National trade union center

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A national trade union center is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a single country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. When there is more than one national center, it is often because of ideological differences - in some cases long-standing historic differences. Some countries, such as the Scandinavian, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland have different centers for blue collar workers and professionals. Among the larger national centers in the world are the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Change to Win Federation in the USA, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Britain, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the Dutch FNV, the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish LO, the German DGB, the French CGT and CFDT, the Italian CISL and CGIL, the Japan Trade Union Confederation RENGO, and so on.