Many organisations such as Oxfam, the International Confederation of Trade Unions and One World have already investigated the link between trade and labour standards- it does not make sense to ignore their expertise in this field.
World Trade Center | World Trade Organization | trade union | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | World Federation of Trade Unions | North American Free Trade Agreement | International Confederation of Free Trade Unions | Trade union | Federal Trade Commission | fur trade | Board of Trade | Illegal drug trade | Rough Trade Records | Canadian Confederation | International Trade Union Confederation | trade | Solidarity (Polish trade union) | German Confederation | free trade | Chicago Board of Trade | Confederation of African Football | 1993 World Trade Center bombing | North German Confederation | International Federation of Trade Unions | Atlantic slave trade | Asian Football Confederation | Articles of Confederation | Trade | Italian General Confederation of Labour | Free Trade Hall |
Another reason for its disappearance was that one of their main goals were fulfilled, as the Confederation of Trade Unions at its autumn congress declined to enter the International Federation of Trade Unions.
It did not belong to the German Confederation of Trade Unions and was a leading independent political organisation which influenced the Bundestag and the Cabinet of Germany in the interests of its members.
Gerd-Liv Valla - leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions