November 01, 2006
Labor Cold War Ends - New International Labor Federation
At the dawn of the Cold War, the international union movement divided up between the ICFTU, dominated by US and Western European unions, and the World Confederation of Labor, largely allied with the Soviet Union.
It's taken a decade and a half, but the irrelevancy of that division will end today as the two federations merge-- bringing together 241 labor organizations from 156 countries representing 190 million workers.
Posted by Nathan at November 1, 2006 07:05 AM