- Source: Brotherhood of Asian Trade Unions
The Brotherhood of Asian Trade Unions (BATU) was a federation bringing together trade unionists in Asia.
History
The federation was established on 20 December 1963, at a conference in Manila. It was a regional federation of the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions, with the Federation of Free Workers being its leading affiliate. By 1974, it had affiliates from 9 countries, representing a total of 5 million members.
In September 2007, it merged with the ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation to form the ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific.
Leadership
= General Secretaries
=1963: Johnny Tan
1974:
Necie Lucero
= Presidents
=1963: Trivedi Parmanand
1965: Tran Quoc Buu
1974: Johnny Tan
2015: Anton Lodwick
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Brotherhood of Asian Trade Unions
- ITUC-Asia Pacific
- Govindasamy Rajasekaran
- Johnny Tan
- Trade union
- Labor unions in the United States
- ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation
- Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
- World Confederation of Labour
- Labor history of the United States
