From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
TUCP and members it recruits in all industries, including from
the informal sector, drivers, urban poor, youth groups,
cooperatives, alliances, coalitions and other civil society
groups. In 2009, a large organization of migrant workers,
the OFW Family Club, affiliated with TUCP.
Membership in TUCP declined in the 1990s, and the
union is involved in the more turbulent labour sectors
such as the export processing zones, where unions face
considerable employer and official hostility.
TUCP is affiliated with the International Trade Union
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines Confederation and its Asia Pacific organization, and the
ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC).
Founded 1975
Country The Philippines
Party-list
Affiliation ITUC
TUCP has set up a party-list, Trade Union Congress Party,
Key people Democrito Mendoza, president to contest parliamentary elections.
Office location Quezon City, the Philippines
Website www.tucp.org.ph References
• ICTUR et al.,, ed (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th
ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing.
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is
ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
the largest national trade union center in the Philippines.
It was formed in 1975 with official backing of the Marcos
government. External links
TUCP has previously claimed a membership of 1 mil-
• TUCP official site.
lion members, but ICTUR casts some question on the ve-
racity of the number. Nonetheless the union is the largest
in the country and represents both trade union workers
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