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International Federation Of Tobacco Workers
The International Federation of Tobacco Workers (IFTW) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing workers involved in growing, processing or selling tobacco. History The idea of an international federation of tobacco workers arose in the 1880s in the Belgian and Dutch unions, which tried to interest the German Tobacco Workers' Union in participating. In 1889, a conference was held in Antwerp between the unions, and in 1890, the federation was launched. It was based in Antwerp until 1910, then in Bremen, but became moribund during World War I. It was refounded in 1918, and the headquarters were moved to Amsterdam. By 1925, the federation had 25 affiliates, with a total of 118,000 members. This then fell, and by 1935, it had only 42,000 members, in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. In 1958, the federation merged into the International Union of Food and Drinks Workers' Associations, which re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Union Federation
A global union federation (GUF) is an international federation of national trade unions organizing in specific industry sectors or occupational groups. Historically, such federations in the social democratic tradition described as international trade secretariats (ITS),. while those in the Christian democratic tradition described themselves as international trade federations. Equivalent sectoral bodies linked to the World Federation of Trade Unions described themselves as Trade Union Internationals. Many unions are members of one or more global union federations, relevant to the sectors where they have their members. Individual unions may also be affiliated to a national trade union centre, which in turn can be affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) or the WFTU. Current federations Former secretariats See also *Global Unions Global Unions or Council of Global Unions is a website, which is jointly owned and managed by the International Trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobacco Workers' Union (Belgium)
The Tobacco Workers' Union ( nl, Belgisch Centraal Verbond voor Tabaksbewerkers, french: Central Belge de travailleurs du tabac) was a trade union representing workers in the tobacco industry in Belgium. The union was founded on 22 November 1908, on the initiative of the National Federation of Cigar Makers, which merged into the new union. Like its predecessor, the union supported the emigration of members who struggled to find work, and it founded branches in the United States for Belgian tobacco workers there. In its early years, the union also focused on promoting the use of union labels on tobacco boxes, showing that the contents had been made by unionised workers. The union's membership peaked at 10,000 in 1919, when it secured the eight-hour working day for the industry. However, branches in Turnhout moved to the union's Christian rival, and as tastes switched from cigars to cigarettes, increased mechanisation saw the total workforce in the industry fall. It was a founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Unions Disestablished In 1958
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services, i.e. trading things without the use of money. Modern traders generally negotiate through a medium of exchange, such as money. As a result, buying can be separated from selling, or earning. The invention of money (and letter of credit, paper money, and non-physical money) greatly simplified and promoted trade. Trade between two traders is called bilateral trade, while trade involving more than two traders is called multilateral trade. In one modern view, trade exists due to specialization and the division of labour, a predominant form of economic activity in which individuals and groups concentrate on a small aspect of production, but use their output in trades for other products a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Unions Established In 1890
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services, i.e. trading things without the use of money. Modern traders generally negotiate through a medium of exchange, such as money. As a result, buying can be separated from selling, or earning. The invention of money (and letter of credit, paper money, and non-physical money) greatly simplified and promoted trade. Trade between two traders is called bilateral trade, while trade involving more than two traders is called multilateral trade. In one modern view, trade exists due to specialization and the division of labour, a predominant form of economic activity in which individuals and groups concentrate on a small aspect of production, but use their output in trades for other products a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelle Delabit
Marcelle Jeanne Delabit (9 June 1892 – April 1969) was a French trade unionist. Born in Paris as Marcelle Hartmann, Delabit worked in a tobacco factory. During World War I, she was promoted to become a supervisor. She joined the National Federation of Workers of the Tobacco Manufactures of France, an affiliate of the General Confederation of Labour, and in 1922 was elected as its deputy general secretary. In 1928, Delabit became general secretary of the renamed Federation of Tobacco and Matches. She became increasingly prominent in the CGT, serving on its administrative committee, and writing regularly for its newspaper, ''Le Peuple''. She was also active in the French Section of the Workers' International, and in the pacifist movement. In 1936, the Unitary Federation of Tobacco and Matches merged into Delabit's union. This union was dominated by members of the French Communist Party, and Delabit strongly opposed their growing influence, becoming a leading member of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfons Van Uytven
Alfons Van Uytven (born 11 December 1920) is a Belgian former trade union leader. Born in Leuven, van Uytven joined the Tobacco Workers' Union (BCVT), and in 1950 was elected as its general secretary. In 1952, he was additionally elected as general secretary of the International Federation of Tobacco Workers (IFTW). By 1953, the BCVT had only 3,809 members, and it felt that this was insufficient to continue, so in 1954, it merged into the General Union (AC). Van Uytven became national secretary of the AC, and remained in his IFTW post until 1958, when it merged into the International Union of Food and Drinks Workers' Associations The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is a global union federation of trade unions with members in a variety of industries, many of which relate to food processin .... In 1976, van Uytven was elected as the general secretary of the General Union, serving until 1980. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Nak
