International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers

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International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers
Predecessor Plantation Workers International Federation
International Landworkers' Federation
Merged into International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations
Founded2 Dec 1959
Dissolved31 Dec 1993
Headquarters17, Rue Necker, Geneva, Switzerland
Members
3 million (1994) [1]
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The International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers (IFPAAW) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing land workers.

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History

The federation was created on December 2, 1959, when the Plantation Workers International Federation (PWIF) merged with the International Landworkers' Federation (ILF). The ILF consisted of European unions representing agricultural workers, while the PWIF consisted of mostly workers on plantations in poorer countries, but also included some former affiliates of the defunct International Federation of Tobacco Workers. [1]

By 1976, IFPAW claimed 3 million members, and maintained this level for the remainder of its existence. At some point, it changed its name slightly to the International Federation of Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers, while retaining the IFPAW abbreviation. [1]

IFPAW pioneered collective bargaining at the international level in 1988, when it signed an agreement with Danone. [1]

The federation merged into the International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Associations at 1 January 1994, which renamed itself as the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association. [1]

Affiliates

In 1960, the following unions were affiliated to the federation: [2]

UnionCountryAffiliated membership
All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union British West Indies Federation7,000
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America United States4,500
Barbados Workers' Union British West Indies Federation6,000
British Guiana Trades Union Council British GuianaUnknown
Cameroons Development Corporation Workers' UnionBritish Cameroons14,000
Ceylon Workers' Congress Ceylon140,000
Danish Gardeners' Union Denmark5,302
Danish General and Special Workers' Union Denmark25,000
Eastern Region Development Corporation Workers' UnionNigeria2,700
Federation of Peasants and Rural Workers of PeruPeru1,000,000
General Union Belgium4,000
Grenada Manual and Mental Workers' UnionBritish West Indies Federation10,000
Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union West Germany85,000
Italian Federation of Agricultural Employees and Labourers Italy325,000
Italian Union of Land Workers Italy448,669
National Agrarian FederationCosta Rica1,500
National Federation of Agricultural Technicians and EmployeesItaly4,000
National Federation of Agricultural WorkersFrance2,000
National Federation of FarmersColombia12,000
National Federation of Sharecroppers and Smallholders Italy100,000
National Federation of Sugar WorkersPeru25,000
National Union of Agricultural Workers United Kingdom125,000
National Union of Hired Agricultural WorkersIsrael200,000
National Union of Plantation Workers Malaysia140,000
National Workers Union British West Indies Federation8,000
General Dutch Industrial Union of Agriculture Netherlands39,962
Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers Norway8,000
Plantation Workers' Federation of VietnamSouth Vietnam26,000
Plantation Workers' UnionMauritius5,000
Rural Workers' Union Finland6,620
St Lucia Workers' Co-operative Union British West Indies Federation958
Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union Sweden29,925
Tanganyika Sisal and Plantation Workers' UnionTanganyika81,339
Tela Railroad Company Workers' UnionHondurasUnknown
Transport and General Workers' Union United Kingdom6,000
Union of Agricultural and Forestry Workers Austria68,636
Union of Commerce, Transport and Food Switzerland1,010

Leadership

General Secretaries

1960: Tom Bavin
1976: Stanley Correa
1982: José Vargas
1988: Börje Svensson

Presidents

1960: Harold Collison
1976: Tom Bavin
1982: Börje Svensson
1988: P. P. Narayanan
1992: Post vacant

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Docherty, James C.; van der Velden, Sjaak (2012). Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor. Scarecrow Press. pp. 141–142. ISBN   0810879883.
  2. ↑ Goldberg, Arthur (1960). Directory of International Trade Union Organizations. Washington DC: United States Department of Labour. pp. 12.1–12.16.
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