The World Confederation of Teachers (WCT) was a

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 t ...

bringing together unions representing teachers. The federation originated in 1963, when the

International Federation of Employees in Public Service The International Federation of Employees in Public Service (french: Fédération Internationale du Personnel des Services Publics, INFEDOP) was an International Trade Federation of the World Confederation of Labour (WCL). History The federation ...

(INFEDOP), an affiliate of what became the World Confederation of Labour (WCL), established a section for teachers, the International Trade Union Council of Teachers. In 1970, it became the "World Confederation of Teachers", and in 1973, it became independent of INFEDOP, affiliating directly to the WCL. By 1979, the federation claimed an affiliated membership of 1,000,000 workers. In 2006, the WCL merged into the new International Trade Union Confederation, and the WCT decided in March 2007 to merge into the Education International.

General Secretaries

:1970s: Coen Damen :1987: Roger Denis :1996: Gaston De La Haye

References

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