- Source: International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions
The International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU; ar:"الاتحاد الدولي لنقابات العمال العربي") is the international representation of trade unions in a number of Arab nations.
Founded in 1956, the ICATU was originally located in Egypt, but was moved to Syria in 1978 to protest Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel.
Affiliate trade unions include the following:
General Federation of Trade Unions (Syria)
General Federation of Oman Workers
General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain
General Federation of Iraqi Trade Unions
General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions
Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions
Democratic Workers' Union of Egypt
Tunisian General Labour Union
General and Autonomous Confederation Workers in Algeria (CGATA)
Moroccan Federation of Labour
The Democratic Confederation of Labour (CDT)
General Federation of Women in Morocco
Union of Mauritanian Workers
Free Confederacy of Mauritania's Workers
Yemeni Confederation of Labor Unions
References
ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.