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International Federation Of Commercial, Clerical And Technical Employees
The International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET; french: Fédération internationale des employés, techniciens et cadres) was a global union federation bringing together workers representing clerical workers. The union was sometimes known as the International Federation of Employees, Technicians and Managers, or informally as the International Federation of White Collar Workers' Unions. History The first attempt to create an international federation of clerical workers was the International Commercial Employees' Secretariat, founded in Hamburg in 1909, and led by Edo Fimmen. It collapsed at the start of World War I. FIET was founded in 1921, in Vienna, as its replacement. Initially representing only European unions, after World War II the federation began admitting unions from around the world. The large majority of workers represented worked in banking, insurance, or as clerical staff in commerce and social services. In 1984 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Network International
UNI Global Union, formerly Union Network International (UNI), is a global union federation for the skills and services sectors, gathering national and regional trade union. It has affiliated unions in 150 countries representing 20 million workers. The head office is in Nyon, Switzerland. UNI Global Union ratified over 50 Global Framework Agreements with multinational corporation as of 2021. History UNI was the result of the merger of four organisations: International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET), Media and Entertainment International (MEI), International Graphical Federation (IGF) and Communications International (CI). They merged on 1 January 2000, to form Union Network International. On 2 March 2009, the federation changed its name to UNI Global Union. Leadership General Secretaries :2000: Philip Jennings :2018: Christy Hoffman Presidents :2000: Kurt van Haaren :2001: Maj-Len Remahl :2003: Joseph T. Hansen :2010: Joe de Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Spiekman
Willem Geert Spiekman (7 September 1899 – 3 November 1975) was a Dutch trade union leader. Born in Rotterdam, his father, Hendrik, was prominent in the local labour movement. He worked in a number of office jobs before moving to Amsterdam in 1921, where he worked in the editorial section of '' Het Volk''. He then became the assistant to Roel Stenhuis, leader of the Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions and general secretary of the International Federation of Factory Workers. Spiekman devoted much of his time to the international, acting as an organiser, interpreter and minute-taker. However, declining membership of the federation led Stenhuis to make him redundant in 1923. Spiekman briefly worked as an insurance inspector, but at the end of the year was recruited as assistant to Gerrit Smit, general secretary of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET). During this period, he joined the Independent Socialist Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jochen Richert
Jochen Richert (30 March 1938 – 3 March 1997) was a German trade union leader. Born in Melsungen, Richert became a miner when he was sixteen, and joined the Union of Mining and Energy. He became increasingly involved in the union, until in 1960, he began working full-time for the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), as its youth secretary for Fulda and Bad Hersfeld. In 1964, he was promoted to become youth secretary for the whole of Hesse, then in 1971, he became chair of the DGB in Hesse. He also became chair of the DGB's education wing. In 1986, Richert was elected to the national board of the DGB, and in 1990, he additionally became president of the DGB's education wing. In 1991, he also became president of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees The International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET; french: Fédération internationale des employés, techniciens et cadr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengt Lloyd
Bengt Lloyd (4 March 1928 – June 2013) was a Swedish trade union leader. Born in Malmö, Lloyd began working as a clerk at the Swedish Commercial Employees' Union (Handels), where he gradually rose to prominence. In 1953, he was given responsibility for the union's propaganda work, then soon became its education secretary. In 1959, he was put in charge of negotiations, and then in 1968, he became third president of the union. He progressed to vice president in 1974, and president in 1982. In 1987, he additionally became president of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET). Lloyd retired from his trade union posts in 1991, becoming active in the Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( sv, Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ; S/SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( sv, link=no, Socialdemokraterna ), is a so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günter Stephan (trade Unionist)
Günter Stephan (3 March 1922 – 11 April 2012) was a German trade union leader. Born in Cologne, Stephan completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller. He was imprisoned for part of World War II, then after the war, began working for the government in Neuwied. He joined the Trade, Banking and Insurance Union (HBV), and in 1952 became its district secretary in Koblenz. The following year, he became the union's state chair and also district chair of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) in Neuwied. In 1958, he moved to become chair of the DGB in Essen, then in 1961, he was elected as vice president of the HBV. From 1962, Stephan served full-time on the DGB's federal executive board, with responsibility initially for organisation and youth, and from 1969, for salaried workers, advertising and the media. In 1976, Stephan was elected as president of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees The International Federation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Allen, Baron Allen Of Fallowfield
