The Trade Unions International of Miners was a

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affiliated with the

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History

The union was founded at a Constituent Conference in

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held July 16–19, 1949. In 1983 it expanded its scope, with unions including the British National Union of Mineworkers joining, and became the Trade Unions International of Miners and Energy Workers.Ronald Payne and Gary Busch,
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'', 30 November 1985 In 1986 it became the Trade Unions International of Energy Workers before ceasing activities. The TUI temporarily suspended activities after the

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in Europe, but re-emerged at a conference in Havana in 1998. It joined with the Trade Union International of Metal and Engineering Workers and the

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to form the new Trade Unions International of Energy, Mining, Chemical, Oil and Allied Industries. This organization was reformed again in 2007 adopting the name Trade Union International of Energy Workers. The metal workers then formed a new

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Organization

The union had a controlling congress, a directing committee, a bureau and permanent secretariat. Special Commissions were also set up to deal with specific issues. In 1978 there commissions on the

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, other mining industries and health and safety. In 1985 there were commissions on energy, transnational corporations, peace and disarmament, as well as health and safety. In 1955 its headquarters were reported to be at Seilerstaette 3,

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. It shared the address with the

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, the World Federation of Teachers Unions and the

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. By 1957 it had relocated to 100

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1. It again shared its address with the Transport and Metal Workers TUI. In 1978 its headquarters was reported at Kopernika 36/40

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, an address it kept to at least 1991.

Publications

The Union published ''Miners International News'' in English, French and Spanish from 1956 until at least the late 1970s. In 1972 it began a quarterly, ''The Messenger'', directed only to members of the administrative committee. The Union published a fortnightly called ''Miners of the World'' in French, Russian and Spanish. This became ''Bulletin (Trade Unions International of Miners and Workers in Energy)'' in 1984.

Leadership

General Secretaries

:1950: Henri Turrel :1955: Victorin Duguet :1965: Lucien Labrune :1970: Attilio Francini :1980: Alain Simon :1985: Eugeniusz Mielnicki :1980s: Mieczyslaw Jurek

Presidents

:1950: Stefan Ciołkowski :1959: Michal Specjal :1972: Jan Les :1981: Jan Konieczny :1985: François Duteil :1994: François Duteil and Arthur Scargill

References

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