Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International
Internationale du personnel des postes, telegraphes et telephones
Merged intoUnion Network International
Founded1920
Dissolved31 December 1999
Headquarters36 avenue du Lignon, Geneva, Switzerland
Members
4 million (1994)[1]
PublicationPTTI News
Websiteptti.ch

The Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International (PTTI) was a global union federation bringing together unions of communications workers worldwide.

History

While a meeting of unions of communication workers was held in Paris in 1911, no lasting organisation was established until 1920, when the PTTI was founded at a meeting in Milan. Initially, the federation consisted entirely of European unions, but after World War II, it expanded worldwide, and by 1994 had four million members.[1]

By 1997, new forms of communication had grown in importance, and the federation renamed itself as the Communications International.[1] At the end of 1999, it merged with the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees, the International Graphical Federation, and the Media and Entertainment International, to form Union Network International.[2]

Affiliates

In 1998, the following unions were affiliated:[3]

Union Country Affiliated membership
AbvaKabo Netherlands 25481
All Ceylon Telecom Services Union Sri Lanka 1817
All Japan Postal Labour Union Japan 75000
All Pakistan RMS Employees Union (Central) Pakistan 2000
American Postal Workers Union United States 244000
Antigua Workers' Union Antigua 500
Asociación Salvadoreña de Trabajadores de la Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones El Salvador 1000
Bahamas Communications & Public Officers' Union Bahamas 1123
Bahamas Communications and Public Managers Union Bahamas 258
Bahamas Public Services Union Bahamas 400
Bangladesh Post Office Union Bangladesh 2000
Bangladesh Postmen and Lower Grade Staff Union Bangladesh 30000
Bangladesh T&T Employees' & Workers' Ideal Federal Union Bangladesh 5328
Bangladesh Telezogazoge Sramik Karmachari Parishad Bangladesh 7968
Barbados Workers' Union Barbados 1200
Belize Telecommunication Workers Union Belize 209
Bermuda Industrial Union Bermuda 298
Bermuda Public Services Association Bermuda 331
Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union Botswana 379
Botswana Telecommunications Employees Union Botswana 907
Buklod ng Manggagawa sa RCPI National Federation of Labour Philippines 1040
Cable & Wireless (HK) Ltd Staff Association Hong Kong 1027
Canadian Union of Postal Workers Canada 44890
Centrale Générale des Services Publics Secteur Postes Belgium 14940
Centrale Générale des Services Publics Secteur Télécom Belgium 8600
Chinese Federation of Postal Workers Taiwan 26814
Chinese Telecommunication Workers' Union Taiwan 17500
Civil and Public Services Union Ireland 1700
Clerical and Commercial Workers' Union Guyana 100
Comité Nacional Unico de Telecomunicaciones del Ecuador Ecuador 3000
Commercial, Technical & Allied Workers' Union St Vincent 220
Communication & Public Sector Union Australia 13802
Communication and Transport Workers Union Tanzania 6500
Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia Australia 68640
Communication Managers' Association United Kingdom 13999
Communication Managers' Union Ireland 1025
Communication Workers of the Philippines Philippines 15300
Communication Workers' Union Ireland 16100
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Canada 22290
Communications Workers of America United States 400000
Communication Workers Union South Africa 40000
Communication Workers Union Trinidad and Tobago 1785
Communication Workers Union United Kingdom 274820
Communications Workers' Union Ghana 5000
Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores en Radio y TV de Bolivia Bolivia 1100
Cyprus-Turkish Telecommunications Employees Union Cyprus 275
Danish General Workers' Union Denmark 6309
Dansk Post- og Giroforening Denmark 5199
Danish Postal Union Denmark 11764
Eastern Telecom Employees Union Philippines Unknown
EBS Werknemers Organisatie " OWOS" Surinam 500
Estonian Post and Telecommunciations Workers Trade Union Estonia 4642
Facket för Service och Kommunikation Sweden 58520
Federação Interestadual dos Empregados da Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos e Similares de Comunicaçôes dos Estados de São Paulo, Minas Gerais e Bahia Brazil 630
Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Empresas de Radiodifusão e Televisão Brazil 15000
Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Empresas de Telecomunicações e Operadores de Mesas Telefonicas Brazil 5400
