International Federation of Bookbinders and Kindred Trades

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The International Federation of Bookbinders and Kindred Trades was a global union federation representing unions of bookbinders.

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History

In 1902, the Austrian bookbinders' union suggested organising an international conference of bookbinders, and this took place in Germany in 1904. The conference agreed to build closer relationships between the unions in attendance, and the Union of Bookbinders and Paper Workers of Germany issued a questionnaire on what form these should take. The responses were inconclusive, but the Austrian union was keen on forming an international federation, and in 1907, the German union agreed to host a founding conference in Nuremberg. [1]

The headquarters of the federation were established in Berlin, but in 1920 they moved to Bern. By 1925, the federation had 17 affiliates, with a total of 79,800 members, dropping to 42,072 in 1935. At this point, its largest affiliate was the British National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers, with other affiliates in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Hungary, Finland, France, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. [1] [2]

In 1939, the federation agreed to merge with the Lithographers' International and the International Typographers' Secretariat. [3] However, due to World War II, no progress was made until 1946, when the British Printing and Kindred Trades Federation established a committee which drafted a constitution for a merged organisation. This was established in 1949, as the International Graphical Federation. [4]

Affiliates

In 1922, the following unions were affiliated: [5]

UnionCountryMembership
Union of Bookbinders and Paperworkers in AustriaAustria5,978
Central Union of BookbindersBelgium2,898
Czechoslovakia3,656
Danish Bookbinders' and Stationers' Union Denmark3,009
French Federation of Book Workers France1,457
Union of Bookbinders and Paper Workers of Germany Germany98,810
Hungary3,949
Italy13,300
Netherlands4,097
Norwegian Union of Bookbinders and Cardboard Workers Norway1,528
Swedish Bookbinders' Union Sweden2,700
Swiss Bookbinders' Union Switzerland1,266
National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers United Kingdom24,000
Association of Graphic Workers of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia846

Leadership

General Secretaries

1907: Emil Kloth [1]
1920: Heinrich Hochstrasser [1]
1936: Kristian Eriksen

Presidents

1920: Eugen Haueisen
1933: Corneel Mertens?
1935: Jos Van Staeyen

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sassenbach, Johannes (1926). Twenty-five years of international trade unionism. Amsterdam: International Federation of Trade Unions. p. 97.
  2. ↑ Repertoire des organisations internationales. Geneva: League of Nations. 1936. pp. 282–283.
  3. ↑ "International Graphical Federation (IGF)". Open Yearbook. UIA. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Bain, Peter; Gennard, John (2005). A History of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades. Routledge. pp. 269–270. ISBN   1134790902.
  5. ↑ The American Labor Yearbook. New York: Rand School of Social Science. 1924. p. 254.
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