International Federation of Trade Unions of Transport Workers

International Federation of Trade Unions of Transport Workers
Fédération Internationale des Organisations Syndicales du Personnel des Transports
Founded	1921
Dissolved	2006
Headquarters	31 rue de Treves, Brussels
Location	International;
Affiliations	World Confederation of Labour

The International Federation of Trade Unions of Transport Workers (French: Fédération Internationale des Organisations Syndicales du Personnel des Transports, FIOST) was an International Trade Federation affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour (WCL).

History[]

The federation was established in 1921 at a conference in Lucerne, as the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions of Railway, Tramway and Other Transport Workers. In 1955, it renamed itself as the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions of Transport Workers, and then in 1970 it dropped "Christian", to assume its final name.^[1]

In 2006, the WCL merged into the new International Trade Union Confederation, and FIOST dissolved, its former affiliates mostly joining the International Transport Workers' Federation.^[1]^[2]

The federation had four sections, covering aviation, railways, waterways, and road transport.^[3]

Leadership[]

General Secretaries[]

1921: H. F. Timmermans

1940s: Vaassen

Jan van der Elst

1980s: Alfred Gosselin

Freddy Pools

Presidents[]

1921: F. L. D. Nivard

1940s: de Clerq

1950s: A. Meeuwissen

Benoit de Smet

1980s: John Janssens

Michel Bovy

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Fédération internationale des organisations syndicales du personnel des transports (FIOST)". Open Yearbook. Union of International Associations. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^ "Congress Daily News Archive". International Transport Workers' Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[uia-1] "Fédération internationale des organisations syndicales du personnel des transports (FIOST)". Open Yearbook. Union of International Associations. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[2] "Congress Daily News Archive". International Transport Workers' Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[archive-3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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