Federación Argentina de Trabajadores de Luz y Fuerza Argentina 32000
Federación de Comunicación y Transporte Spain 10224
Federación de Obreros y Empleados de Correos y Telecomunicaciones Argentina 25000
Federación de Obreros y Especialistas y Empleados de los Servicios e Industria de las Telecomunicaciones Argentina 23000
Federacion de Trabajadores de Comunicaciones Eléctricas y Afines de Panama Panama 1300
Federación de Trabajadores de la cpt-Telefonica del Peru Peru 1500
Federación de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones de Venezuela Venezuela 13000
Federación de Trabajadores Telefonicos de Cuba en el Exilio Cuba 1605
Federación Enrique Schmidt Cuadra Nicaragua 2000
Federación Nacional de Empleados de Comunicaciones Eléctrico-Postales Costa Rica 3486
Federación Nacional de Empleados y Trabajadores Postales del Ecuador Ecuador 750
Federación Nacional de Sindicatos de la Compañía de Teléfonos de Chile Chile 5100
Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de AASANA Bolivia 1000
Federacion Nacional de Trabajadores de Electricidad del Perú Peru 800
Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Luz, Fuerza y Telefonos Bolivia 1000
Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Radio, Teatro, Cine y Televisión y Afines de Venezuela Venezuela 2943
Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Eléctricos y Afines de Chile Chile 3200
Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Postales de Bolivia Bolivia 1200
Federación Sindical de Trabajadores de la Empresa ENTEL Bolivia Bolivia 1800
Federacion Uruguaya de Funcionarios Postales Uruguay 800
Fédération Démocratique Unifiée des Travailleurs des PTT - CFDT France 41790
Fédération des Employés des Postes Helléniques Greece 7000
Fédération des PTT "Podkrepa" Bulgaria 2000
Fédération des Syndicats de la "Poste Roumaine" Romania 10500
Fédération des Syndicats Rom Télécom Romania 18000
Fédération Nationale des Postes et Télécommunications Mauritania 400
Fédération Nationale des Postes et Télécommunications - UMT Morocco 8000
Federation of National Postal Organisations India 125000
Federation of National Telecommunications Organisations India 100000
Federation of Semi-Government Employees Cyprus 850
Federation of Telecommunications, Electronic Information and Allied Workers Japan 30000
Federation of Workers in Greek Telecommunications Greece 20007
Fédération syndicale nationale des PTT Guinea 1000
Fédération Syndicaliste des Facteurs des Postes et Télécommunications du Grand-Duché du Luxembourg Luxemburg 1225
Federazione Italiana Sindacati Telecomunicazioni Italy 10000
Félag Islanzkra Simamanna Iceland 854
FETRA-TV Chile 1500
Fiji Post and Telecoms Employees Association Fiji 1144
Fiji Public Service Association Fiji 200
Free Pancyprian Organisation of Telecommunications Employees Cyprus 1800
General Trade Union of Communication Workers Egypt 60000
General Trade Union of Postal Workers Egypt 2500
General Trade Union of PTT Workers Sudan 8818
General Workers' Union Malta 1690
German Postal Union Germany 479418
Ghana Electronic Servicing Technicians Association Ghana 1200
Government Servants' Association Mauritius 700
Grenada Technical & Allied Workers' Union Grenada 316
Guyana Public Service Union Guyana 580
Haber-is Sendikasi Turkey 4500
Handels- og Kontorfunktionaerernes Forbund i Danmark Denmark 1585
Hong Kong Telephone Co. Ltd Staff Association Hong Kong 2401
Hungarian Union of Telecommunications Sector Hungary 8613
Italian Union of Postal Workers Italy 13000
Italian Union of Communication Workers Italy 5300
Japan Postal Workers' Union Japan 150000
Japan Telecommunications Workers' Union Japan 208000
Kokusai Denshin Denwa Workers' Union Japan 3900
Kommunikasjons- og Teletilsattes Landsforbund Norway 2515
Korean Communications Workers' Union South Korea 26804
Korean Federation of Communications Trade Unions South Korea 2950
Korean Telecommunications Trade Union South Korea 45000
Lithuanian Communication Workers Trade Union Lithuania 9200
Metalworkers' Union Finland 2100
Mongolian Postal Workers Union Mongolia 350
Montserrat Allied Workers' Union Montserrat 221
National Association of Letter Carriers United States 200000
National Organisation of Postal Employees Pakistan 12000
National Postal Mail Handlers Union United States 47450
National Union of Communication Workers Zambia 5000
National Union of Government Employees, PTT Section Israel 10000
National Union of P & T Employees Nigeria 20000
National Union of Public Workers Barbados 250
National Union of Telecoms Employees Malaysia 12000
Nepal Telecommunication Corporation Workers Union Nepal 2208
Norwegian Post Organisation Norway 11274
