International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees
The International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET; French: Fédération internationale des employés, techniciens et cadres) was a global union federation bringing together workers representing clerical workers. The union was sometimes known as the International Federation of Employees, Technicians and Managers, or informally as the International Federation of White Collar Workers' Unions.
Fédération internationale des employés, techniciens et cadres | |
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| Predecessor | International Commercial Employees' Secretariat |
|---|---|
| Merged into | Union Network International |
| Founded | 10 August 1921 |
| Dissolved | 31 December 1999 |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Members | 11 million (1994)[1] |
Publication | FIET Info |
| Affiliations | ICFTU |
| Website | fiet |
History
editThe first attempt to create an international federation of clerical workers was the International Commercial Employees' Secretariat, founded in Hamburg in 1909, and led by Edo Fimmen. It collapsed at the start of World War I. FIET was founded in 1921, in Vienna, as its replacement.[1][2]
Initially representing only European unions, after World War II the federation began admitting unions from around the world. The large majority of workers represented worked in banking, insurance, or as clerical staff in commerce and social services. In 1984, the International Secretariat of Entertainment Trade Unions became an autonomous section of the FIET.[1]
By 1994, membership of FIET had reached 11 million.[1] At the end of 1999, it merged with the Communications International, the International Graphical Federation, and the Media and Entertainment International, to form Union Network International.[3]
Leadership
editGeneral Secretaries
edit- 1904: Max Josephson[4]
- 1910: Edo Fimmen[4]
- 1921: Gerrit Smit[4]
- 1934: Willem Spiekman[4]
- 1958: Erich Kissel
- 1973: Heribert Maier
- 1989: Philip Jennings
Presidents
edit- 1921: Otto Urban
- 1933: Joseph Hallsworth
- 1947: Oreste Capocci
- 1949: James Young
- 1955: Friedrich Hillegeist
- 1960: Algot Jonsson
- 1962: Joe Hiscock
- 1964: James Suffridge
- 1970: Alfred Allen
- 1976: Günter Stephan
- 1983: Tom Whaley
- 1987: Bengt Lloyd
- 1991: Jochen Richert
- 1994: Gary Nebeker
- 1999: Maj-Len Remahl
References
edit- ^ a b c d Docherty, James C.; van der Velden, Sjaak (2012). Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor. Scarecrow Press. pp. 101, 180. ISBN 0810879883.
- ^ "Fédération internationale des employés, techniciens et cadres (FIET)". Open Yearbook. UIA. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "FAQs". UNI Global Union. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d Yearbook of the International Free Trade Union Movement. London: Lincolns-Prager. 1957–1958. p. 514.