International Union of Hairdressers

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The International Union of Hairdressers was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing hairdressers.

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In the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, many German hairdressers found work in other European countries, and this led the German Union of Hairdressers and Assistants to build links with unions in those other nations. In 1907, it organised a conference in Stuttgart, at which the International Union of Hairdressers was founded. [1]

The headquarters of the international trade secretariat were initially in Hamburg, but moved to Berlin in 1908. It ceased to function during World War I, but was re-established in 1921 by its former leadership. One of the smaller secretariats, in 1925, it had nine affiliates with a total of only 8,860 members. In 1933, its headquarters moved to Copenhagen, and by 1935 it had affiliates in Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. [1] [2]

The federation again became moribund during World War II, and after the war, unions of hairdressers instead joined the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical and Technical Employees. [3]

Affiliates

The following unions were affiliated in 1922: [4]

UnionCountryMembers
Union of Hairdressers' Assistants of AustriaAustria1,448
Czechoslovakia800
Barbers' and Hairdressers' Association of Denmark Denmark964
Finland150
Union of Hairdressers and Assistants Germany ?
Hungary973
Latvia68
Norwegian Barbers' and Hairdressers' UnionNorway200
Swedish Hairdressers' Union Sweden327
Swiss Hairdressers' UnionSwitzerland250

Presidents

1907: Friedrich Etzkorn [1]
1933: H. M. Christensen [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Sassenbach, Johannes (1926). Twenty-five years of international trade unionism. Amsterdam: International Federation of Trade Unions. p. 103.
  2. 1 2 Repertoire des organisations internationales. Geneva: League of Nations. 1936. p. 259.
  3. Rütters, Peter (2001). International Trade Union Organisations (PDF). Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. p. 18. ISBN   3898920453 . Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. The American Labor Yearbook. New York: Rand School of Social Science. 1924. p. 263.