Norwegian Telecommunication and Data Workers' Union Norway 10587
Norwegian Union of Postmen Norway 12865
NZ Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union New Zealand 5000
Oversesas Telecoms Employees Union Sri Lanka 190
Pakistan Telecommunication Staff Union Pakistan 6000
Pakistan Telecommunication Union Pakistan 4563
Papua New Guinea Post and Telecommunication Workers Union New Guinea 1600
Personalverband der Bundesverwaltung Switzerland 1390
Philcom Employees Union Philippines 171
Pos Malaysia Berhad Clerical Staff Union, Sarawak Malaysia 260
Post and Telecommunication Workers Trade Union Latvia 11300
Post Office Administrative Staff Association Mauritius 60
Postal Employees Union of the Philippines Philippines 250
Postal Officers' Union Finland 5437
Postal Trade Union Hungary 24300
Postal Union Finland 19133
Postal Workers' Association Philippines 5000
Póstmannafélag Islands Iceland 1002
Precision Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association Nigeria 404
Public Employees Association of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 884
Public Service Association of Western Samoa Western Samoa 116
Public Service Executive Union Ireland 600
Public Service Union of Belize Belize 90
Radio Nepal Employees Association Nepal 272
Schweizerischer Posthalterverband Switzerland 2484
Sekretariat Lacznosci - Solidarnosc Poland 19000
Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies Nigeria 5020
Sierra Leone Postal Services Ltd. Senior Staff Association Sierra Leone 45
Sierra Leone Union of Postal & Telecommunications Employees Sierra Leone 1300
Communication Workers' Union Italy 25500
Union of Postal Workers Italy 60000
Sindicato Argentino de Televisión Argentina 3616
Sindicato de Correos, Telégrafos y Caja Postal Spain 11000
Sindicato de Funcionarios Postales del Paraguay Paraguay 435
Sindicato de la Industria Eléctrica de El Salvador El Salvador 562
Sindicato de Luz y Fuerza de la República de Guatemala Guatemala 800
Sindicato de Telefonistas de la República Mexicana Mexico 44000
Sindicato de Teléfonos - UGT Spain 14225
Sindicato de Trabajadores de Correos Guatemala 1200
Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Administración Nacional de Electricidad Paraguay 400
Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Empresa Guatemalteca de Telecomunicaciones Guatemala 1000
Sindicato de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones Paraguay 2700
Sindicato de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones de Honduras Honduras 3000
Sindicato de Trabajadores del Instituto de Recursos Hidraúlicos y Electrificación Panama 3700
Sindicato de Trabajadores del Servicio Postal de Honduras Honduras 700
Sindicato Democratico dos Trabalhadores das Telecomunicaçôes e Correios Portugal 6037
Sindicato dos Correios e Telecomunicações de São Tomé e Príncipe São Tomé and Principe 131
Sindicato dos Electricitarios de Sao Paulo Brazil 25000
Sindicato dos Trabalhadores de aviacao Civil, Correios e Comunicacoes Mozambique 257
Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Empresas de Telecomunicações e Operadores de Mesas Telefónicas no Estado de São Paulo Brazil 9736
Sindicato dos Transportes Comunicações e Turismo Cape Verde 442
Sindicato Interempresa Nacional de Trabajadores de ENDESA y filiales Chile 2560
Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de de la Radio y la Televisión Paraguay 1250
Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Empresa de Correos de Chile Chile 4089
Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Servicio Postal Mexicano Mexico 5100
Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Postales SINTRAPOSTAL Colombia 2300
Sindicato Nacional dos Trabalhadores das Telecomunicaçoes e audiovisual Portugal 7490
Sindicato Nacional dos Trabalhadores dos Transportes e Comunicações Guinea-Bissau 436
Sindicato Nacional Interempresa de la Empresa Telex-Chile y Filiales Chile 1150
Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores de la Compania Peruana de Radiodifusion Peru 200
Sindikata e e Punonjesve Poste-Telecom Albania 2017
Sindikato di Trahadonan den Telekomunikashon di Korsou Curacao 410
Sociedad Unión de Carteros y Empleados Postales de El Salvador El Salvador 70
Society of Telecom Executives United Kingdom 17430
Solidaridad de Trabajadores Vascos Spain 500
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union St Vincent 46
Statstjänstemannaförbundet Sweden 10050
Steel and Engineering Workers' Union of Nigeria Nigeria 1500
Svenska Industritjänstemannaförbundet Sweden 11236
Swaziland P&T Workers' Union Swaziland 568
