The International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions (IFFTU) was a

global union federation A global union federation (GUF) is an international List of federations of trade unions, federation of national trade unions organizing in specific industry sectors or occupational groups. Historically, such federations in the social democratic t ...

of trade unions representing teachers.

History

The International Federation of Teachers' Trade Unions was founded after World War II, and affiliated to the

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade union, trade unions established on October 3, 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the Int ...

(WFTU). When the large majority of Western trade unions left the WFTU, the teachers' trade secretariat was the only one to remain affiliated to the WFTU. To fill this gap, the new

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(ICFTU) held a meeting in Paris in 1951 to found a rival international secretariat, the "International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions". By 1960, the secretariat had 12 affiliates in 11 countries, with a total of 229,500 members, and continued to grow rapidly. At the end of 1992, it merged with the World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession, to form

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Affiliates

In 1960, the following unions were affiliated to the federation:

Leadership

General Secretaries

:1951: Maurice van de Moortel :1965: Andre Braconier :1981: Fred van Leeuwen

Presidents

:1951: Irvin Kuenzli :1956: Pierre Reymond-Sauvin :1965: Heinrich Roden :1972: Erich Frister :1981:

Albert Shanker Albert Shanker (September 14, 1928 – February 22, 1997) was an American union organizer and labor activist. He served as president of the United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1985, and president of the American Federation of Teachers (AF ...

References

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