The **International Confederation of Labor (ICL)** is a [global
union](Trade_Union "wikilink") [federation](Confederation "wikilink")
consisting of trade unions with
[anarcho-syndicalist](Anarcho-Syndicalism "wikilink") origins. It was
founded in [May 2018](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism "wikilink") in
Parma, [Italy](Italy "wikilink") following a split within the
[International Workers'
Association](International_Workers'_Association "wikilink") in 2016.

## Members

  - [Italian Syndicalist Union](Italian_Syndicalist_Union "wikilink")
  - [National Confederation of
    Labour](National_Confederation_of_Labour_\(Spain\) "wikilink")
    ([Spain](Spain "wikilink"))

### Friends

F

  - [Prisoners' Union/Nationwide
    Organisation](Prisoners'_Union/Nationwide_Organisation "wikilink")
    ([Germany](Germany "wikilink"))
  - [United Voices of the
    World](United_Voices_of_the_World_\(UK\) "wikilink") ([United
    Kingdom](United_Kingdom "wikilink"))

## Focus

The ICL focuses primarily on the exchange of knowledge between its
member unions concerning new organizing tactics and
strategies.<sup>\[2\]</sup> For instance the organizing of "wildcat
strikes, road blockades and other imaginative acts of resistance".
Specifically the experience of the prison strike organized by the
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) of the IWW is
mentioned. At this point the ICL is also looking to expand its
membership base to include the Middle East, Central- and South America
and North Africa.