South Asian Regional Trade Union Council
South Asian Regional Trade Union Council | |
| Founded | 1988 |
|---|---|
The South Asian Regional Trade Union Council (SARTUC) is a federation of national trade union centers whose geographic scope covers South Asia. SARTUC's mission is to promote workers' rights within its member nations.[1]
History
[edit]The South Asian Regional Trade Union Council was formed in January 1988 by some of the affiliates of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (now the ITUC) in countries belonging to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Indian trade union center Indian National Trade Union Congress and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, were the founding members of SARTUC.[2]
Nazrul Islam Khan (then-president of the Bangladesh Metal Workers' Federation) was SAR-TUC's general-secretary in 2003.[3]
Leadership
[edit]General Secretaries
[edit]- 1988: Jamshedpur Gopeshwar
- 1998: Nazrul Islam Khan
- Laxman Basnet
Presidents
[edit]- 1988: Savumiamoorthy Thondaman
References
[edit]- ^ International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. The Spread of Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements. June 2004. Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pijush Chakraborty. "Trade Union Training on Information Technology." Hind Mazdoor Sabha. Turin/Vienna: February 19, 2001–March 16, 2001.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Shipbreaking Guidelines Charting New Waters." ILO News. October 15, 2003.
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