World Federation of Industry Workers
The World Federation of Industry Workers (WFIW) was a global union federation representing workers in a range of primary and secondary industries.
The federation was formed on 14 October 1985, when the International Federation of Christian Miners' Unions merged with the International Federation for the Graphical Industries, the World Federation of Energy, Chemical and Various Industry Workers' Unions, and the World Federation for the Metallurgic Industry. Like all its predecessors, the union affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour (WCL).[1]
In 2004, the federation began discussing a merger with the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM), an affiliate of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). The WCL merged with the ICFTU in 2007, and the WFTW finalised its merger into ICEM in 2007.[1][2]
General Secretaries[]
- 1985: Jos Vandecruys
- c.1988: Ernesto Molano
- 1998: Fons van Genechten
- 2002: Italo Rodomonti
Presidents[]
- 1998: Doekle Terpstra
- 1999: Jaap Wienen
- 2002: Bart Bruggeman
References[]
- ^ a b "World Federation of Industry Workers (WFIW)". UIA Yearbook. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "WFIW Dissolution Congress Prepares Integration of its Affiliates in the ICEM". IndustriALL. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- General unions
- Global union federations
- Trade unions established in 1985
- Trade unions disestablished in 2007