General Federation of Trade Unions (Syria)
General Federation of Trade Unions | |
| Founded | 1948 |
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| Headquarters | Damascus, Syria |
| Location | |
| Members | 300,000 |
Key people | Fawaz Ahmad, President |
| Affiliations | WFTU, ICATU National Progressive Front |
| Website | tss-est https://www.facebook.com/Omalsy/ |
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The General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) was the sole national trade union center in Syria, it was founded in 1948. By a 1968 decree establishing a single-trade-union system, all trade unions in the country are required to be affiliated to the GFTU, and the GFTU had the power to dissolve the executive committee of any union.
The union was closely linked with the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and the president of the GFTU, Shaaban Azzouz, is a member of the party.
The GFTU was affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions and the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions.
Following the fall of the Assad regime, the GFTU was dissolved by the Syrian transitional government.
Despite the fall of the Assad regime and the proclamation of the dissolution of all National Progressive Front organizations, the GFTU still exists and now cooperates with the Syrian transitional government