Senegal
labor; Muslim brotherhoods; students; teachers
Seychelles
Roman Catholic Church; trade unions
Sierra Leone
trade unions and student unions
Singapore
NA
Slovakia
Federation of Employers' Associations of the Slovak
Republic; Association of Towns and Villages or ZMOS; Confederation
of Trade Unions or KOZ; National Union of Employers or RUZ; Slovak
Chamber of Commerce and Industry or SOPK; Entrepreneurs Association
of Slovakia or ZPS; The Business Alliance of Slovakia or PAS
Slovenia
NA
Solomon Islands
Isatabu Freedom Movement (IFM); Malaita Eagle Force
(MEF); note - these rival armed ethnic factions crippled the Solomon
Islands in a wave of violence from 1999 to 2003
Somalia
numerous clan and sub-clan factions are currently vying for
power; Supreme Council of Islamic Courts (SCIC)
South Africa
Congress of South African Trade Unions or COSATU
[Zwelinzima VAVI, general secretary]; South African Communist Party
or SACP [Blade NZIMANDE, general secretary]; South African National
Civics Organization or SANCO [Mlungisi HLONGWANE, national
president]; note - COSATU and SACP are in a formal alliance with the
ANC
Spain
business and landowning interests; Catholic Church; free labor
unions (authorized in April 1977); Socialist General Union of
Workers or UGT and the smaller independent Workers Syndical Union or
USO; university students; Trade Union Confederation of Workers'
Commissions or CC.OO.