International Trade Union Confederation
Global trade union federation
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| 2024 | Johan Lindholm becomes the current chairman, taking office in 2024. |
| 2023 | Luc Triangle succeeds Luca Visentini as General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation |
| 2022 | Akiko Gono is elected as President of the International Trade Union Confederation |
| 2022 | Luca Visentini becomes General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation |
| 2020 | Susanna Gideonsson takes over the chairmanship, leading the organization from 2020 to 2024. |
| 2020 | The Global Rights Index update revealed a significant increase in violations of workers' rights worldwide. |
| 2019 | Union density of Swedish blue-collar workers dropped to 60%, a seventeen percentage point decline since 2006. |
| 2019 | Blue-collar union density dropped to 60%, a substantial 17 percentage point decline since 2006. |
| January 24 2019 | Maurizio Landini becomes the ninth and current General Secretary of the CGIL. |
| 2018 | Ayuba Wabba becomes President of the International Trade Union Confederation |
| December 31 2018 | Membership snapshot shows the LO confederation comprises 1,232,815 total members, with 52% men and 48% women across 14 affiliated unions. |
| 2014 | João Antonio Felicio is elected as President of the International Trade Union Confederation |
| 2014 | The ITUC launched the Global Rights Index, a comprehensive ranking of nations based on 97 metrics related to workers' rights, including freedom from violent conditions and the right to strike and unionize. |
| 2014 | The ITUC held a world congress in Berlin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the International Working Men's Association (First International). |
| 2012 | Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson becomes chairman, serving from 2012 to 2020. |
| 2010 | The International Trade Union Confederation held its Second Congress, bringing together trade union representatives from around the world to discuss global labor issues and organizational strategies. |
| 2010 | Michael Sommer succeeds Sharan Burrow as President of the International Trade Union Confederation |
| November 3 2010 | Susanna Camusso takes over as the eighth General Secretary of the CGIL. |
| July 1 2010 | Sharan Burrow resigns from her position as President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, effective this date, in preparation for her new role as ITUC General Secretary. |
| June 25 2010 | Sharan Burrow is elected as the General Secretary of the ITUC at the conclusion of the second congress, succeeding Guy Ryder. She becomes the first female leader of the world's largest trade union, with the congress having 50% female delegates. |
| June 21 2010 | The second congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) begins in Vancouver, Canada, running from June 21 to 25. |
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