Commonwealth Trade Union Group

[3] The decision to set up the CTUC was taken at the Commonwealth Trade Union Conference, held in June 1979.

In November 1979 a number of trade unions of the Commonwealth agreed to a set of proposals issued by a special working party launched at the June 1979 conference.

[4] The stated goal of the CTUC was to guarantee that 'trade union views are taken into account by Commonwealth government and institutions'.

The group works in cooperation with the International Trade Union Confederation.

[3] The Commonwealth Trade Union Group leadership was reconstituted at their annual conference in Geneva in June 2023.