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International Federation Of Plantation And Agricultural Workers
The International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers (IFPAAW) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing land workers. History The federation was created on December 2, 1959, when the Plantation Workers International Federation (PWIF) merged with the International Landworkers' Federation (ILF). The ILF consisted of European unions representing agricultural workers, while the PWIF consisted of mostly workers on plantations in poorer countries, but also included some former affiliates of the defunct International Federation of Tobacco Workers. By 1976, IFPAW claimed 3 million members, and maintained this level for the remainder of its existence. At some point, it changed its name slightly to the International Federation of Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers, while retaining the IFPAW abbreviation. IFPAW pioneered collective bargaining at the international level in 1988, when it signed an agreement with Danone. The federation merge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plantation Workers International Federation
The Plantation Workers International Federation (abbreviated PWIF) was an international trade secretariat of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. PWIF was founded at the firth ICFTU world congress held in Tunis in July 1957. Samuel Powell Claret was appointed as the general secretary of PWIF and Tom Bavin as its Director of Organisation.Seminar on the Role of Women Workers in the Plantation Economy'. Role of Women Workers in the Plantation Economy. Colombo: Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, 1979. p. 50 PWIF was launched by ICFTU to organize plantation unions in the Third World.Docherty, J. C., and Jacobus Hermanus Antonius van der Velden. Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor'. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2012. pp. 141-142 PWIF had its headquarters in Brussels. The membership fee of PWIF was ten pound Sterling per 1,000 members. Moreover, the build-up of PWIF was supported by the International Solidarity Fund of ICFTU (in fact PWIF was one of the main recipients ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Union (Belgium)
The General Union ( nl, Algemene Centrale, AC; french: La Centrale Générale, CG) is a general union representing workers in Belgium. The union was founded on 1 January 1921, when the Building and Wood Workers' Union merged with the Union of Factory Workers. It was originally known as the General Union of Building, Furnishing and Other Industries. Several other unions merged over the next few years: the National Federation of Glass Workers in 1929, the Hairdressers' Union in 1930, and the Paviours' and Assistants' Union of Belgium in 1936. In its early years, the union focused on campaigning for an eight hour working day, and for wage increases. It also founded its own holiday camp, at Floreal. During World War II, the union had little involvement with the Belgian Resistance, but few of its leaders actively collaborated. After the war, merged continued, with the Leather Workers' Union joining in 1953, and the Tobacco Workers' Union in 1954, then the Union of Belgian Stonew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport And General Workers' Union
The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland – where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) to differentiate itself from the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union – with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the world). It was founded in 1922 and Ernest Bevin served as its first general secretary. In 2007, it merged with Amicus to form Unite the Union. History At the time of its creation in 1922, the TGWU was the largest and most ambitious amalgamation brought about within trade unionism. Its structure combined regional organisation, based on Districts and Areas, with committee organisation by occupation, based on six broad Trade Groups. Trade groups were not closely linked to trades, but were elected by activists. Officials of the union were grouped by region, and could be asked to serve each or any trade group. Docks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union
The Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Lantarbetareförbundet, SLF) was a trade union representing farm workers in Sweden. The first Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union was established in 1908, with the merger of the Agricultural Workers' Union of Central Sweden and the Agricultural Workers' Union of Scania, but it failed to grow, and dissolved in 1912. On 6 October 1918, a new Swedish Agricultural Workers' Union was established, at a conference in Mjölby. It initially had 1,717 members, and was based in Nyköping, but moved its headquarters to Stockholm in 1921, by which time membership had grown to 15,674. That year, the Forest and Agricultural Workers' Union of Central Sweden rejoined, having split away in 1919.{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , page=626–630 The Agricultural W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Lucia Workers' Union
The Saint Lucia Workers' Union (SLWU) is a general trade union in Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ... and the first union in the country. Originally founded in 1939 as the Saint Lucia Workers' Co-operative Union, the union was renamed in 1956. Many of St Lucia's political parties have emerged from the union. By the late 1960s, the SLWU claimed 2,500 members. References {{SaintLucia-stub Trade unions in Saint Lucia International Trade Union Confederation Trade unions established in 1939 1939 establishments in Saint Lucia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Workers' Union
The Rural Workers' Union ( fi, Maaseututyöväen liitto, ML) was a trade union representing agricultural and forestry workers in Finland. The union was founded in 1945 as the Agricultural and Allied Workers' Union, and affiliated to the Finnish Federation of Trade Unions (SAK). Initially, it mainly represented farm workers, with forestry workers instead joining the Forestry and Lumber Workers' Union (SMUL). In 1949, the SMUL was involved in an unauthorised strike, which led to a riot in Kemi, and was expelled from the SAK, with the ML taking over responsibility for unionising forestry workers. The SMUL finally merged into the ML in 1959, and this greatly strengthened the union's position, with it finally able to negotiate national agreements on pay and working conditions. From 1969, the union was affiliated to the SAK's successor, the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions. In the 1970s, it absorbed the Finnish Forest Workers' Union, and small union founded by the Finnis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Union Of Forestry And Land Workers
The Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers ( no, Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund, NSLF) was a trade union in Norway, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. It was founded in 1927 after the Julussa Conflict, and experienced the Randsfjord Conflict from 1930 to 1935. In addition to forestry and farm workers, it organized timber rafters, market gardeners and other rural workers. By 1963, the union had 20,369 members. In 1988, the union merged with the Garment Workers' Union, the Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers, the Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers and the Norwegian Union of Paper Industry Workers, to form the United Federation of Trade Unions The United Federation of Trade Unions ( no, Fellesforbundet) is a general union in Norway. With a membership of 150,000 it is the largest private sector union in the country. History The union is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of T .... It had about 7,200 members b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Dutch Industrial Union Of Agriculture
The General Dutch Industrial Union of Agriculture ( nl, Algemene Nederlandse Agrarische Bedrijfsbond, ANAB) was a trade union representing workers in the agricultural sector in the Netherlands. The Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (NVV) was founded in 1906, but none of its affiliates represented agricultural workers. As a result, in 1907, the NVV created the New Dutch Agricultural Workers' Union. In 1908, the Union of Dairy Workers affiliated to the NVV, and the following year, the two unions merged, forming the Federation of Agricultural and Dairy Workers, with 1,087 members. It added "Horticultural" to its name in 1912. In 1920, the union organised a conference at which the International Landworkers' Federation was established, and it hosted the federation's headquarters until 1924, and again from 1933. In 1948, the union changed its name to the General Dutch Agricultural Workers' Union, and then in 1952 it became the General Dutch Industrial Union of Agriculture. By 1969 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Workers Union (Jamaica)
The National Workers Union (NWU) is a general trade union in Jamaica. The National Workers Union was founded on 2 April 1952 emerging as a result of a split within the Trade Union Congress and factional alignments within the People's National Party (PNP). The NWU became the main trade union of the PNP. The NWU was a founding member of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) is a national trade union center in Jamaica. It is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation. Origins The JCTU emerged from the ''Joint Trade Unions Research Development Centre'' ( .... References External links History of National Workers Union Trade unions in Jamaica Trade unions established in 1952 {{Caribbean-trade-union-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Union Of Plantation Workers
The National Union of Plantation Workers (NUPW) is the largest union in Malaysia and one of the largest in Asia. History The union was formed in the Federation of Malaya in 1954 by an amalgamation of smaller plantation unions. It continues to represent manual laborers and semi-skilled workers in all of Peninsular Malaysia. Ethnically, its membership has historically been of predominantly Indian origin, reflecting the workforce in the industry. An assessment of the NUPW's record as of 1996 concluded that it had made contributions to the welfare of its members, such as subsidising adult education and school education for members' children, and through campaigning against alcohol abuse; and also had some positive impact on pay, albeit largely tied to productivity bonuses. However, it struggled to respond to the restructuring of estates, often used by employers to undermine workers' rights, invested in numerous unsuccessful businesses, and spent an excessive proportion of funds on un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Union Of Agricultural Workers
The National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers (NUAW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1906 and 1982. It represented farmworkers. History The union was established as the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers & Small Holders Union at a conference of Norfolk agricultural workers at the Angel Hotel, North Walsham on 20 July 1906. Its first president was George Nicholls, its secretary (on 13 shillings a week) was George Edwards and its treasurer was Richard Winfrey. The other members of its executive committee were J. Binder, J. Sage, William G. Codling, Herbert Day, J. Bly, C. Holman and J. Stibbins. The first three branches of the union were in Norfolk at St Faith's (former stronghold of Joseph Arch's old National Agricultural Labourers Union) and Kenninghall and Shipham. In 1910 major strikes and disputes broke out in the Norfolk villages of Trunch, Knapton and St Faith's. At St Faith's, the 105 union men were on strike from May 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Federation Of Sharecroppers And Smallholders
The National Federation of Sharecroppers and Smallholders ( it, Federazione Italiana Coltivatori Diretti, Coloni e Mezzadri, Federcoltivatori) was a trade union representing self-employed farmers in Italy. The union was established in 1950 and affiliated to the Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions, and the International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers The International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers (IFPAAW) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing land workers. History The federation was created on December 2, 1959, when the Plantation Workers In .... For many years, it was led by Carlo Ceruti.{{cite book , last1=Mitchell , first1=James P. , title=Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe , date=1955 , publisher=United States Department of Labor , location=Washington DC , page=17.7–17.12 Membership of the union was 102,688 in 1954, and 114,983 in 1982. The following year, it became part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
