History of the World Federation of Trade Unions

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is the center of the world’s class-oriented trade union movement. Grown out of the ashes of World War 2 the WFTU was built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation of Trade Unions as a single structure for trade unions world-wide, following the World Trade Union Conference in London, United Kingdom. The WFTU faced many obstacles with the rise of the Cold War which split the world labor movement. This book chronicles the first forty years of the WFTU through its struggles.