International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers

International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers
Founded 1960
Predecessor Plantation Workers International Federation
International Landworkers' Federation
Date dissolved 1994
Merged into International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations
Members 3 million (1994)[1]
Affiliation ICFTU
Office location 17, Rue Necker, Geneva, Switzerland

The International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers (IFPAW) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing land workers.

History

The federation was created in 1960, when the Plantation Workers International Federation (PWIF) merged with the International Landworkers' Federation (ILF). The ILF consisted of European unions representing agricultural workers, while the PWIF consisted of mostly workers on plantations in poorer countries, but also incorporated the former International Federation of Tobacco Workers.[1]

By 1976, IFPAW claimed 3 million members, and maintained this level for the remainder of its existence. At some point, it changed its name slightly to the International Federation of Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers, while retaining the IFPAW abbreviation.[1]

IFPAW pioneered collective bargaining at the international level in 1988, when it signed an agreement with Danone.[1]

The federation merged into the International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Associations in 1994, which renamed itself as the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association.[1]

Presidents

1960: Harold Collison
1976: ?
1982: Palayil Pathazapurayil Narayanan

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Docherty, James C.; van der Velden, Sjaak (2012). Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor. Scarecrow Press. pp. 141&ndash, 142. ISBN 0810879883.
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