It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Aden Trade Union Congress and the General Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions.
The YCLU is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.
In 2017, Ali Belkhadr, the Head of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Yemen, called on international financial organizations and the United Nations to pressure the warring parties to agree on a mechanism to pay the salaries of workers.
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