Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia

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Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia
SSJ
Serbo-Croatian: Савез синдиката Југославије,
Savez sindikata Jugoslavije
Slovene: Zveza sindikatov Jugoslavije
Macedonian: Сојуз на синдикати на Југославија
Predecessor United Federation of Workers' Unions of Yugoslavia
Formation25 January 1945
Dissolved1990
Headquarters Ušće Tower, Belgrade
Location
Membership (1984)
6,150,000 [1]

The Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia (SSJ) was a mass organization in SFR Yugoslavia that operated as both a centralized body of trade unions and a socio-political organ of the Yugoslav government. It existed as one of the most powerful organizations within the Socialist Alliance of Working People of Yugoslavia, the popular front of the ruling League of Communists. In addition to assisting in the implementation of the Party's domestic labor programs, the SSJ actively sent labor delegations abroad to other countries, with 190 such delegations having been sent in the year 1959 alone. [2] The organization maintained relations with both Western and Eastern labor unions and represented Yugoslavia at the International Labour Organization. [3]

The SSJ was dissolved and succeeded by numerous smaller organizations across the six Yugoslav republics shortly before the Yugoslav Wars in 1990:

Affiliates

UnionFoundedLeftReason leftMembership (1954) [4] Membership (1965) [5] Membership (1990) [6]
Association of Barber and Wig Workers of Yugoslavia1947MergedN/AN/AN/A
Association of Domestic Auxiliary Staff of Yugoslavia1947MergedN/AN/AN/A
Association of Educators of Pre-School Institutions735N/AN/A
Association of Teachers of Special Schools19521959Merged639N/AN/A
Association of Teachers of Vocational Schools19521959Merged4,485N/AN/A
Association of University Teachers19521959Merged1,982N/AN/A
Catering and Tourism Workers' Union 19741990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A250,000
Chemistry and Non-Metallic Industry Workers' Union 19741990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A255,000
Commerce Workers' Union 19741990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A650,000
Communal Enterprise Workers' Union19451955MergedN/AN/AN/A
Craft Workers' Union19471955MergedN/AN/AN/A
Economic-Administrative and Technical Institutions Employees Union 19451946MergedN/AN/AN/A
Education, Science and Culture Workers' Union 19781990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A430,000
Energy Workers' Union1990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A180,000
Federation of Artists and Sculptors535N/AN/A
Federation of Associations of Pensioners244,624N/AN/A
Federation of Journalists2,000N/AN/A
Federation of Librarians579N/AN/A
Federation of Museum Societies300N/AN/A
Forestry and Wood Industry Workers' Union 19741990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A320,000
Health and Social Care Workers' Union 19741990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A421,000
Judicial and Administrative Institutions Employees Union of Yugoslavia 19451946MergedN/AN/AN/A
Metal Production and Manufacturing Workers' Union 19741990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A980,000
Printing, Newspaper, Publishing and Information Workers' Union 19741990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A130,000
Public Utilities and Handicraft Workers' Union 19741990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A300,000
State Administration and Finance Workers' Union 19781990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A520,000
State Administrative and Judicial Institutions Employees Union 19461949MergedN/AN/AN/A
Textile, Leather and Footwear Workers' Union 19741990SSJ dissolvedN/AN/A480,000
Union of Administrative and Judicial Workers19741978MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Agricultural, Food Processing and Tobacco Workers of Yugoslavia 19591990SSJ dissolvedN/A373,000525,000
Union of Agricultural Workers and Employees 19451959Merged84,792N/AN/A
Union of Chemical Industry Workers19451959Merged37,759N/AN/A
Union of Communal and Craft Workers 19551963Merged131,986N/AN/A
Union of Construction Workers of Yugoslavia 19451990SSJ dissolved155,410387,000680,000
Union of Cultural and Art Institution Workers19511963Merged11,137N/AN/A
Union of Educational and Scientific Workers of Yugoslavia19451963Merged48,394N/AN/A
Union of Financial Officials19451949MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Food and Tobacco Workers 19451959Merged57,437N/AN/A
Union of Industrial and Mining Workers 19631974SplitN/A1,191,000N/A
Union of Maritime Workers19451959Merged9,591N/AN/A
Union of Metal Workers 19451963Merged149,436N/AN/A
Union of Metallurgical and Mining Workers 19551959Merged127,940N/AN/A
Union of Metallurgical Workers and Employees19501955MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Workers 19591963MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Mining Workers19451955MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Monetary and Financial Workers19741978MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Employees19451959Merged21,432N/AN/A
Union of Print and Paper Workers19451963Merged20,369N/AN/A
Union of Health Workers 19451963Merged62,435N/AN/A
Union of Public Service Workers 19631974SplitN/A516,000N/A
Union of Railwaymen 19451959Merged112,186N/AN/A
Union of Service Workers 19631974SplitN/A499,000N/A
Union of State Administration Employees 19491963Merged137,551N/AN/A
Union of Textile and Leather Workers 19551963Merged108,283N/AN/A
Union of Trade Workers19451955MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Transport and Communications Workers of Yugoslavia 19591990SSJ dissolvedN/A306,000520,000
Union of Transport Workers19451959Merged42,076N/AN/A
Union of Wood Industry Workers 19451963Merged94,337N/AN/A
Union of Workers and Employees of the Catering and Tourism Economy19451955MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Workers and Employees of the Leather Processing Industry19451955MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Workers and Employees of the Textile and Clothing Industry19451955MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Workers and Employees of the Tobacco Industry19451948MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Workers and Employees of Utility Companies and Institutions19451955MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Workers in Culture, Arts, Radio and Television19741978MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Workers in Education and Science19741978MergedN/AN/AN/A
Union of Workers in Trade, Catering and Tourism 19551963Merged132,916N/AN/A

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