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where it won all seats in
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Company Engineers and Executives Union (SEEU)
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Singapore Airport Terminal Services Workers' Union (SATSWU)
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partnership. Since its inception, the NTUC has had a close
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Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Staff Union (IRASSU)
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Built Environment and Urban Trades Employees' Union (BATU)
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Attractions, Resorts & Entertainment Union (AREU)
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Employment relations in the growing Asian economies
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307:Relationship with the People's Action Party (PAP)
257:successful drive for self-government back in 1959
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727:Reuters Local Employees' Union, Singapore (RLEU)
339:, the previous secretaries-general, also became
806:Public Utilities Board Employees' Union (PUBEU)
778:Union of Telecoms Employees of Singapore (UTES)
766:Times Publishing Group Employees' Union (TPGEU)
381:Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021
944:Employment & Employability Institute (e2i)
853:National Delivery Champions Association (NDCA)
648:Advanced Manufacturing Employees' Union (AMEU)
1221:Chong Ming, Lee; Ng, Abigail (11 July 2024).
1171:"Ng Chee Meng elected NTUC secretary-general"
678:Singapore Shell Employees' Union (SSEU-Shell)
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931:The list of related organizations includes:
788:Amalgamated Union of Public Employees (AUPE)
715:Food Drinks and Allied Workers Union (FDAWU)
657:ExxonMobil Singapore Employees Union (EMSEU)
277:Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act of 1968
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718:Healthcare Services Employees' Union (HSEU)
700:Banking and Financial Services Union (BFSU)
684:United Workers of Petroleum Industry (UWPI)
654:Chemical Industries Employees' Union (CIEU)
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703:Creative Media and Publishing Union (CMPU)
694:Air Transport Executive Staff Union (AESU)
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815:Singapore Malay Teachers' Union (SMTU)
748:Singapore Organisation of Seamen (SOS)
739:Singapore Airlines Staff Union (SIASU)
733:Singapore Bank Employees' Union (SBEU)
1402:"NTUC Union Membership Core Benefits"
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751:Singapore Port Workers Union (SPWU)
663:Keppel FELS Employees' Union (KFEU)
50:Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Kebangsaan
1195:Seow, Joanna Seow (14 July 2020).
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754:ST Engineering Staff Union (STESU)
709:DNATA Singapore Staff Union (DSSU)
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1126:Tan, Sue-Ann (16 November 2021).
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772:Union of Security Employees (USE)
1497:1961 establishments in Singapore
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