General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea

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mass organization state-controlled organization trade union federation

The General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea is North Korea’s state-controlled national trade union center that mobilizes and manages workers in line with ruling party policies.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea canonical 5
General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK) 1
General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (North Korea) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mass organization ⓘ
state-controlled organization ⓘ
trade union federation ⓘ
activity monitoring worker loyalty and performance ⓘ
organizing labor campaigns and production drives ⓘ
organizing political study sessions for workers ⓘ
affiliatedWith Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
alsoKnownAs Chosŏn Chikŏp Ch’ongdongmaeng ⓘ
General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ⓘ
surface form: General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK)

General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ⓘ
surface form: General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (North Korea)
continent Asia ⓘ
controls workplace-level trade union committees ⓘ
country North Korea ⓘ
foundedIn 1946 ⓘ
foundedInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
governanceModel democratic centralism ⓘ
humanRightsContext not independent from the state ⓘ
ideology Juche ⓘ
Songun ⓘ
legalStatus officially recognized national trade union center ⓘ
locatedIn Pyongyang ⓘ
membershipType compulsory or quasi-compulsory for many workers ⓘ
monopolyStatus dominant trade union federation in North Korea ⓘ
nativeName General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 조선직업총동맹
nativeNameLanguage ko ⓘ
officialLanguage Korean ⓘ
operatesInSystem planned economy of North Korea ⓘ
organizationalType mass membership organization ⓘ
partOf North Korean mass organizations system ⓘ
politicalAlignment Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
politicalSystemContext single-party socialist state ⓘ
purpose implementation of Workers’ Party of Korea directives among workers ⓘ
labor discipline and control ⓘ
mobilization of workers for state policies ⓘ
political indoctrination of workers ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
represents industrial workers in North Korea ⓘ
office workers in North Korea ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
sector labor ⓘ
sectorCoverage construction ⓘ
industry ⓘ
other urban workplaces ⓘ
transport ⓘ
shortName GFTUK ⓘ
subordinateTo Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
systemRole transmission belt for party policy to workers ⓘ
tradeUnionIndependence does not engage in free collective bargaining ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Workers' Party of Korea → hasMassOrganization → General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ⓘ
North Korean political system → massOrganizations → General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ⓘ
North Korean mass organizations → hasMemberOrganization → General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ⓘ
WPK → massOrganization → General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ⓘ
General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea → nativeName → General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 조선직업총동맹
General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea → alsoKnownAs → General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (North Korea)
General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea → alsoKnownAs → General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK)
Korean Democratic Women's Union → parallelTo → General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ⓘ