A global union federation is an international federation of national and regional trade unions organising in specific industry sectors or occupational groups, sometimes also known as an international trade secretariat.
Most major unions are members of one or more global union federations, relevant to the sectors where they have their members. Normally, the individual union will also be affiliated to a national trade union center, which in turn can be affiliated to a world body such as the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, ICFTU.
Together with the ICFTU and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, ten global union federations jointly own and manage the web site Global Unions.
List of global union federations
