Trade Union International Public Service and Allied | |
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| Founded | 29 October 1949 |
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| Headquarters | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Location | |
Members | > 3000 |
Key people | Artur Sequeira (President) Zola Saphetha (General Secretary) |
| Affiliations | COSATU, WFTU, TUI-PAE, NEHAWU |
| Website | tuipublicservice |
The Trade Union International Public Service and Allied (TUI PS&A) is a section of the World Federation of Trade Unions representing public sector workers.
The union was founded at a conference in East Berlin on October 29, 1949 as the International Union of Trade Unions of Postal, Telephone and Telegraph Workers. The name was changed to the Trade Union International of Public and Allied Employees (TUI-PAE) in 1955 during a conference in Vienna, when it broadened its scope to include workers in the health, finance and public administration areas.[1][2]
The TUI-PAE had a three level structure with the Congress being the highest organ, a directive committee meeting between congress and day-to-day activities led by the executive bureau and secretariat based in East Berlin. There were five branch commission for the different sectors of the labor movement the union represented: posts and telecommunications, bank employees, local public servants and public administration.[3]
In 1957 the headquarters for the organization were reported to be at 0.17 Fritz-Heckert-Straße 70, East Berlin. In 1978 its address was reported as 47 Französische Straße, Postfach 1322 DDR 108, East Berlin.[4] It was reported at the same address in 1985.[5] Its current address is at SRTVS – Quadra 701 – Bloco O – Sala 1512 – Ed. Multiempresarial, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.[6] The current Head Office is in South Africa as from November 2019.
In 1955 TUI-PAE claimed 6.8 million members were represented at its Vienna congress. In 1977 it claimed 24.1 million members in 104 member organizations.[3] In 1985 this had grown to 29 million in 104 affiliates in 44 countries,[5] while in 2020 it stood at 20 million members in 50 unions in 34 countries.[7]
In 1978 the following groups were known to be affiliated with the Trade Unions International of Public and Allied Employees:[8]
Angola - National Union of Employee of Angola
Bangladesh - Bangladesh Electricity Workers Federation Bangladesh - Bangladesh Water Development Workers Federation
Benin - National Union of Finance Employees of Dahomey Benin - National Union of Health Service Workers Benin - National Federation of Civil Servants Benin - National Union of Employees of Products Conditioning Benin - Custom Employees Union of Dahomey Benin - National Union of Municipal Workers
Chile - National Association of Municipal Employees Chile - National Association of Civil Servants
Congo - Fédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de l'Administration Générale et des municipalités
Cyprus - Pancyprian Government and Military Workers Union
Czechoslovakia - State Administration, Finance, and Foreign Trade Employees Union
Ecuador - National Federation of Municipal Employees of Ecuador
France - National Federation of Employees of Commerce, Credit Institutions, Insurance Establishments, Social Insurance and Allied Branches France - Federation of Public and Health Service Workers France - National Federation of State Workers
East Germany - Union of Employees of State Organs and the Communal Economy
Ghana - Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union of Trade Union Congress of Ghana
Hungary - Public Employees Union
India - All India P&T Casual Workers Union India - All India State Government Employees Federation India - All India Bank Employees Association India - Calcutta Corporation Mazdoor Union
Iraq - General Union of Public and Social Service Workers
Italy - Italian Federation of Postal and Telecommunications Workers Italy - Federation of Local Government and Hospital Workers Italy - Union of Grassroot Trade Unions
Jordan - General Syndicate of the Public and Allied Employees of Jordan
Madagascar - Syndicat des Medecins Diplome de l'Ecole des Medecins de Tananarive
Nigeria - Internal Revenue Staff Association
Peru - Bank Employees Federation of Peru
Poland - Union of Local Economy Workers
Romania - Union of State Administration and Peoples' Council Employees
Soviet Union - States Institutions Workers Union Soviet Union - Medical Workers Union
Sri Lanka - All Ceylon Government Clerks Union Sri Lanka - Public Service Workers Trade Union Federation Sri Lanka - Local Government and Municipal Employees' Union
Syria - Professional Federation of Health Service Workers Union Syria - Professional Federation of Public Sector Unions
Uruguay - Federation of Health Service Employees Uruguay - Confederation of Civil Servants Uruguay - Federation of Sewerage and Water Supply Workers Uruguay - Association of Municipal Employees and Workers
South Yemen - Public Employees UnionThe TUI-PAE published a quarterly Public Services in English, French, Spanish and German. It also published Information Bulletin in English, French, Spanish, Russian and German.[4]
