Trade Union International of Workers in Commerce
The Trade Union International of Workers in Commerce was a trade union international affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.
History
[edit]The union was formed in 1959.[1]
In 1997 it merged with the Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers, Trade Union International of Food, Tobacco, Hotel and Allied Industries Workers, and Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur Workers Unions to form the Trade Union International of Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile & Allied Industries.[2]
Organization
[edit]The highest organ in the union was the international conference. Then there was the administrative committee and the secretariat.[3]
In 1978 its address was listed as Opletova 57 Prague, 1[4] an address it would keep until at least 1991.[5]
Membership
[edit]When the TUI began it had 22 affiliated unions. At its 1976 conference it claimed 14,862,279 members in 50 affiliated unions in 44 countries.[6] By the mid 1980s it had 70 members organizations in 61 countries representing 20 million members [7]
In 1978 the following organizations were affiliated to the TUI:[8]
Albania - Union Professionelle du Commerce d'Albania
Austria - Fraktion Gewerkschaftlicher Linksblock - Privatangestellte
Benin - Travailleurs du Commerce de l'Industrie et Assimiles
Bulgaria - Fédération des Travailleurs du Commerce
Cameroon - Union Nationale des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Commerce et Assimiles de la RF du Cameroun
Chile - Confederación de Empleados Particulares de Chile
China - Syndicat des Travailleurs du Commerce
Colombia - Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Venta, Industia, Commercio y Cooperatives
Congo - Fédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Commerce
Cuba - Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Commercio
Cyprus - Cyprus Commercial and Industrial Workers Union
Czechoslovakia - Comite Centrale Syndicat des Travailleurs du Commerce
El Salvador - Sindicato Nacional de Empleados Particulares
France - Commerce, Services and Distribution Federation, CGT- France - Fédération Nationale des Syndicats des Confederes des Voyageurs, Representants, Placiers, CGT
- Guadeloupe - Syndicat professionnel des Employes de Commerce, CGT
East Germany - Union of Trade
Guyana - Guyana Public Service and General Workers Union
Honduras - Sindicato de Trabajadores de Casas Commerciales y Afines
Hungary - Fédération des Travailleurs des Travailleurs des Finances et de l'Industrie Hotelier
India - All India Lipton Employees Union- India - Bengal Motion Pictures Employees Union
Iraq - General Union of Workers, General Service and Social Affairs
Italy - Italian Federation of Commerce, Hotel and Service Workers
Jordan - General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions, Commerce (in exile)
North Korea - Syndicats des Travailleurs du Commerce
Madagascar - Fédération des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Commerce et Professions Similares
Mali - Syndicat National du Commerce, des Banques du Credits et des Assurances
Mauritius - Shop and Commercial Workers Union
Mongolia - Comite Central des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Transport, du Commerce et de Services Publics
Nigeria - Co-operative Inspectorate Staff and Co-operative Workers Union- Nigeria - UTC African Workers Union
Palestine - Palestine Trade Union Federation (in exile)
Panama - Union de Empleados de Comercio- Panama - Sindicato de Agentes Vendedadores, Cabradores y Similares de la Republica de Panama
Peru - Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Comercio de Lima, Callao y Balnearios- Peru - Federacion Nacional de Trabajadores en Mercados
Poland - Fédération des Travailleurs du Commerce d'Etat et des Cooperatives
Romania - Union des Travailleurs du Commerce et des Cooperatives de Consomation
Sierra Leone - Transport, Agriculture and General Workers' Union
Somalia - Commercial and Allied Workers Union
Soviet Union - Fédération des Travailleurs du Commerce d'Etat et des Cooperatives de Consomation
Sri Lanka - United Tea, Rubber, Local Produce Workers' Union- Sri Lanka - All Ceylon CWE Store Managers and Store Assistants Union
Syria - Professional Federation of Public Service Workers
Tanzania - National Union of Tanganyika Workers
Uruguay - Federacion Uruguaya de Empleados de Comercio y Industrias
Venezuela - Sindicatos de Trabajadores de Comercio, (CUTV)
Vietnam - Syndicat National des Travailleurs du Commerce
South Yemen - General Union of Banks, Trading and Insurance Workers
Publications
[edit]The TUI published News monthly and Bulletin quarterly in English, French, Spanish, German and Russian.[9]
Leadership
[edit]General Secretaries
[edit]- 1959: Domenico Banchieri
- 1964: Dumitru Usturoi
- Ilie Frunza
- 1980s: Alvaro Villamarin
Presidents
[edit]- 1959: Marie Radova
- 1964: Carrere
- Janos Vas
References
[edit]- ^ Coldrick, A. Percy and Jones, Philip. The international directory of the trade union movement New York : Facts on File, [1978] p.183
- ^ Europa World Year Book London; Taylor & Francis, 2004 p.342
- ^ Coldrick and Jones p.183
- ^ Coldrick and Jones p.183
- ^ 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.559
- ^ Coldrick and Jones p.183
- ^ The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985. Prague; Published by the WTFU in cooperation with PRACE Czechoslovak Trade Unions 1985 p.151
- ^ Coldrick and Jones pp.183-5
- ^ Coldrick and Jones p.183