Swedish Federation of Lawyers, Social Scientists & Economists Sweden 1100
Syndicat Autonome des Postes Central African Republic 727
Syndicat Autonome du Personnel de la SOCATEL Central African Republic 550
Syndicat des Agents des Postes Rwanda 300
Syndicat des Agents des Télécommunications Rwanda 600
Syndicat des P & T Luxemburg 995
Syndicat des Télécommunications du Sénégal Senegal 1004
Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Audio-Visuel du Bénin Benin 300
Syndicat des Travailleurs des Postes et Télécommunications Burundi 750
Syndicat libre des Travailleurs des Secteurs des Postes et Télécommunications du Congo Republic of the Congo 800
Syndicat National des Postes et Télecommunications Côte d'Ivoire 2298
Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications Mauritania 400
Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications Burkina Faso 700
Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications Gabon 1500
Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications Benin 1540
Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications et TIM Mali 1926
Syndicat National des Postes, Télécommunications et des Télécommunications Internationales Chad 500
Syndicat National des Télécommunications Chad 300
Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Postes et des Télécommunications Senegal 2800
Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Postes et Télécommunications du Niger Niger 490
Telecommunication Officers' Union Sri Lanka 700
Telecommunication Workers' Union Mauritius 517
Telecommunications Employees' Association Fiji 219
Telecommunications Workers Union Canada 10695
Telegraaf en Telefoon Werknemers Organisatie Suriname Surinam 1050
Telecommunications Union Denmark 11477
Telephone Organisation of Thailand State Enterprise Employees Association Thailand 9545
Telephone Shilpa Sangstha Workers and Employees Union Bangladesh 550
The Guyana Postal & Telecommunication Workers’ Union Guyana 1080
The St Lucia Civil Service Association St Lucia 350
The State Enterprise Association of the Communication Authority of Thailand Thailand 7000
The Telephone Industries of Pakistan and Workers Federation Pakistan 2600
Trade Union Federation of PTT Workers France 45182
Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers Union Trinidad and Tobago 780
Uganda Posts & Telecommunications Employees' Union Uganda 2000
Unie van Werknemers in het Water, Gas- en Electriciteitsbedrijf Curacao 400
Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Zaïre Fédération Nationale des PTT Democratic Republic of the Congo 7500
Union of Communication Workers Slovakia 22083
Union of Communication Workers Czech Republic 51700
Union of Hong Kong Post Office Employees Hong Kong 1380
Union of Pos Malaysia Berhad Clerical Workers Malaysia 3243
Union of Post & Telecommunication Officers Sri Lanka 4678
Union of Post Office Workers Mauritius 163
Union of Postal Communications Employees Canada 2554
Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers Austria 43800
Union of Postal Employees PASYDY Cyprus 350
Union of Postal Uniformed Staff Malaysia 4504
Union of Postal Uniformed Staff Sarawak Malaysia 289
Union of Posts & Telecommunications Employees Kenya 9999
Union of Sabah Postal Uniformed Staff Malaysia 123
Union of Swiss Postal Employees Switzerland 5318
Union of Swiss Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Personnel Switzerland 20855
Union of Swiss Telegraph and Telephone Supervisors Switzerland 4017
Union of Telecoms Employees (Sarawak) Malaysia 1950
Union of Telecoms Employees of Singapore Singapore 6059
Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union Dominica 95
Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications Workers' Union Zimbabwe 6703

Leadership

General Secretaries

1911: Felix Koch
1919: Ludwig Maier
1936: Franz Rohner
1940: Fritz Gmür
1965: Stefan Nedzynski
1989: Philip Bowyer

Presidents

1920: John William Bowen
1949: Charles Geddes
1957: William Norton
1960: Carl Stenger
1966: Ron Smith
1967: Charles Delacourt-Smith
1969: Joseph A. Beirne
1974: Ivan Reddish
1979: Ernst Breit
1984: Glenn Watts
1985: Akira Yamagishi
1990: Curt Persson
1997: Kurt van Haaren

References

  1. ^ a b c Docherty, James C.; van der Velden, Sjaak (2012). Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor. Scarecrow Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0810879881.
  2. ^ "FAQs". UNI Global Union. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Affiliates". Archived from the original on 25 May 1998. Retrieved 27 November 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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