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The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is the world's largest Trade Union federation. It was formed on 1 November 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation Of Labour (WCL). The Founding Congress of the ITUC was held in Vienna and was preceded by the dissolution congresses of both the ICFTU and the WCL. INAUGURAL CONGRESS The founding, and first congress of the ITUC was held November 1 - 3, 2006 in Vienna. Day two included Pascal Lamy , the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) responding to panel discussions on the impact of Globalisation , including the topics "Cohesion and chaos - the global institutions" and "Global unions - global companies". Technical difficulties limited Lamy's satellite video link participation. A and the Trade Union Advisory Committee To The OECD (TUAC). ORGANIZATION The Pan-European Regional Council (PERC), a European trade union organization within the ITUC was formed March 19, 2007. It consists of 87 national trade union centres and a total membership of 87 million. It works closely with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), and John Monks is currently the general secretary of both organizations. SEE ALSO
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