Alfred Walter Henry Allen, Baron Allen of Fallowfield, CBE (7 July 1914 – 14 January 1985) was a British trade unionist and governor of the BBC. Early life Born in Bristol, he was educated at East Bristol School and worked then for the Bristol Co-operative Society until 1940, when he joined the Royal Air Force. After the end of the Second World War in 1945, Allen left the Force as a sergeant and was chosen as an area organiser of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers in the year thereafter. Following its merger into the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers in 1947, he became a national officer in 1951. Allen was elected the Union's general secretary in 1962, a post he held for seventeen years until 1979. In the 1967 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Allen was a member of the general council of the Trades Union Congress and in 1974 was nominated its president. On 10 July of the latter year, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Suffridge
James A. Suffridge (February 2, 1909 – June 7, 2001) was an American labor unionist. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Suffridge's father encouraged him to box as a child. James then followed his father in becoming a grocer, moving to Oakland, California, where he joined the Retail Clerks International Union (RCIU). He was soon elected as leader of his local, in which role he encouraged Asian Americans to join the union, while they were often excluded from other unions. He also became known for making compromises with large grocery chains, in exchange for them permitting their workers to unionize. In 1944, Suffridge was elected as president of the RCIU, moving to the top position of secretary-treasurer in 1947. He moved the union's headquarters to Lafayette, Indiana, and then to Washington D.C.. In 1953, the union decided to make the presidency its senior position, and Suffridge moved back into it. He came to national prominence, and in 1961 went on an international goodwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Hiscock
Joseph David Hiscock (1904 – 15 September 1986) was a British trade union official. Hiscock began working for the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks in 1921. In 1946, it became part of the new Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). The Shop Assistants' general secretary, G. Maurice Hann, was expected to become joint assistant general secretary of the new union, but he left to find other work, and Hiscock was instead appointed. Hiscock soon became sole assistant general secretary of USDAW, and remained in post until his retirement in 1964. He represented the union on the executive of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET), and from 1962 to 1964 served as president of FIET. In the 1952 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1952 were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Hillegeist
Friedrich Hillegeist (21 February 1895 – 3 December 1973) was an Austrian politician. Life After attending the Academy of Commerce from 1913 to 1929, Hillegeist worked as a Clerk at Siemens-Schuckert in Vienna. From 1929 he was secretary of the Federation of industry employees in Austria. In 1934 he was a recruiter for small life insurance with the insurance company Phoenix. During the period of National Socialism, he was detained for 14 months, from 1 September 1939 until the end of April 1940, in the Buchenwald concentration camp. After World War II, Hillegeist committed again to the union movement: he became Chairman of employees Insurance Institution in 1948, President of the International Federation of Commercial in 1955, and Vice-President of the Austrian Trade Union Federation and President of the Federation of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions in 1959. From 1962, he was Honorary Chairman of the Austrian Trade Union Federation. From 1945 to 1962 he was Member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Young (trade Unionist)
James Young (1 October 1887 – 16 July 1975) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. Young grew up in Edinburgh and attended George Heriot's School. He completed an apprenticeship as an engineer and draughtsman with Brown Brothers, working there until 1918, when he relocated to Glasgow. He joined the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen (AESD), and served as its full-time assistant general secretary from 1920, also serving on the executive of the Labour Research Department. In 1929, he moved roles, becoming a divisional organiser.Young, James , '''' From 1932 until 1945, Young represented the AESD on the executive of the |
Oreste Capocci
Oreste Capocci (13 May 1888 – 29 October 1950) was a French trade unionist. Born in Paris, Capocci worked as a tailor, then as a sales representative. In 1907, he joined the Socialist Revolutionary Youth, soon becoming its secretary in the 19th arrondissement. He was called up for military service, but attended anti-military meetings, and was imprisoned for this. On release, he joined the Young Revolutionary Guard, winning election to its executive committee, then joined the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), becoming one of its leading youth activists in Paris. Capocci served during World War I and immediately abandoned his anti-war stance, remaining a member of the SFIO, but arguing that it should focus on conditions after the war. He became associated with the right-wing of the party, and in 1920, was their successful candidate for a place on the executive of the Federation of Employees' Unions. In 1921, he became the general secretary of a union re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Hallsworth
Sir Joseph Hallsworth (2 December 1884 – 19 July 1974) was a British trade union leader. Biography Born in Audenshaw, near Manchester, Hallsworth began working in 1902 as a clerk for the Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees. He soon became the union's assistant secretary, and also became active in the Labour Party, standing unsuccessfully for Stretford at the 1918 general election.HALLSWORTH, Sir Joseph , '''' He became the union's secretary in 1916, then when this merged to form the |