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The '''Association of Trade Unions''' ({{langx|pl|Zrzeszenie Związków Zawodowych}}, ZZZ) was a nominal [[national trade union federation]] in Poland.
The federation was founded in 1945.  It claimed 4,000,000 members by 1956,<ref name="directory">{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=James P. |title=Directory of Labour Organizations: Europe |date=1955 |publisher=United States Department of Labour |location=Washington DC}}</ref> and 12,000,000 in 1980.<ref name="mason" />  It was closely linked with the [[Polish United Workers' Party]], although temporarily achieved some autonomy in 1956.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gardawski |first1=Juliusz |last2=Mrozowicki |first2=Adam |last3=Czarzasty |first3=Jan |title=Trade Unions in Poland |date=2012 |publisher=ETUI |location=Brussels |isbn=9782874522482}}</ref>
In 1980, [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]] was established as an independent trade union.  It proved highly popular; the ZZZ lost most of its membership, and was dissolved in December.<ref name="mason">{{cite journal |last1=Mason |first1=David S. |title=Poland's New Trade Unions |journal=Soviet Studies |date=June 1987 |volume=39 |issue=3|pages=489–508 |doi=10.1080/09668138708411708 }}</ref>  Its assets were later passed to the new [[All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:13100:0::NO::P13100_COMMENT_ID:2115836 |title=Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993) |website=International Labour Organization |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
==Affiliates==
In 1956, the following unions were affiliates:<ref name="directory" />
* Agricultural and Forestry Workers' Trade Union
* Chemical Industry Workers' Trade Union
* Communal Economy Employees' Trade Union
* Communication Workers' Trade Union
* Construction, Ceramics and Allied Trade Workers' Union
* Cultural Workers' Trade Union
* Electrical Power Workers' Trade Union
* Food Industry Workers' Trade Union
* Foundry Industry Workers' Trade Union
* Health Service Workers' Trade Union
* Metal Workers' Trade Union
* Miners' Trade Union
* Railway Workers' Trade Union
* Road and Air Transport Workers' Trade Union
* Shipping Workers' Trade Union
* State and Public Workers' Trade Union
* Textile, Clothing and Leather Industry Workers' Trade Union
* Wood Products and Local Industry Workers' Trade Union
* Trade Workers' Trade Union
==Presidents==
:1945: Kazimierz Witaszewski
:1948: [[Edward Ochab]]
:1949: [[Aleksander Zawadzki]]
:1950: Wiktor Kłosiewicz
:1956: [[Ignacy Loga-Sowiński]]
:1971: Władysław Kruczek
:1980: Jan Szydlak
:1980: Romuald Jankowski
==References==
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[[Category:National trade union centers of Poland]]
[[Category:Trade unions established in 1945]]
[[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 1980]]
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