The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) (Ukrainian: Конфедерація вільних профспілок України) is a national trade union center in Ukraine. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.
It is one of the few trade unions in Ukraine recognized by the AFL-CIO as "being independent and honest in its representation of the interests of labor".
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