Teachers' International Trade Secretariat

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The Teachers' International Trade Secretariat or International Trade Secretariat of Teachers (ITST) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing schoolteachers.

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History

The International Federation of Civil Servants and Teachers was formed in 1925, but in many countries, teachers were not part of the same unions as civil servants, and preferred to organise separately. As a result, in November 1926, the International Federation of Trade Unions sponsored the creation of a new "Teachers' International Trade Secretariat", which brought together the teachers' unions from the old federation, along with some other trade unions. Like its predecessor, it affiliated to the International Federation of Trade Unions. It established headquarters in Brussels. [1] [2]

In 1945, the federation affiliated to the new International Professional Department of Education (DPIE), and the following year, it merged into the new World Federation of Teachers' Unions. Some members unions refused to join, and instead helped found the new Joint Committee of International Teachers' Federations. [3]

Affiliates

As of 1935, the federation had a total membership of 108,750, in the following affiliates: [2]

UnionCountryAffiliated membership
Dutch Indies Teachers' SocietyDutch East Indies2,000
Federation of Education WorkersSpain2,000
General Federation of Teachers France90,000
Middle School Teachers' UnionLuxembourg100
Socialist Teachers' GroupCzechoslovakia1,400
Socialist Teachers' UnionNorway100
Socialist Teachers' UnionSwitzerland150
Socialist Union of Education Workers Belgium5,500
Union of Dutch Teachers Netherlands7,000
Union of Emigrant Germany TeachersFrance150

Leadership

Secretaries

1927: Louis Klein
1936: Joseph Bracops

Presidents

Lebaillif
1936: Ludovic Zoretti

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References

  1. ↑ Goldberg, Arthur (1962). The Public Services' International. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Labor.
  2. 1 2 Repertoire des organisations internationales. Geneva: League of Nations. 1936. pp. 263–265.
  3. ↑ Goldberg, Arthur (1960). Directory of International Trade Union Organizations. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. p. 16.2.
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