• Source: Trade Union International of Workers in the Metal Industry

      • The Trade Union International of Workers in the Metal Industry was a trade union international affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.


      History


      The TUI was founded at a conference in Turin, Italy on June 2, 1949 as the Trade Union International of the Metal and Engineering Industries. (Other sources say June 21.)
      In 1998 the TUI merged with the Trade Unions International of Chemical, Oil and Allied Workers and the Trade Union International of Energy Workers to found the Trade Union International of Energy, Metal, Chemical, Oil and Allied Industries at a conference in Havana. In 2007 the latter reformed as the Trade Union International of Energy Workers. The metal and mining workers then formed the Trade Union International of Workers in the Mining, the Metallurgy and the Metal Industries.


      Organization


      The highest organ of the TUI was the International Trade Conference held every four years which elected an administrative committee and a secretariat. It also had specialized commissions on steel, shipbuilding, the automobile industry, mechanical and electro-electronic constr4uction as well as a Standing Committee on Peace and Disarmament.
      In 1955 its address was reported as Seilerstaette 3, Vienna 1, Austria. It shared the address with the Trade Unions International of Miners Unions, the Trade Unions International of Transport Workers and the World Federation of Teachers Unions. By 1957 its headquarters were Janska 100, Prague 1, Czechoslovakia where it again shared the address with the TUIs of Transport Workers, Miners and Teachers By 1978 it moved to BP158 Moscow K9, Soviet Union, an address it would keep until at least 1991.


      Members


      At the TUIs founding conference in 1949 there 62 delegates representing 16 countries and seven and half million workers. Five other countries were represented by observers. States represented included the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Italy, France and the Netherlands. In 1958 it claimed 10,050,000 members in 18 countries. In 1976 the TUI included 36 organizations in 28 countries representing 20 million members. And in 1985 it claimed 58 affiliates in 42 countries representing 22 million workers.

      Austria - Fraktion Gewerkschaftlicher Linksblock in der Gewerkschaft der Metal und Bergarbeiter
      Benin - Syndicat Professionnel des Travaileurs de la Mechanique Generale et de la Metalurgie
      Bulgaria - Union of Workers in Engineering Industry
      Chile - Co-operation Exteriure de CUT
      Cyprus - Cyprus Mechanics and Electricians Trade Unions
      Colombia - Federación Nacional de Trabajadores del Metal
      Congo - Fédération Syndicale des Travaileurs de l'Industrie et de la Metalurgie
      Cuba - Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Industria Basica
      Czechoslovakia - Union of Workers in the Metal Industries
      El Salvador - Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Mecanica y Metalicas Basica
      France - Metalworkers' Federation, CGT
      France - National Federation of State Workers
      East Germany - Industrial Union of Metal
      Hungary - National Federation of Metal Workers
      India - National Federation of Metal and Engineering Workers of India
      India - All India Steel Workers' Federation
      Iraq - General Trade Union of Metalworkers
      Jordan - General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions, General Federation of Metal Workers
      North Korea - Union of Metal and Engineering Workers of Korea
      Madagascar - Syndicat des Travailleurs des la Metalurgie, Bois et Batiments Fi.Se.Ma.
      Nigeria - Nigerian Steel Development Authority Workers' Union
      Peru - Federación de Trabajadores de la Industria del Metal de Peru, CGTP
      Poland - Związek Zawodowy Hutników w Polsce
      Poland - Związek Zawodowy Metalowców w Polsce
      Romania - Union des Syndicats des enterprises de l'Industrie Metallurgique et de Constructions Mechanique
      Soviet Union - Central Committee of the Metalworkers Union
      Soviet Union - Central Committee of the Engineering Workers Union
      Soviet Union - Central Committee of the Power-station Workers Union
      Soviet Union - Central Committee of the Shipbuilding Workers Union
      Sri Lanka - Industrial and General Workers Union
      Sri Lanka - Ceylon Engineering Workers Union
      Syria - Professional Federation of Mining, Light Industry and Mechanical Workers
      Uruguay - Unión Nacional de Trabajadores del Metal y Rames Afines
      Venezuela - SINATRAMETAL
      Venezuela - Sindicato Unificado de Trabajadores de la Siderugia, de las Minas, del Metal, del Automovil y de la ramas afines
      Vietnam - National Union of Metal and Engineering Workers


      Leadership




      = General Secretaries

      =
      1949: Henri Jourdain
      1955: Marcel Bras
      1956: Giovanni Roveda
      1958: Giacomo Adduci
      1964: Pierre Gensous
      1966: Jean Desmaison
      1969: Mauro Pacci
      1973: Pierre Baghi
      1981: Alain Stern
      1987: Daniel Bailly
      1989: Gilbert Le Bescond


      = Presidents

      =
      1949: Giovanni Roveda
      1956: Livio Mascarello
      1959: Pierre Gensous
      1962:
      1978: Reinhard Sommer
      1989:


      See also


      International Metalworkers' Federation


      References

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