The World Federation of Building and Woodworkers' Unions (, FMCB) was an International Trade Federation affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour (WCL).
History The federation was established on 9 September 1937, at a meeting in Paris, when the International Federation of Christian Woodworkers merged with the International Federation of Christian Workers in the Building Trades. Initially known as the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions of Building and Woodworkers, it adopted its final name in 1973.
In December 2005, the federation merged with the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers, to form the Building and Wood Workers' International.
Affiliates In 1979, the following unions were affiliated, alongside 17 unions in Latin America with a total of 33,267 members:
Union Country Membership Autonomous South Tyrolean Trade Union Italy 1,000 Christian Fraction of the Union of Construction and Woodworkers Austria 16,500 Christian Union of Building and Woodworkers of Germany Germany 1,560 Christian Union of Woodworkers and Building Workers Belgium 183,000 Christian Wood and Construction Workers' Union of Switzerland Switzerland 16,500 Fédération nationale des syndicats chrétiens des industries du bátiment, des TP et assimilés Canada 10,000 Mauritius Workers Federation Mauritius 980 Swiss Federation of Protestant Trade Unions Switzerland 2,000 Trade Union of Manufacturing Industries, Crafts and Construction Luxembourg 1,200 Wood and Construction Union Netherlands 42,000
Leadership General Secretaries J. van Eibergen 1964: D. H. Grasman 1970s: H. Koenveld 1980s: Gerrit de Lange 1990s: Dick van de Kamp 2000s: Bert van der Spek
Presidents Kamiel Nuyts 1970s: René Maris 1980s: Antoon Desloovere 1998: Jacky Jackers
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