Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers

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The Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers was a trade union international affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.

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History

The TUI was founded at a conference in Warsaw, Poland in December 1949. Its original name was the Trade Union International of Agricultural and Forestry Workers. [1] [2]

In 1997 the Trade Union International of Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile & Allied Industries was formed by the merger of the Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers, Trade Union International of Food, Tobacco, Hotel and Allied Industries Workers, Trade Union International of Workers in Commerce, Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur Workers Unions. [3]

Organization

By 1985 the TUI had branch commissions representing workers in agriculture, plantations, the forestry industry and peasant workers. [4]

In 1955 the headquarters of the organization was located at 19 Via Boncampagni, Rome. [5] In 1985 its address was reported as Opletalova 57 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia. [6] However, by 1989 it had moved to Serpoukhovkaia 44, 113093 Moscow [7] were it stayed until at least 1991. [8]

Conferences

Members

The following groups were affiliated with the TUI in 1978. [13]

Leadership

General Secretaries

1949: Ilio Bosi
1960: Vincenzo Galetti
1964: Umberto Fornari
1968: Claude Billault
1980: Gerard Laugier
1980s: René Digne
1980s: André Hemmerle

Presidents

1949: Suleiman Tjugito
1966: Giaochino Chisio
Andreas Kyriakou

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References

  1. Coldrick, A. Percy and Jones, Philip. The international directory of the trade union movement New York : Facts on File, [1978] p.171
  2. Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions Washington Office of International Labor Affairs, December 1958 p.51
  3. Europa World Year Book London; Taylor & Francis, 2004 p.342
  4. The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985. Prague; Published by the WTFU in cooperation with PRACE Czechoslovak Trade Unions 1985 p.149
  5. Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions Washington Office of International Labor Affairs, June 1955 p.49
  6. The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985 p.149
  7. Coggins, John Trade unions of the world 1989-1990 Harlow : Longman, 1989 2nd ed. p.451
  8. Upham, Martin Trade unions of the world, 1992-1993. Harlow, Essex, U.K. : Longman; Detroit, Mich. : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. and Canada by Gale Research Inc., 1991 p.558
  9. Coldrick and Jones p.171
  10. Coldrick and Jones p.171
  11. Coldrick and Jones p.171
  12. The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985 p.149
  13. Coldrick and Jones pp.173-4