James B. Carey also helped influence the CIO ’ s pullout from the WFTU and the formation of the ICFTU dedicated to promoting free trade and democratic unionism worldwide.

The ICFTU was formally dissolved on 31 October 2006 when it merged with the World Confederation of Labour ( WCL ) to form the International Trade Union Confederation ( ITUC ).

That constitution listed no fewer than seventeen aims of the organization and it has been argued that the ICFTU from its very beginning set itself goals that would be impossible to achieve — particularly with a small staff and budget.

The WFTU has declined precipitously in the past twenty years since the fall of the Communist regimes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, with many of its former constituent unions joining the ICFTU.

The matter of affiliation with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ( ICFTU ) is in dispute.

However, according to the International Institute of Social History, member unions of the ICFTU were opposed to affiliating with the Christian organization.

The WCL was formally dissolved on 31 October 2006 when it merged with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ( ICFTU ) to form the International Trade Union Confederation ( ITUC ).

The AFL ( primary backer of the ICFTU ) and its teacher union ( the American Federation of Teachers ) pushed the ICFTU to form its own international secretariat to compete with the much more liberal WCOTP.

In 1975 the CGT affiliated itself with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ( ICFTU ) opposed to Communism.

Until the 2007 merger of the ICFTU with the WCL it was named ICFTU African Regional Organisation ( ICFTU-AFRO ).

The CTH received support from foreign labor organizations, including ORIT, the American Institute for Free Labor Development ( AIFLD ), and Germany's Friedrich Ebert Foundation and was an affiliate of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ( ICFTU ).

The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ( ICFTU ) was an international trade union.

The ICFTU published its " Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights " every June, the publication of which was usually accompanied by extensive press coverage of the violations of trade union rights around the world.

The International Labour Organisation ( ILO ) and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ( ICFTU ) condemned Chávez's interference in the affairs of free trade unions.

In 1949, the AFL and other trade unions formed the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ( ICFTU ), an international organization which rejected communist or communist-led trade unions.

After being released from prison Shah joined the Trade Union movement leading the ICFTU, a body of cane farmers who sought to displace the government recognised organisation, TICFA.

Following the collapse of Communist party government in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, the Federation's membership has risen steeply from 87 million in 1988 and 100 million in 1992, as trade union federations from former Soviet bloc countries joined the ICFTU.

The ICFTU has staff which are devoted entirely to the monitoring and defence of workers rights, and they issue — almost on a daily basis — alerts and calls to action.

ICFTU published an annual report which documents violations by governments, industries, and military and police forces against both workers and related trade unions.

In 1949, early in the Cold War, alleging Communist domination of the WFTU's central institutions, a large number of non-communist national trade union federations ( including the U. S. AFL-CIO, the British TUC, the French FO, the Italian CISL and the Spanish UGT ) seceded and created the rival ICFTU at a conference in London attended by representatives of nearly 48 million members in 53 countries.

Malta is member of C, CE, EBRD, ECE, EU ( member from 1 May 2004 ), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM ( observer ), ISO, ITU, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

From the 1950s the ICFTU actively recruited new members from the developing regions of first Asia and subsequently Africa.

The press release from ICFTU OnLine reports,

; Participation in international organizations: CARICOM, CSME, CCJ, ACS, ICCt, ACP, Commonwealth of Nations, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, International Maritime Organization, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO.

In 1951, following the split in the WFTU and the creation of the anti-communist ICFTU, two new international education secretariats were created.

ACCT, AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CE, CERN, CGPM, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD ( World Bank ), ICAO, ICC, ICC, ICDO, ICFTU, ICMM, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFCS, IFRCS, IGC, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, IWC, LAIA ( observer ), NAM ( guest ), NEA, NSG, OAS ( observer ), OECD, OIE, OPCW, OSCE, OTIF, PCA, PFP, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNOMIG, UNTSO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC.

Prior to being dissolved, the ICFTU had a membership of 157 million members in 225 affiliated organisations in 148 countries and territories.

The ICFTU had three regional organisations, APRO for Asia and the Pacific, AFRO for Africa, and ORIT for the Americas.

The ICFTU lobbied for the ratification of the so-called " core labour standards " -- eight key conventions of the International Labour Organization concerning freedom of association, the abolition of child labour and forced labour and the elimination of discrimination in the workplace.

In 2004 Australian union leader Sharan Burrow was elected as the first female president of the ICFTU.

