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Alfons Van Uytven (born 11 December 1920) is a Belgian former trade union leader. Born in
Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...
, van Uytven joined the
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 ...
(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 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 worker ...
(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 A general union is a trade union (called ''labor union'' in American English) which represents workers from all industries and companies, rather than just one organisation or a particular sector, as in a craft union or industrial union. A gene ...
(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.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Uytven, Alfons 1920 births Possibly living people Belgian trade unionists People from Leuven