Trade Union International of Workers in the Metal Industry

The Trade Union International of Workers in the Metal Industry was a trade union international affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.

History The TUI was founded at a conference in Turin, Italy on June 2, 1949 as the Trade Union International of the Metal and Engineering Industries.Coldrick, A. Percy and Jones, Philip. The international directory of the trade union movement New York : Facts on File, pp.191-2 (Other sources say June 21.)The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985. Prague; Published by the WTFU in cooperation with PRACE Czechoslovak Trade Unions 1985 p.153

In 1998 the TUI merged with the Trade Unions International of Chemical, Oil and Allied Workers and the Trade Union International of Energy Workers to found the Trade Union International of Energy, Metal, Chemical, Oil and Allied Industries at a conference in Havana. In 2007 the latter reformed as the Trade Union International of Energy Workers. The metal and mining workers then formed the Trade Union International of Workers in the Mining, the Metallurgy and the Metal Industries.Europa World Year Book London; Taylor & Francis, 2004 p.342World Federation of Trade Unions Report of Action 2006-2010 p.104

Organization The highest organ of the TUI was the International Trade Conference held every four years which elected an administrative committee and a secretariat.Coldrick and Jones p.191 It also had specialized commissions on steel, shipbuilding, the automobile industry, mechanical and electro-electronic constr4uction as well as a Standing Committee on Peace and Disarmament.The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985 p.154

In 1955 its address was reported as Seilerstaette 3, Vienna 1, Austria. It shared the address with the Trade Unions International of Miners Unions, the Trade Unions International of Transport Workers and the World Federation of Teachers Unions.Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions Washington Office of International Labor Affairs, June 1955 pp.47-8 By 1957 its headquarters were Janska 100, Prague 1, Czechoslovakia where it again shared the address with the TUIs of Transport Workers, Miners and TeachersFacts about international Communist front organisations p. 55Directory of World Federation of Trade Union 1958 pp.53-6 By 1978 it moved to BP158 Moscow K9, Soviet Union,Coldrick and Jones p.192 an address it would keep until at least 1991.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

Members At the TUIs founding conference in 1949 there 62 delegates representing 16 countries and seven and half million workers. Five other countries were represented by observers. States represented included the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Italy, France and the Netherlands.Coldrick and Jones p.191 In 1958 it claimed 10,050,000 members in 18 countries.Directory of World Federation of Trade Union 1958 p.53 In 1976 the TUI included 36 organizations in 28 countries representing 20 million members.Coldrick and Jones p.191 And in 1985 it claimed 58 affiliates in 42 countries representing 22 million workers.The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985 pp.153-4

- Left Bloc of the Union of Metal, Mining and Energy - Syndicat Professionnel des Travaileurs de la Mechanique Generale et de la Metalurgie - Union of Workers in Engineering Industry - Co-operation Exteriure de CUT - Cyprus Mechanics and Electricians Trade Unions - Federación Nacional de Trabajadores del Metal - Fédération Syndicale des Travaileurs de l'Industrie et de la Metalurgie - Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Industria Basica - Union of Workers in the Metal Industries - Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Mecanica y Metalicas Basica - Metalworkers' Federation, CGT - National Federation of State Workers - Industrial Union of Metal - National Federation of Metal Workers - National Federation of Metal and Engineering Workers of India - All India Steel Workers' Federation - General Trade Union of Metalworkers - General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions, General Federation of Metal Workers - Union of Metal and Engineering Workers of Korea - Syndicat des Travailleurs des la Metalurgie, Bois et Batiments Fi.Se.Ma. - Nigerian Steel Development Authority Workers' Union - Federación de Trabajadores de la Industria del Metal de Peru, CGTP - Związek Zawodowy Hutników w Polsce - Związek Zawodowy Metalowców w Polsce - Union des Syndicats des enterprises de l'Industrie Metallurgique et de Constructions Mechanique - Central Committee of the Metalworkers Union - Central Committee of the Engineering Workers Union - Central Committee of the Power-station Workers Union - Central Committee of the Shipbuilding Workers Union - Industrial and General Workers Union - Ceylon Engineering Workers Union - Professional Federation of Mining, Light Industry and Mechanical Workers - Unión Nacional de Trabajadores del Metal y Rames Afines - SINATRAMETAL - Sindicato Unificado de Trabajadores de la Siderugia, de las Minas, del Metal, del Automovil y de la ramas afines - National Union of Metal and Engineering Workers

Leadership General Secretaries 1949: Henri Jourdain 1955: Marcel Bras 1956: Giovanni Roveda 1958: Giacomo Adduci 1964: Pierre Gensous 1966: Jean Desmaison 1969: Mauro Pacci 1973: Pierre Baghi 1981: Alain Stern 1987: Daniel Bailly 1989: Gilbert Le Bescond

Presidents 1949: Giovanni Roveda 1956: Livio Mascarello 1959: Pierre Gensous 1962: 1974: Lajos Méhes 1978: Reinhard Sommer 1989:

See also International Metalworkers' Federation

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