The Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers (Russian: Международный профсоюз работников сельского хозяйства, лесного хозяйства и плантаций; 1949 – 1997) was a trade union international affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.

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.Coldrick, A. Percy and Jones, Philip. The international directory of the trade union movement New York : Facts on File, p.171Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions Washington Office of International Labor Affairs, December 1958 p.51

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 and Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur Workers Unions.Europa World Year Book London; Taylor & Francis, 2004 p.342

Organization By 1985 the TUI had branch commissions representing workers in agriculture, plantations, the forestry industry and peasant workers.The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985. Prague; Published by the WTFU in cooperation with PRACE Czechoslovak Trade Unions 1985 p.149

In 1955 the headquarters of the organization was located at 19 Via Boncampagni, Rome.Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions Washington Office of International Labor Affairs, June 1955 p.49 In 1985, its address was reported as Opletalova 57 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia.The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985 p.149 However, by 1989 it had moved to Serpoukhovkaia 44, 113093 MoscowCoggins, John Trade unions of the world 1989-1990 Harlow : Longman, 1989 2nd ed. p.451 where it stayed 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

Conferences 1st Warsaw, December 1949 - attended by delegates from the Soviet Union, China, East Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania representing 6.57 million members. Unions in Brazil, Albania, North Korea and Tunisia also affiliated.Coldrick and Jones p.171 2nd, 1951 - attended by 205 delegates and observers (66 from Latin America) representing 146 national and regional organizations.Coldrick and Jones p.171 7th Moscow, 1975Coldrick and Jones p.171 9th Warsaw, October 3–6, 1983 - 110 organizations from 71 countries (members and observers) representing 73 million workers attended.The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985 p.149

Members The following groups were affiliated with the TUI in 1960 to 1997.Coldrick and Jones pp.173-4

- Union Professionelle des Travailleurs de l'Agriculture, et des Forets - União dos Trabalhadores Angolanos - Union de Productores Agropecuarios de Republica Argentina - Chittagong Tea Garden Workers Union - Fédération Nationale des Syndicats des Travailleurs de la Production Vegetale et Animale de Benin - Unión Nacional de Campesinos - Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Agriculture et des Industrie Alimentaire - Confederación Nacional Campesina e Indigena de Chile - RANQUIL - National Committee of the Chinese Agricultural, Forestry and Water Conservancy Workers' Union - FENSA - Fédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de l'Agriculture et des Forets - FESYTRAF - Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Plantaciones - Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Forestales - Cyprus Agricultural, Forestry General Workers' Trade Union - Fédération des Travailleurs de l'Agriculture - Federación Ecuatoriana de Indios - Asociación de Trabajadores Agropecuarios de El Salvador - ATACES - Federation of Agricultural and Forestry Workers - CGT - Confédération générale du travail de Guadeloupe - CGT- Reunion - Union of Land, Food and Forests - General Agricultural Workers' Union of the Trade Union Congress - Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union - Fédération des Travailleurs Agricoles et Forestiers - Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union - All India Agricultural Workers Union - General Union of Agricultural Workers - National Federation of Italian Agricultural Labourers and Employees - General Union of Agricultural Forestry and Plantation Workers of Jordan - Union des Travailleurs Agricoles de Corree - Fedération des Syndicats des Travailleurs de Madagascar - FISEMA - Agricultural Workers Union - Central Independiente de Oberos Agricolas y Campesinos de Mexico - Comite Central du Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Agriculture - Nepal Beekeepers' Association - Confederación de Campesinos y de Trabajodores de Nicaragua - Federation of Agricultural Workers' Union of Nigeria - General Union of Palestinian Peasants - Fedération des Syndicats des Travailleurs Agricoles - Union des Syndicats des Enterprises et Institutes Agricoles - Transport Agricultural and General Workers' Union - Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Agriculture - United Plantation Workers' Union - Union Generale des Paysans - SYNASCOT - Syndicat National de Travaileurs de Forets de Vietnam - Trade Union of Agricultural Workers

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

See also Krestintern

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