The Carpenters' International (German: Zimmerer-Internationale) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing carpenters.
The federation was established on 1 April 1903, on the initiative of the Central Union of Carpenters and Kindred Trades of Germany. This union provided the leadership for the international, and remained its largest affiliate.[1] At its peak, the union also had affiliates from Austria, Bohemia, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, but by 1923, it was left with only the German and Danish unions.[2]
The federation's final leader was Adolph Schönfelder. In 1925, it merged into the larger International Federation of Woodworkers, which allocated one seat on its four-person executive to a representative of the carpenters, this initially being Wilhelm Wolgast.[3][4][5]
General Secretaries
edit- 1903: Friedrich Schrader
- 1921: Adolph Schönfelder
References
edit- ^ "Erste Internationale Konferenz der Zimmerer-Organisation" (PDF). Der Zimmerer. 15 (19): 158–159. 9 May 1903. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ The American Labor Yearbook. New York: Rand School of Social Science. 1924. p. 263.
- ^ Rütters, Peter; Zimmerman, Rüdiger. "Bauarbeitergewerkschaften in Deutschland und Internationale Vereinigungen von Bauarbeiterverbänden (1869 – 2004)" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ Wolgast, Wilhelm (1931). Zentralverband der Zimmerer und verwandter Berufsgenossen. ADGB. pp. 2111–2112. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Internationale Bauarbeiterbewegung" (PDF). Der Grundstein. 37 (52): 1. 27 December 1924. Retrieved 9 June 2020.