All-Ukrainian Union of Workers Solidarity "VOLYA"
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The All-Ukrainian Union of Workers' Solidarity "VOLYA"/"VOST" (Ukrainian: Всеукраїнське об'єднання солідарності трудівників "ВОЛЯ") is a trade union representing Catholic workers in Ukraine.
The union was established in 1989 and affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour. By the end of the 1990s, it claimed a membership of 50,000.[1] In 2013/2014, it took part in the Euromaidan movement.[2]
The union how seen a period of growth with it now having a total of 151,120 members as of 2012,[3] and became an affiliate to the International Trade Union Confederation[4] after the merger of the World Confederation of Labour and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.