Editing Trade union (section)

=== International unions ===
The oldest global trade union organizations include the [[World Federation of Trade Unions]] created in 1945.<ref>{{cite web |title=WFTU » History |date=21 January 2014 |url=http://www.wftucentral.org/history/ |access-date=2022-01-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> The largest trade union federation in the world is the [[Brussels]]-based [[International Trade Union Confederation]] (ITUC), created in 2006,<ref>{{cite web |title=International Trade Union Confederation |url=https://www.ituc-csi.org/ |access-date=2022-01-25 |website=www.ituc-csi.org |language=en}}</ref> which has approximately 309 affiliated organizations in 156 countries and territories, with a combined membership of 166&nbsp;million. National and regional trade unions organizing in specific industry sectors or occupational groups also form [[global union federation]]s, such as [[UNI Global Union|UNI Global]], [[IndustriALL Global Union|IndustriALL]], the [[International Transport Workers' Federation]], the [[International Federation of Journalists]], the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance and [[Public Services International]].