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{{Short description|International trade union federation}}
The '''Trade Union International of Workers in the Metal Industry''' was a [[trade union international]] affiliated to the [[World Federation of Trade Unions]].

== History ==
The TUI was founded at a conference in [[Turin]], [[Italy]] on June 2, 1949 as the Trade Union International of the Metal and Engineering Industries.<ref>[[A. Percy Coldrick|Coldrick, A. Percy]] and [[Philip James Jones|Jones, Philip]]. ''The international directory of the trade union movement'' New York : Facts on File, [1978] pp.191-2</ref> (Other sources say June 21.)<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/dudeman5685_yahoo_WFTU The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985. ]'' Prague; Published by the WTFU in cooperation with PRACE Czechoslovak Trade Unions 1985 p.153</ref>

In 1998 the TUI merged with the [[Trade Unions International of Chemical, Oil and Allied Workers]] and the [[Trade Unions International of Miners|Trade Union International of Energy Workers]] to found the Trade Union International of Energy, Metal, Chemical, Oil and Allied Industries at a conference in [[Havana]]. In 2007 the latter reformed as the [[Trade Union International of Energy Workers (2007)|Trade Union International of Energy Workers]]. The metal and mining workers then formed the [[Trade Union International of Workers in the Mining, the Metallurgy and the Metal Industries]].<ref>''[[Europa World Year Book]]'' London; Taylor & Francis, 2004 p.342</ref><ref>World Federation of Trade Unions ''[http://www.wftucentral.org/download/documents/documents%20en/WFTU_REPORT%20OF%20ACTION_2006-2010_EN.pdf Report of Action 2006-2010]'' p.104</ref>

== Organization ==
The highest organ of the TUI was the International Trade Conference held every four years which elected an administrative committee and a secretariat.<ref>Coldrick and Jones p.191</ref> It also had specialized commissions on [[Steel industry|steel]], [[shipbuilding]], the [[automobile industry]], mechanical and electro-electronic constr4uction as well as a Standing Committee on Peace and Disarmament.<ref>''The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985'' p.154</ref>

In 1955 its address was reported as [[Seilerstaette]] 3, [[Vienna]] [[Innere Stadt|1]], [[Austria]]. It shared the address with the [[Trade Unions International of Miners Unions]], the [[Trade Unions International of Transport Workers]] and the [[World Federation of Teachers Unions]].<ref>''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100074996 Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions]'' Washington [[Office of International Labor Affairs]], June 1955 pp.47-8</ref> By 1957 its headquarters were Janska 100, [[Prague]] [[Prague 1|1]], [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]] where it again shared the address with the TUIs of Transport Workers, Miners and Teachers<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/frontorgs Facts about international Communist front organisations]'' p. 55</ref><ref>''Directory of World Federation of Trade Union'' 1958 pp.53-6</ref> By 1978 it moved to BP158 [[Moscow]] K9, [[Soviet Union]],<ref>Coldrick and Jones p.192</ref> an address it would keep until at least 1991.<ref>[[Martin Upham|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</ref>

== Members ==
At the TUIs founding conference in 1949 there 62 delegates representing 16 countries and seven and half million workers. Five other countries were represented by observers. States represented included the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Italy, [[France]] and the [[Netherlands]].<ref>Coldrick and Jones p.191</ref> In 1958 it claimed 10,050,000 members in 18 countries.<ref>''Directory of World Federation of Trade Union'' 1958 p.53</ref> In 1976 the TUI included 36 organizations in 28 countries representing 20 million members.<ref>Coldrick and Jones p.191</ref> And in 1985 it claimed 58 affiliates in 42 countries representing 22 million workers.<ref>''The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985'' pp.153-4</ref>

