Trade Union International of Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile & Allied Industries

TUI of Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile and Allied Industries
Union internationale syndicale des travailleurs de l'agriculture, alimentation, commerce, textiles et industries similaires
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Montreuil Cedex, France
Location	International
Key people	Aliou Ndiaye (Gen Sec) Julien Huck (President)
Affiliations	WFTU

The Trade Union International of Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile and Allied Industries (French: Union internationale syndicale des travailleurs de l'agriculture, alimentation, commerce, textiles et industries similaires, UISTAACT) is one of ten Trade Union Internationals of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).

History

The union was formed in 1997 by the merger of the Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers, Trade Union International of Food, Tobacco, Hotel and Allied Industries Workers, Trade Union International of Workers in Commerce, Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur Workers Unions. All of these TUIs were founded in 1949, except the Commerce Workers which was founded in 1959.

References

Europa World Year Book London; Taylor & Francis, 2004 p.342
ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9543811-5-8.

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General Secretaries	Louis Saillant (1945–1968) Pierre Gensous (1969–1978) Enrique Pastorino (1978–1980) Ibrahim Zakaria (1980–1990) Alexander Zharikov (1990–2005) George Mavrikos (2005–2022) Pambis Kyritsis (2022–present)
Presidents	Walter Citrine (1945–1946) Arthur Deakin (1946–1949) Giuseppe Di Vittorio (1949–1959) Agostino Novella (1959–1961) Renato Bitossi (1961–1969) Enrique Pastorino (1969–1975) Sándor Gáspár (1975–1989) Indrajit Gupta (1989–1990) Ibrahim Zakaria (1990–1994) Antonio Neto (1994–2000) K. L. Mahendra (2000–2005) Shaban Assouz (2005–2016) Mzwandile Makwayiba (2016–current)
Affiliated national centres	Bangladesh BTUC Bolivia COB Cuba CTC Greece PAME India AITUC – CITU Indonesia KASBI Iran Workers' House Japan Zenroren DPR Korea GFTUK Palestine GUPW Perú CGTP Spain Intersindical-CSC – CIG – LAB Senegal FGTS South Africa COSATU Sudan SWTUF Syria GFTU Vietnam VGCL
Affiliated unions	Guyana GAWU South Africa NEHAWU UK RMT
Trade Union Internationals	Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile and Allied Banks, Insurance and Financial Building, Wood, Building Materials and Allied Chemical, Energy, Metal, Oil and Allied Mining, Metallurgy and Metal Pensioners and Retired Persons Public Service and Allied Teachers Textile-Garment-Leather Tourism and Hotels Transport

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