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The '''Confederation of Christian Trade Unions''' (Kiravic: ''Vuntirán Xristóvix Amerþūráya'', High Coscivian: ''háaxxor e``mpsmp txMspë'') is a {{wp|national trade union center}} organising and serving labour unions and craft guilds in the Kiravian Federacy. The CCTU professes a {{wp|Social Christianity|Social-Christian}} and {{wp|neo-corporatist}} vision and endorses a {{wp|Christian-democratic}} and {{wp|distributist}} political programme. | The '''Confederation of Christian Trade Unions''' (Kiravic: ''Vuntirán Xristóvix Amerþūráya'', High Coscivian: ''háaxxor e``mpsmp txMspë'') is a {{wp|national trade union center}} organising and serving labour unions and craft guilds in the Kiravian Federacy. The CCTU professes a {{wp|Social Christianity|Social-Christian}} and {{wp|neo-corporatist}} vision and endorses a {{wp|Christian-democratic}} and {{wp|distributist}} political programme. | ||
Members of CCTU-affiliated unions may adhere to any faith | Members of CCTU-affiliated unions may adhere to any faith; unions themselves are required to have a Christian character. The CCTU is most strongly influenced by {{wp|Catholic social teaching}}, and Catholics have traditionally been overrepresented in its central leadership. A proposed merger with the Islamic Labour Federation was rejected in 21192, though the two organisations coöperate closely. | ||
CCTU unions and guilds are distributed over a wide range of industries and specialties. Unions representing workers at church-affiliated workplaces, such as Catholic universities or cemeteries, are overwhelmingly affiliated to the CCTU, as are workers in many coöperative and co-managed enterprises with a distributist ethos. Nonetheless, the bulk of the union's membership are employed in ordinary industries as diverse as printing, fishing, metallurgy, healthcare, and soapmaking. | CCTU unions and guilds are distributed over a wide range of industries and specialties. Unions representing workers at church-affiliated workplaces, such as Catholic universities or cemeteries, are overwhelmingly affiliated to the CCTU, as are workers in many coöperative and co-managed enterprises with a distributist ethos. Nonetheless, the bulk of the union's membership are employed in ordinary industries as diverse as printing, fishing, metallurgy, healthcare, and soapmaking. | ||
The CCTU has a close official relationship with the [[Caritist Social Union]] and similarly close ties with its state-level affiliate parties. Its regional organising committees wield significant political influence in [[Farravonia]], [[Niyaska]], [[Hanoram]], and [[Fariva]], especially the city of [[ | The CCTU has a close official relationship with the [[Caritist Social Union]] and similarly close ties with its state-level affiliate parties. Its regional organising committees wield significant political influence in [[Farravonia]], [[Niyaska]], [[Hanoram]], and [[Fariva]], especially the city of [[Bérasar]]. | ||
==Affiliated Unions== | ==Affiliated Unions== | ||
*Solidary Christian Healthcare Workers of Farravonia | *Solidary Christian Healthcare Workers of Farravonia | ||
*Solidary Catholic Healthcare Workers of | *Solidary Catholic Healthcare Workers of Kaviska and Niyaska | ||
*Solidary Catholic Healthcare Workers of Fariva and the Far Northeast | *Solidary Catholic Healthcare Workers of Fariva and the Far Northeast | ||
*Union of Orthodox Healthcare Workers | *Union of Orthodox Healthcare Workers | ||