International Landworkers' Federation

The International Landworkers' Federation (ILF) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing agricultural and forestry workers.

History

The federation was established in 1920 at a conference in Amsterdam, and set up its headquarters in Utrecht. In 1924, it relocated to Berlin, but returned to Utrecht in 1933. By 1925, it had 15 affiliates, with a total of 377,800 members, and by 1954 this had grown to more than 1,000,000 members, principally in Europe.[1][2][3]

In 1960, the federation merged with the Plantation Workers International Federation, which mostly represented workers on plantations in poorer countries, forming the International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers.[4]

Affiliates

In 1954, the following unions were affiliated to the federation:[3]

Union	Country	Affiliated membership
Agricultural Labourers' Union	Israel	120,000
Agricultural Workers' Union	Sweden	41,171
Danish Gardeners' Union	Denmark	5,213
Danish General Workers' Union	Denmark	35,000
General Union of Workers in Building, Household and Related Occupations	Belgium	2,000
Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union	West Germany	115,000
Italian Federation of Salaried, Unskilled and Skilled Agricultural Workers	Italy	325,000
Likomba Plantation Workers' Union	British Cameroons	3,000
National Agricultural Workers' Union	United States	8,500
National Federation of Free Agricultural Technicians and Employees	Italy	4,000
National Union of Agricultural Workers	United Kingdom	135,000
National Union of the Workers of the Land	Italy	140,000
Netherlands General Agricultural Workers' Union	Netherlands	39,800
Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers	Norway	8,000
Rural Workers' Union	Finland	14,000
Swiss Commerce, Transport and Food Workers' Union	Switzerland	1,300
Transport and General Workers' Union	United Kingdom	9,000
Union of Agricultural Workers	France	2,000
Union of Employees in Governmental Enterprises	Saarland	236
Union of Agricultural and Forestry Workers	Austria	69,186

Leadership

General Secretaries

1920: Piet Hiemstra[1]

1924: Georg Schmidt[1]

1933: Piet Hiemstra[2]

1938: Oscar Levinson

1942: Walter Kwasnik

1950: Adri de Ruijter[3]

Presidents

1920: Walter Smith

1924: Joseph Forbes Duncan[2]

1950: Edwin Gooch[3]

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References

Sassenbach, Johannes (1926). Twenty-five years of international trade unionism. Amsterdam: International Federation of Trade Unions. p. 105.
Repertoire des organisations internationales. Geneva: League of Nations. 1936. p. 287.
Mitchell, James P. (1954). Directory of International Trade Union Organisations. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Labor. pp. 73–78.
Docherty, James C.; van der Velden, Sjaak (2012). Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor. Scarecrow Press. pp. 141–142. ISBN 0810879883.

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[sassenbach-1] Sassenbach, Johannes (1926). Twenty-five years of international trade unionism. Amsterdam: International Federation of Trade Unions. p. 105.

[league-2] Repertoire des organisations internationales. Geneva: League of Nations. 1936. p. 287.

[mitchell-3] Mitchell, James P. (1954). Directory of International Trade Union Organisations. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Labor. pp. 73–78.

[docherty-4] Docherty, James C.; van der Velden, Sjaak (2012). Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor. Scarecrow Press. pp. 141–142. ISBN 0810879883.