The World Confederation of Teachers (WCT) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing teachers.
The federation originated in 1963, when the International Federation of Employees in Public Service (INFEDOP), an affiliate of what became the World Confederation of Labour (WCL), established a section for teachers, the International Trade Union Council of Teachers. In 1970, it became the "World Confederation of Teachers", and in 1973, it became independent of INFEDOP, affiliating directly to the WCL.
By 1979, the federation claimed an affiliated membership of 1,000,000 workers. In 2006, the WCL merged into the new International Trade Union Confederation, and the WCT decided in March 2007 to merge into the Education International.
Affiliates The following unions were affiliated in 1979:
Union Country Christian Fraction of the Schoolteachers' Section of the Public Services Union Austria Christian Teachers' Association Belgium Christian Union of Staff in Free Primary and Secondary Education Belgium Christian Union of Staff in Technical Colleges Belgium Christian Union of Staff Members in Government Education Belgium Public Services Belgium Fédération nationale des enseignants Quebecois Canada Cayman Teachers' Association Cayman Islands Syndicat national des enseignants Centraficains Central African Republic Comision Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación del FUT Chile Asociación Tolimense Profesores de Ensenanze Secundaria Oficial Colombia Sindicato de Educadores Costarricences Costa Rica Asociacion de Profesores de Segunda Ensenanza Costa Rica Union nacional de educadores Dominican Republic Fédération de l'enseignement privé France Syndicat général de l'education nationale France Association for Education and Training West Germany Ghana Local Authority Teachers' Association Ghana Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Educación Privada Guatamala Government School Non-Graduate Teachers' Union Hong Kong ITCEU Delhi Industrial Training Institute India Indian Confederation of Teachers India All-India Federation of Industrial Training Institutes' Employees India Persatuan Guru Katolik Indonesia Persatuan Guru Kristen Indonesia Indonesia Fédération général des syndicats chrétiens de la fonction publique de Madagascar Madagascar Syndicat national des instituteurs publics de Madagascar Madagascar Catholic Education Association Netherlands Protestant Christian Teachers' Association Netherlands Vereniging van Leerkrachten Aruba Netherlands Antilles Rizal Public School Teachers' Association Philippines Fédération nationale des travailleurs de la fonction publique Senegal Metropolitan Teachers' Association Thailand Caribbean Association of Catholic Teachers Trinidad and Tobago Federación Nacional de Sindicatos Autonomos de los Trabajadores de la Educación Venezolana Venezuela Movimento Magisterial Social Cristiano Sindicators Autonomos de la Educación Merida Venezuela Colegio de Peritos y Tecnicos Industriales de Venezuela Venezuela
Leadership General Secretaries 1970s: Coen Damen 1987: Roger Denis 1996: Gaston De La Haye
Presidents 1970s: Frans Valvekens 1980s: Sef van Werberg
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