The CIA World Factbook Edition 1991 People
Organized labor In 3 editions of 36.
Organized labor was published in 3 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 1992. The 1991 edition carries it in 215 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- 1990
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- 1992
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World
1 entryAfrica
56 entriesAlgeria
16-19% of labor force claimed; General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA) is the only labor organization and is subordinate to the National Liberation Front
Burundi
- sole group is the Union of Burundi Workers (UTB);
- by charter, membership is extended to all Burundi workers (informally);
- active membership figures NA
Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- National Union of Zairian Workers (UNTZA) was the only officially recognized trade union until April 1990;
- other unions are now in process of seeking official recognition
Ethiopia
All Ethiopian Trade Union formed by the government in January 1977 to represent 273,000 registered trade union members
Gabon
there are 38,000 members of the national trade union, the Gabonese Trade Union Confederation (COSYGA)
Guinea
virtually 100% of wage earners loosely affiliated with the National Confederation of Guinean Workers
Lesotho
there are two trade union federations; the government favors formation of a single, umbrella trade union confederation
Libya
- National Trade Unions' Federation, 275,000 members;
- General Union for Oil and Petrochemicals;
- Pan-Africa Federation of Petroleum Energy and Allied Workers
Morocco
about 5% of the labor force, mainly in the Union of Moroccan Workers (UMT) and the Democratic Confederation of Labor (CDT)
Nigeria
3,520,000 wage earners belong to 42 recognized trade unions, which come under a single national labor federation--the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC)
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Helena General Workers' Union, 472 members;
- crafts 17%, professional and technical 10%, service 10%, management and clerical 9%, farming and fishing 9%, transport 6%, sales 5%, and other 34%
Senegal
- majority of wage-labor force represented by unions;
- however, dues-paying membership very limited;
- major confederation is National Confederation of Senegalese Labor (CNTS), an affiliate of governing party
South Africa
about 17% of total labor force is unionized; African unions represent 15% of black labor force
Tunisia
about 360,000 members claimed, roughly 20% of labor force; General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT), quasi-independent of Constitutional Democratic Party
Arctic Region
3 entriesAsia
13 entriesChina
- All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) follows the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party;
- membership over 80 million or about 65% of the urban work force (1985)
Japan
about 29% of employed workers; public service 76.4%, transportation and telecommunications 57.9%, mining 48.7%, manufacturing 33.7%, services 18.2%, wholesale, retail, and restaurant 9.3%
Korea, North now North Korea
1,600,000 members; single-trade union system coordinated by the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea under the Central Committee
Korea, South now South Korea
about 10% of nonagricultural labor force in government-sanctioned unions
Mongolia
425,000 members of the Central Council of Mongolian Trade Unions (CCMTU) controlled by the government (1984)
Sri Lanka
about 33% of labor force, over 50% of which are employed on tea, rubber, and coconut estates
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- Antigua and Barbuda Public Service Association (ABPSA), membership 500;
- Antigua Trades and Labor Union (ATLU), 10,000 members;
- Antigua Workers Union (AWU), 10,000 members (1986 est.)
Cuba
- Workers Central Union of Cuba (CTC), only labor federation approved by government;
- 2,910,000 members;
- the CTC is an umbrella organization composed of 17 member unions
Puerto Rico
115,000 members in 4 unions; the largest is the General Confederation of Puerto Rican Workers with 35,000 members (1983)
Europe
36 entriesBulgaria
- Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (KNSB);
- Edinstvo (Unity) People's Trade Union (splinter confederation from KNSB);
- Podkrepa (Support) Labor Confederation, legally registered in January 1990
Czechoslovakia
Czech and Slovak Confederation of Trade Unions (CSKOS); new independent trade unions forming
Hungary
- 96.5% of labor force;
- Central Council of Hungarian Trade Unions (SZOT) includes 19 affiliated unions, all controlled by the government;
- independent unions legal;
- may be as many as 12 small independent unions in operation
Portugal
- about 55% of the labor force;
- the Communist-dominated General Confederation of Portuguese Workers--Intersindical (CGTP-IN) represents more than half of the unionized labor force;
- its main competition, the General Workers Union (UGT), is organized by the Socialists and Social Democrats and represents less than half of unionized labor
Romania
- until December 1989, a single trade union system organized by the General Confederation of Romanian Trade Unions (UGSR) under control of the Communist Party;
- since Ceausescu's overthrow, newly-created trade and professional trade unions are joining three umbrella organizations--Organization of Free Trade Unions, Fratia (Brotherhood), and the Alfa Cortel;
- many other trade unions have been formed
San Marino
Democratic Federation of Sanmarinese Workers (affiliated with ICFTU) has about 1,800 members; Communist-dominated General Federation of Labor, 1,400 members
Soviet Union
- the vast majority of workers are union members;
- official unions are organized within the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) and still operate within general guidelines set up by the CPSU and Soviet Government;
- a large number of independent trade unions have been formed since President Gorbachev came to power;
- most are locally or regionally based and represent workers from one enterprise or a group of enterprises;
- there are a few independent unions that claim a nationwide following, the most prominent of which is Independent Miners Trade Union set up by the country's coal miners
Yugoslavia
badly fractured labor movement, with no unified national labor federation; several republics have competing union federations within their borders
Middle East
16 entriesNorth America
5 entriesUnited States
16,729,000 members; 16.1% of total wage and salary employment which was 103,905,000 (1990)
Oceania
25 entriesSouth America
14 entriesBolivia
150,000-200,000, concentrated in mining, industry, construction, and transportation; mostly organized under Bolivian Workers' Central (COB) labor federation
Colombia
- 1,400,000 members (1987), about 12% of labor force;
- the Communist-backed Unitary Workers Central or CUT is the largest labor organization, with about 725,000 members (including all affiliate unions)
Falkland Islands now Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Falkland Islands General Employees Union, 400 members
Southeast Asia
15 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
Workers' Asiayone (association), 1,800,000 members; Peasants' Asiayone, 7,600,000 members
Philippines
3,945 registered unions; total membership 5.7 million (includes 2.8 million members of the National Congress of Farmers Organizations)
Vietnam
reportedly over 90% of wage and salary earners are members of the Vietnam Federation of Trade Unions (VFTU)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1991, “Organized labor”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/organized-labor/1991.