Dirk Nak (1884 or 1885 – 2 May 1967) was a Dutch trade union leader, active in Denmark. Born in the Netherlands, Nak became a cigar maker. In 1913, he moved to Denmark, where he carried on in the same trade, joining the Danish Tobacco Workers' Union. In 1917, he was elected to the union executive, and in 1938, he was elected as president of the union, also serving on the executive of the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, and as president of the International Federation of Tobacco Workers. He stood down from the international in 1952, but held the other positions until his retirement in 1955. He was also active in the Social Democrats, and from 1945 to 1958 sat on the Copenhagen City Council The Copenhagen City Council (Danish: ) is the municipal government of Copenhagen, Denmark, and has its seat at Copenhagen City Hall. The city council is Copenhagen's highest political authority and sets the framework for the committees' tasks .... References {{DEFAULTS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Husung
Ferdinand Husung (18 October 1879 – 2 April 1962) was a German trade union leader. Born in Groß Wochsung, Husung moved to Bremen, and became the vice president of the German Tobacco Workers' Union in 1919. In 1928, he was elected as the union's president, and in 1931, he additionally became general secretary of the International Federation of Tobacco Workers. The Nazi government banned the trade unions in 1933, but Husung survived the war. In 1946, he was elected to the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, representing the Social Democratic Party of Germany. From 1949 until 1951, he worked as a secretary at the head office of the Food, Beverages and Catering Union The Food, Beverages and Catering Union (german: Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten, NGG) is a trade union in Germany. It has a membership of 205,900 and is one of eight industrial affiliates of the German Confederation of Trade Unions. Mem .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Husung, Ferdinand 1879 births 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Eichelsheim
Henri Johannes Jacobus Eichelsheim (30 September 1865 – 6 May 1933) was a Dutch trade unionist. Born in The Hague, he grew up in Rotterdam. When he was ten years old, he began working in a cigar factory. In 1885, he joined the Social Democratic League, and the Rotterdam Cigar Makers' Union, becoming its secretary in 1887. He negotiated a merger between it and the Amsterdam Cigar Makers' Union, forming the Dutch Cigar Makers' and Tobacco Workers' Union (ANBT). He served on its executive, and became known as a strong speaker. Eichelsheim attended the 1896 Congress of the Socialist International, and although initially walking out in protest at its support for parliamentary activity, he was won around, and soon joined the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP). However, he was often out of work due to his activism, trying to find employment under a pseudonym, and eventually starting his own tobacco factory, with the support of the ANBT. In 1904, he became the union's v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Deichmann
Karl Deichmann (5 October 1863 – 12 February 1940) was a German trade unionist and politician. Born in Uslar, Deichmann was orphaned at an early age and went to work in a cigar factory at the age of 11. He moved to Bremen in 1884, and soon joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the German Tobacco Workers' Union. He became associated with the right wing of the trade union movement, and worked closely with Friedrich Ebert. In 1900, he was elected as the president of the union, and from 1910 until 1918, he additionally served as General Secretary of the International Federation of Tobacco Workers. In 1912, he was elected to the Reichstag. Deichmann was a supporter of the November Revolution and joined the Bremen Workers' and Soldiers' Council, but he opposed the idea of a workers' republic. In 1919, he joined the provisional Bürgerschaft of Bremen, where he took on responsibility for the police. He was then elected to the regularly constituted Bürgerschaft, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobacco Workers' Union
The Tobacco Workers' Union (TWU) was a trade union representing workers in all areas of the tobacco industry in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1834 in London as the Friendly Society of Operative Tobacconists. Two years later, it expanded its membership to include tobacco cutters, dryers and stovers and was renamed the United Tobacconists Society. In 1851, it expanded again to include cigarette makers, and in 1881 it took another name, the United Operative Tobacconists throughout the Kingdom. For much of this period, the union was based in Liverpool at the houses of its successive general secretaries, but in 1918 it relocated to London.Tobacco Workers' Union, ''The Tobacco Workers' Union, 1834-1984'' In 1925, the association became an industrial union, admitting all workers in the tobacco industry, including women, and adopted its final name. However, the following year, it was disaffiliated from the Trades Union Congress after other unions complained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Tobacco Industry Workers' Union
The Swedish Tobacco Industry Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Tobaksindustriarbetareförbundet, Tobaks) was a trade union representing workers involved in processing and selling tobacco in Sweden. The union was founded in Stockholm on 1 December 1889, as the Scandinavian Tobacco Workers' Union of Sweden with about 1,000 members. It became the International Tobacco Workers' Union of Sweden in 1899, around the time that it affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. By 1907, it had 2,921 members, with 72% being women. At the end of World War I, the union adopted its final name, and it then grew rapidly, reaching a peak membership of 4,616 in 1920. Membership then fell steadily, dropping to 1,421 in 1963. The following year, it merged into the Swedish Food Workers' Union The Swedish Food Workers' Union ( sv, Livsmedelsarbetareförbundet, Livs) is a trade union representing workers in the food and drink industries in Sweden. The union was founded on 1 January 1922, when t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
