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The International Federation of Building Workers (IFBW) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing masons.
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The International Federation of Building Workers (IFBW) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing masons.
The German Central Union of Masons gradually built up international contacts in the late 19th-century. In 1903, it called a conference in Berlin, to formalise these relationships by establishing an international trade federation. [1]
The federation was established as the Building Workers' International, and was based in Hamburg from its foundation. By 1925, most of its member unions had merged with the carpenters' unions in their country, and so it agreed to absorb the Carpenters' International. This gave it 26 affiliates, with a total of 756,059 members. [1]
On 1 April 1934, the federation merged with the International Federation of Wood Workers, to form the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers. [2]
The following unions were affiliated as of 1922: [3]
| Union | Country | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Central Association of Construction Workers | Austria | 87,154 |
| General Union of Building, Furnishing and Other Industries | Belgium | 42,065 |
| Czechoslovakia | 42,413 | |
| Denmark | 5,074 | |
| Finland | 1,331 | |
| National Federation of Construction Workers | France | 6,353 |
| German Construction Workers' Union | Germany | 588,271 |
| Hungary | 23,249 | |
| Italy | 60,000 | |
| Luxembourg | 1,105 | |
| General Dutch Construction Union | Netherlands | 9,061 |
| Norwegian Union of Building Workers | Norway | 2,278 |
| Poland | 9,975 | |
| Romania | 2,390 | |
| Sweden | 3,999 | |
| Swiss Construction Workers' Union | Switzerland | 3,825 |
| National Federation of Building Trades Operatives | United Kingdom | 253,000 |
| General Workers' Union of Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 608 |
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