Trade Union International of Workers in the Metal Industry

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.^[1] (Other sources say June 21.)^[2]

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.^[3]^[4]

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Organization

The highest organ of the TUI was the International Trade Conference held every four years which elected an administrative committee and a secretariat.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7] 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^[8]^[9] By 1978 it moved to BP158 Moscow K9, Soviet Union,^[10] an address it would keep until at least 1991.^[11]

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Members

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Perspective

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.^[12] In 1958 it claimed 10,050,000 members in 18 countries.^[13] In 1976 the TUI included 36 organizations in 28 countries representing 20 million members.^[14] And in 1985 it claimed 58 affiliates in 42 countries representing 22 million workers.^[15]

Austria - Left Bloc of the Union of Metal, Mining and Energy
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