The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) () is a national trade union center in Ukraine. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation and the European Trade Union Confederation.
The federation's origins lie in the Co-ordinating Council of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, formed during the collapse of the Soviet Union. In November 1993, the council was refounded as the KVPU. Its founding affiliates were:
Federation Trade Union of Ukrainian Aviation Dispatchers Free Trade Union of Locomotive Engineers Independent Trade Union of Ukrainian Miners Trade Union Association of Ukrainian Civil Aviation Pilots Trade Union of Air Engineers Trade Union of Textile Workers
In 1996, a dispute over the leadership led the founding affiliates to withdraw, although this was later resolved.
It is one of the few trade unions in Ukraine recognized by the American AFL-CIO as "being independent and honest in its representation of the interests of labor".A new generation emerges on national stage, Kyiv Post (November 25, 2010)
In October 2022, it was granted affiliate status to the European Trade Union Confederation.
Affiliates The following unions were affiliated in 2019: UnionAll-Ukrainian Industrial Trade UnionAll-Ukrainian Parliament of Able-bodied and Disabled PeopleAll-Ukrainian Trade Union "Native Land"All-Ukrainian Trade Union "Protection of Justice"Association of Free Trade Unions of MotoristsAssociation of Independent Trade Unions of Aviation WorkersFree Trade Union of Education and Science of UkraineFree Trade Union of Entrepreneurs of UkraineFree Trade Union of Kyiv Metro WorkersFree Trade Union of Medical Workers of UkraineFree Trade Union of Railway Workers of UkraineIndependent Media Trade Union of UkraineIndependent Trade Union of Miners of UkraineKryvyi Rih City Trade Union of Industrial WorkersTrade Union - Civil Aviation Flight AssociationTrade Union "Social Protection of Workers"
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