ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers

"ORIT" redirects here. For the bacterial Origin of transfer, or "oriT", see Origin of transfer.
ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers
Organización Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores
Merged intoTrade Union Confederation of the Americas
Founded1951
DissolvedMarch 2008
HeadquartersSao Paulo, Brazil
Location
Members
50 million in 29 countries
AffiliationsICFTU
Websitewww.cioslorit.org

The ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers (Spanish: Organización Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores, ORIT) was the regional organization of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) for the Americas.

The federation was formed in 1951, and described its objective as being to work for independent, autonomous, democratic unions throughout the Americas. The ICFTU merged with the World Confederation of Labor in 2006, and in 2008, ORIT merged with the WCL's former regional organisation for the Americas, the Latin American Confederation of Workers, to form the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas.[1]

As of 2005, the organization had 65 affiliated or fraternal organizations, in 29 countries, representing 50 million workers.[2]

  1. ^ "Americas: New Unified ITUC Regional Organisation Founded". International Trade Union Confederation. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. ^ ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.