ICFTU wrote that, " One of the most striking features of the violations that took place in Africa is the failure of governments to respect the rights of their own employees, both through the restrictions in law on organising, collective bargaining and strike action, and repression in practice.

ICFTU singled out Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, South Korea and the Philippines as having " particularly " violent episodes.

AfDB, ALADI, Australia Group, BCIE, ECLAC, FAO, G-6, G-11, G-15, G-19, G-20, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, MIPONUH, MNNA, MTCR, NSG, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UN Security Council ( temporary ), Unasur, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCCC, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNTAET, UNTSO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, Zangger Committee.

ACP, AsDB, C, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IMF, IMO, Intelsat ( nonsignatory user ), IOC, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, SOPAC, SPREP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO.

In secret he also acted as a member of the prisoners' Central Committee, which plotted sabotage, planned a few escapes, and maintained a hidden control over the wretched French slave-laborers.

A. M. Wergeland called the Adams method literally antihistorical, while Clive Day maintained that the assumptions were not confined to theories alone but were also applicable to straight factual evidence.

Jesus also maintained that the time would come when the dead would hear the voice of the Son of God, and all who were in the tombs would come out, the faithful to the resurrection of life, and the unfaithful to the resurrection of judgment.

They also maintained the acts of the Plebeian Council ( popular assembly ), the " plebiscites ".

Synchronization is also maintained at AAL1.

However, many " free " BBSes also maintained close knit communities, and some even had annual or bi-annual events where users would travel great distances to meet face-to-face with their on-line friends.

Bubbles also maintained his freelance output, producing designs for Peter Jenner ( Ian Dury and Billy Bragg's manager ), and others, creating a prodigious output by working for such bands, musicians and performers as Vivian Stanshall, Generation X, Big Star, Johnny Moped, Whirlwind, Billy Bragg, Clover, The Sinceros, Roger Chapman, Phillip Goodhand-Tait, Dr. Feelgood, Inner City Unit and The Psychedelic Furs.

The Navy also maintained that to decide, at the outset of any future conflict, to initiate the widespread use of nuclear weapons — attacking the major population centers of the enemy homeland — was immoral.

Chad had also maintained good relations with the previous president, Patassé.

The United States Navy also maintained a naval training school for aeronautical engineering, resident inspectors of ordnance and naval material, and a liaison officer to the National Defense Research Committee on campus.

An opposing responsum, that maintained the traditional prohibitions against ordinations and commitment ceremonies, was also approved.

Because fly ash addition allows a lower concrete water content, early strength can also be maintained.

The name of Bulgarians ( Bougres ) was also applied to the Albigenses, and they maintained an association with the similar Christian movement of the Bogomils (" Friends of God ") of Thrace.

However, Tshisekedi maintained that the result of the election was illegitimate and said that he intended also to " swear himself in " as president.

The Bornholmian dialect has also maintained to this day many ancient features, such as a distinction between three grammatical genders, which the central Insular Danish dialects gave up during the 20th century.

All the three levels are maintained and updated according to changing needs by database administrators who often also participate in the database design.

It may be desired that also some aspects of the architecture internal level are maintained.

Strict control was also maintained over the young Caesar's entourage, promoting away Flavian generals such as Arrius Varus and Antonius Primus and replacing them by more reliable men such as Arrecinus Clemens.

He also maintained his Indo-European studies with courses in Celtic, Old Saxon, Swedish and Sanskrit.

Thus, Elizabeth was as at ease among the upper classes as she was among the fishing folk of the area also enjoyed good health, which she maintained throughout her life.

On the one hand, the seventeenth century divine, John Cosin, held that episcopal authority is jure divino, but that it stemmed from " apostolic practice and the customs of the Church ... absolute precept that either Christ or His Apostles gave about it " ( a view maintained also by Hooker ).

John de Vere also maintained a company of players known as " Oxford's Men ", which was discontinued by the 17th Earl two years after his father's death.

There is also a median on Reed College Place which is owned by Portland Department of Transportation and maintained by Portland Parks & Recreation.

Several organisations have begun calling for a new kind of agriculture in which agroecosystems provide food but also support vital ecosystem services so that soil fertility and biodiversity are maintained rather than compromised.

The guilds also maintained funds in order to support infirm or elderly members, as well as widows and orphans of guild members, funeral benefits, and a ' tramping ' allowance for those needing to travel to find work.