a group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs
a federation of North American trade unions, merged in 1955 with the Congress of Industrial Organizations to form the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
an association of trade unions founded in 1945, with headquarters in Prague. In 1949 most of the representatives from non-Communist countries withdrew and founded the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; the WFTU is now composed largely of groups from developing countries
official name for St Kitts and Nevis.
a country in the Caribbean consisting of two adjoining islands of the Leeward Islands; population 40,100 (est. 2009); languages, English (official), Creole; capital, Basseterre (on St Kitts). Official name Federation of St Christopher and Nevis