International Federation of Employees in Public Service

The International Federation of Employees in Public Service (French: Fédération Internationale du Personnel des Services Publics, INFEDOP) was an International Trade Federation of the World Confederation of Labour (WCL).

INFEDOP
Full nameInternational Federation of Employees in Public Service
Native nameFédération Internationale du Personnel des Services Publics
FoundedNovember 1953[1]
Members3,500,000 (1979)[2]
AffiliationWorld Confederation of Labour
Key peopleFritz Neugebauer, president
Bert Van Caelenberg, secretary general
Office locationrue Joseph II, Brussels, Belgium
CountryInternational
Websitewww.infedop-eurofedop.com

History

The federation was founded in November 1953, when the International Federation of Christian Post, Telegraph and Telephone Workers merged with the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions, at a meeting in Paris. Initially named the International Federation of Christian Staff Unions, Utilities and Post, Telegraph and Telephone Workers, it adopted its final name in 1966.[1]

In 1963, the federation founded a section for teachers' unions, which in 1974 split away as the independent World Confederation of Teachers.[3]

By 1979, INFEDOP claimed that its affiliates had a total of 3,500,000 members.[2]

Leadership

General Secretaries
Jacques Tessier
Jos Vandecruys
1980s: Bert Van Caelenberg

Presidents
Paul Seiler
Filip Wieers
Fritz Neugebauer
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. Coldrick, Percy; Jones, Philip (1979). The International Directory of the Trade Union Movement. New York: Facts on File. pp. 128–154. ISBN 0871963744.
  3. "World Confederation of Teachers". UIA Open Yearbook. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  • 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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