*{{flag|Austria}} - [[Fraktion Gewerkschaftlicher Linksblock in der Gewerkschaft der Metal und Bergarbeiter]]
*{{flag|Benin|1975}} - [[Syndicat Professionnel des Travaileurs de la Mechanique Generale et de la Metalurgie]]
*{{flag|Bulgaria|1967}} -  [[Union of Workers in Engineering Industry]]
*{{flag|Chile}} - [[Co-operation Exteriure]] de [[Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores (Chile)|CUT]]
*{{flag|Cyprus}} - [[Cyprus Mechanics and Electricians Trade Unions]]
*{{flag|Colombia}} - [[Federación Nacional de Trabajadores del Metal]]
*{{flag|Congo|1970}} - [[Fédération Syndicale des Travaileurs de l'Industrie et de la Metalurgie]]
*{{flag|Cuba}} - [[Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Industria Basica]]
*{{flag|Czechoslovakia}} - [[Union of Workers in the Metal Industries]]
*{{flag|El Salvador}} - [[Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Mecanica y Metalicas Basica]]
*{{flag|France}} - [[Metalworkers' Federation]], [[CGT (France)|CGT]]
*{{flag|France}} - [[National Federation of State Workers]]
*{{flag|East Germany}} - [[Industrial Union of Metal]]
*{{flag|Hungary|1957}} - [[National Federation of Metal Workers]]
*{{flag|India}} - [[National Federation of Metal and Engineering Workers of India]]
*{{flag|India}} - [[All India Steel Workers' Federation]]
*{{flag|Iraq|1963}} - [[General Trade Union of Metalworkers]]
*{{flag|Jordan}} - [[General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions]], [[General Federation of Metal Workers]]
*{{flag|North Korea}} - [[Union of Metal and Engineering Workers of Korea]]
*{{flag|Madagascar}} - [[Syndicat des Travailleurs des la Metalurgie, Bois et Batiments]] [[Fi.Se.Ma.]]
*{{flag|Nigeria}} - [[Nigerian Steel Development Authority Workers' Union]]
*{{flag|Peru}} - [[Federación de Trabajadores de la Industria del Metal de Peru]], [[CGTP (Peru)|CGTP]]
*{{flag|Poland}} - [[Związek Zawodowy Hutników w Polsce]]
*{{flag|Poland}} - [[Związek Zawodowy Metalowców w Polsce]]
*{{flag|Romania|1965}} - [[Union des Syndicats des enterprises de l'Industrie Metallurgique et de Constructions Mechanique]]
*{{flag|Soviet Union}} - [[Central Committee of the Metalworkers Union]]
*{{flag|Soviet Union}} - [[Central Committee of the Engineering Workers Union]]
*{{flag|Soviet Union}} - [[Central Committee of the Power-station Workers Union]]
*{{flag|Soviet Union}} - [[Central Committee of the Shipbuilding Workers Union]]
*{{flag|Sri Lanka}} - [[Industrial and General Workers Union]]
*{{flag|Sri Lanka}} - [[Ceylon Engineering Workers Union]]
*{{flag|Syria}} - [[Professional Federation of Mining, Light Industry and Mechanical Workers]]
*{{flag|Uruguay}} - [[Unión Nacional de Trabajadores del Metal y Rames Afines]]
*{{flag|Venezuela}} - [[SINATRAMETAL]]
*{{flag|Venezuela}} - [[Sindicato Unificado de Trabajadores de la Siderugia, de las Minas, del Metal, del Automovil y de la ramas afines]]
*{{flag|Vietnam}} - [[National Union of Metal and Engineering Workers]]

==Leadership==
===General Secretaries===
:1949: [[Henri Jourdain]]
:1955: Marcel Bras
:1956: [[Giovanni Roveda]]
:1958: Giacomo Adduci
:1964: [[Pierre Gensous]]
:1966: [[Jean Desmaison]]
:1969: Mauro Pacci
:1973: Pierre Baghi
:1981: Alain Stern
:1987: Daniel Bailly
:1989: Gilbert Le Bescond

===Presidents===
:1949: [[Giovanni Roveda]]
:1956: Livio Mascarello
:1959: [[Pierre Gensous]]
:1962:
:1978: [[Reinhard Sommer]]
:1989:

== See also ==
*[[International Metalworkers' Federation]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Trade unions established in 1949]]
[[Category:1949 establishments in Italy]]
[[Category:Trade Unions Internationals]]
[[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 1997]]
[[Category:Organizations based in Moscow]]
[[Category:Metal trade unions]]
[[Category:Defunct transnational trade unions]]