The Trade Union International of Food, Tobacco, Hotel and Allied Industries Workers was a trade union international affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.
History edit
The union was founded in 1949 at a conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. Its original name was the Trade Union International of Food, Tobacco and Beverage Industries, and Hotel, Cafe and Restaurant Workers.[1]
In 1997 the Trade Union International of Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile & Allied Industries was formed by the merger of the Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers, Trade Union International of Food, Tobacco, Hotel and Allied Industries Workers, Trade Union International of Workers in Commerce, Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur Workers Unions.[2]
Organization edit
The TUI was organized with a Congress, directing committee and permanent secretariat. Its headquarters is listed as Positano Street #8, Sofia in early accounts,[3][4] but was relocated to #4 September 6, Sofia from 1978 until the early 1990s when it was reported at Stamboliyski 3.[5][6]
Leadership edit
General Secretaries edit
- 1949: Anton Ditchev
- c.1960: Elio Moya
- Sacho Ivanov
- Francisco Castillo
- 1980s: Luis Martell Rosa
Presidents edit
- 1949: Maurice Simonin
- 1956: Vincenzo Ansanelli
- 1979: Andre Nogier
- 1980s: Bertrand Page
References edit
- ^ Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions Washington Office of International Labor Affairs, December 1958 p.53
- ^ Europa World Year Book London; Taylor & Francis, 2004 p.342
- ^ Facts about international Communist front organisations 1957 p.31
- ^ Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions Washington Office of International Labor Affairs, June 1955 p.48
- ^ Coldrick, A. Percy and Jones, Philip. The international directory of the trade union movement New York : Facts on File, [1978] p.186
- ^ Upham, Martin Trade unions of the world, 1992-1993. Harlow, Essex, U.K. : Longman ; Detroit, Mich. : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. and Canada by Gale Research Inc., 1991 p.558
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