The TUCA Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA-CSA) is the regional organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) for the Americas. It was formed in March 2008 to succeed the ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers (CIOSL/ORIT), after ICFTU merged to ITUC. The organization has 65 affiliated or fraternal organizations, in 29 countries, representing 50 million workers.
The COISL/ORIT was formed in 1951, and describes its objective as being to work for independent, autonomous, democratic unions throughout the Americas. The organization carries out work in a range of fields.
The following national organizations are affiliated with the CIOSL/ORIT (ordered by country):
Argentina
Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina
Barbados
Barbados Workers' Union
Belize
National Trade Union Congress of Belize (Fraternal, not affiliated)
Brazil
Central Única dos Trabalhadores
Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores
Força Sindical
Canada
Canadian Labour Congress
Confédération des syndicats nationaux
Chile
Central Unitaria de Trabajadores
Colombia
Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia
Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia (Frat.)
Costa Rica
Confederación de Trabajadores Rerum Novarum
Dominica
Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union
Ecuador
Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones
El Salvador
Central de Trabajadores Democráticos
Unión Nacional de Trabajadores Campesinos (Frat.)
United States
AFL-CIO
Guatemala
Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala
Unidad Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala (Frat.)
Central de Trabajadores del Campo (Frat.)
Guyana
Guyana Trades Union Congress
Honduras
Confederación de Trabajadores de Honduras
Confederación Unica de Trabajadores de Honduras
Jamaica
Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
Mexico
Confederation of Mexican Workers
Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros Campesinos
Unión Nacional de Trabajadores
Montserrat
Monserrat Allied Workers' Union
Nicaragua
Confederación de Unificación Sindical
Central Sandinista de Trabajadores
Panama
Confederación de Trabajadores de la República de Panamá
Convergencia Sindical
Paraguay
Central Unica de Trabajadores
Peru
Confederación Gral de Trabajadores del Perú
Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú
Dominican Republic
Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores Dominicana
Confederación de Trabajadores Unitaria
Suriname
Algemeen Verbond van Vakverenigingen de Moederbond (Frat.)
Trinidad and Tobago
National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Asociación de Bancarios del Uruguay
Venezuela
Confederación Trabajadores de Venezuela
In June 2006 an American labor magazine, Labor Notes, documented the role that the ORIT, ICFTU, ILO, and the AFL-CIO played in supporting elements opposed to the government of Haitian leader Aristide. ORIT is alleged to have ignored massive labor persecution against public sector workers and trade unionist supporters of the ousted government throughout 2004, 2005, and 2006.
