summit
... International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the no less right-wing Christian based World Confederation of Labour (WCL). «World Socialist Web Site, Nov 14»
2
Sarah Ashwin
She left the ICFTU to begin a PhD, supervised by Simon Clarke, in the Sociology Group of the University of Warwick. Her PhD was on workers' ... «The Conversation UK, Aug 14»
3
The Iconoclastic Adams Oshiomhole
... Executive Board of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU); and the Committee on Freedom of Association of the ILO, ... «Nigerian Observer, Aug 14»
4
Labor and the BDS Movement: Two Perspectives
The role of the ICFTU has been critical to these pro-worker (Israeli and Palestinian) efforts, in spite of actions taken toward BDS by individual ... «Truth-Out, Aug 14»
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Photos & Videos: BPSU Delegates Conference
“Internationally, Sir Roy distinguished himself as the first black President of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions [ICFTU], now ... «Bernews, Mar 14»
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Sir Leroy Trotman To Visit CedarBridge Academy
“Internationally, Sir Roy distinguished himself as the first black President of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions [ICFTU], now ... «Bernews, Mar 14»
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Governor Adams Oshiomhole
... Executive Board of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU); and the Committee on Freedom of Association of the ILO, ... «Nigerian Observer, Nov 13»
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Tom Mboya- Kwame Nkrumah row jolts trade union movement
In May 1959, Mboya called a conference in Lagos, Nigeria, to spite Nkrumah, to form the first All-Africa ICFTU labour organisation. Ghana took ... «The Standard Digital News, Sep 13»
9
The Price of Imperialism
CIA establishment and funding of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions(ICFTU) and international student, youth, and cultural ... «Political Affairs Magazine, Sep 13»
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Motsotso wa NUMSA (The NUMSA moment): South Africa's most …
... affiliation to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). ... by virtue of being affiliated to ICFTU, with the utmost contempt. «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Sep 13»

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