World Confederation of Teachers

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The World Confederation of Teachers (WCT) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing teachers.

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The federation originated in 1963, when the International Federation of Employees in Public Service (INFEDOP), an affiliate of what became the World Confederation of Labour (WCL), established a section for teachers, the International Trade Union Council of Teachers. In 1970, it became the "World Confederation of Teachers", and in 1973, it became independent of INFEDOP, affiliating directly to the WCL. [1]

By 1979, the federation claimed an affiliated membership of 1,000,000 workers. [2] In 2006, the WCL merged into the new International Trade Union Confederation, and the WCT decided in March 2007 to merge into the Education International. [1]

Affiliates

The following unions were affiliated in 1979: [2]

UnionCountry
Christian Fraction of the Schoolteachers' Section of the Public Services UnionAustria
Christian Teachers' AssociationBelgium
Christian Union of Staff in Free Primary and Secondary EducationBelgium
Christian Union of Staff in Technical CollegesBelgium
Christian Union of Staff Members in Government EducationBelgium
Public ServicesBelgium
Fédération nationale des enseignants QuebecoisCanada
Cayman Teachers' AssociationCayman Islands
Syndicat national des enseignants CentraficainsCentral African Republic
Comision Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación del FUTChile
Asociación Tolimense Profesores de Ensenanze Secundaria OficialColombia
Sindicato de Educadores CostarricencesCosta Rica
Asociacion de Profesores de Segunda EnsenanzaCosta Rica
Union nacional de educadoresDominican Republic
Fédération de l'enseignement privéFrance
Syndicat général de l'education nationaleFrance
Association for Education and TrainingWest Germany
Ghana Local Authority Teachers' AssociationGhana
Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Educación PrivadaGuatamala
Government School Non-Graduate Teachers' UnionHong Kong
ITCEU Delhi Industrial Training InstituteIndia
Indian Confederation of TeachersIndia
All-India Federation of Industrial Training Institutes' EmployeesIndia
Persatuan Guru KatolikIndonesia
Persatuan Guru Kristen IndonesiaIndonesia
Fédération général des syndicats chrétiens de la fonction publique de MadagascarMadagascar
Syndicat national des instituteurs publics de MadagascarMadagascar
Catholic Education AssociationNetherlands
Protestant Christian Teachers' AssociationNetherlands
Vereniging van Leerkrachten ArubaNetherlands Antilles
Rizal Public School Teachers' AssociationPhilippines
Fédération nationale des travailleurs de la fonction publiqueSenegal
Metropolitan Teachers' AssociationThailand
Caribbean Association of Catholic TeachersTrinidad and Tobago
Federación Nacional de Sindicatos Autonomos de los Trabajadores de la Educación VenezolanaVenezuela
Movimento Magisterial Social Cristiano Sindicators Autonomos de la Educación MeridaVenezuela
Colegio de Peritos y Tecnicos Industriales de VenezuelaVenezuela

Leadership

General Secretaries

1970s: Coen Damen
1987: Roger Denis
1996: Gaston De La Haye

Presidents

1970s: Frans Valvekens
1980s: Sef van Werberg

References

  1. 1 2 "World Confederation of Teachers". UIA Open Yearbook. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 Coldrick, Percy; Jones, Philip (1979). The International Directory of the Trade Union Movement. New York: Facts on File. pp. 128–154. ISBN   0871963744.