Global Union Federation
As a Global Union Federation (also Global Union Federation ; English Global Union Federation , GUF ) are referred to international associations of industry unions, the International Trade Union Confederation as part of the Global Unions work together.
The forerunners of the global trade union federations were the International Trade Union Secretariats (IBS) .
List of Global Union Federations
These are the following international organizations:
- Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) / Building and Wood Workers International (BWI)
- Bildungsinternationale (BI) / Education International (EI)
- IndustriALL
- International Arts and Entertainment Alliance (IAEA)
- International Public Services (PSI) / Public Services International (PSI)
- International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF)
- International Federation of Journalists (IJF)
- International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
- UNI Global Union (Union Network International (UNI))
Membership numbers
The following figures are available for 2015
| GUF | Members (in 1,000) | Unions |
|---|---|---|
| BWI | 12,000 | 326 |
| BI | 30,000 | 400 |
| IAEA | 800 | 300 |
| IJF | 600 | 161 |
| IndustriALL | 50,000 | 632 |
| ITF | 4,500 | 700 |
| IUF | 2,600 | 397 |
| PSI | 20,000 | 669 |
| UNI Global Union | 20,000 | 900 |
As a comparison: In
November 2017, the IGB had 331 trade unions from 163 "countries and territories" with around 202.3 million members.
See also
literature
- Heinz Bendt (2006): Worldwide solidarity. The work of global trade union organizations in the age of globalization, Bonn 2006, (3rd edition) 140 p. ( PDF, 140 p. )
- Torsten Müller, Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Stefan Rüb (2003): Globalization and trade union internationalization - On the politics of the Global Union Federations, in: WSI-Mitteilungen 11/2003, p. 666–672 ( PDF, 7 p. )
- Torsten Müller, Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Stefan Rüb (2010): The global trade union associations face the challenges of globalization. In: International Politics and Society Online: International Politics and Society. - 2010, 3 ( PDF, 17 pp. , Accessed on February 24, 2018)
- Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Torsten Müller (2009): The global and European trade union associations. Handbook and analyzes of transnational trade union policy, Berlin (edition sigma) 2009, 889 pp. (Tables of contents as PDF: Volume 1 , Volume 2 )
The aforementioned publications do not yet take into account the association of IMF , ICEM and ITGLWF for IndustriALL 2012. In contrast, the following publications also contain more recent developments:
- Michele Ford, Michael Gillan (2015): The global union federations in international industrial relations: A critical review. Journal of Industrial Relations 57 (3): 456-475
- Bernhard Pfitzner (2018): "Sources of information on the topic of 'International trade union work'" (Status: August 2, 2018, 12 pages)
- Bernhard Pfitzner (2018): "Materials on the topic of 'Global Trade Union Associations'" (Status: October 12, 2018, 26 pages, with a contribution by Michael Fichter on global framework agreements)
- Werner Reutter, Peter Rütters (2014): “Pragmatic Internationalism”: History, Structure and Influence of International and European Trade Union Organizations, in: Wolfgang Schroeder (Ed.), Handbook Trade Unions in Germany, 2nd, revised, ext. and updated edition, Wiesbaden (Springer VS) 2014 ( table of contents as PDF )
- Walter Sauer: International trade union work, Vienna (Verlag des Österreichischer Arbeiterunionsbundes GmbH) 2014, PDF, 60 pp.
- Rudolf Traub-Merz, Jürgen Eckl: The international trade union movement: Fusions and contradictions, Bonn (FES) 2007, PDF, 7 pp.
Web links
- Global Unions Page
- "The German unions in the Global Unions" (website of the DGB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The German-language name is not clear; "International trade unions", "International trade union federations" etc. are also used.
- ↑ Torsten Müller, Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Stefan Rüb (2003): Globalization and trade union internationalization - On the politics of the Global Union Federations, in: WSI-Mitteilungen 11/2003, p. 667, note 2: "At a congress in early 2002 the IBS decided to rename themselves GUFs. "
- ↑ Ford, Gillan 2015 (see literature) with recourse to Müller et al. 2010 as well as on GUF's web pages