International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations

{{Short description|Global union federation}} {{redirect|IUF}} {{Infobox organization | name = IUF | full_name = International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations | logo = International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations logo.svg | logo_size = | logo_alt = | abbreviation = | predecessor = | merged_into =  | successor = | formation = {{start date|1920}} | founder =  | founding_location = | dissolved =  | merger = {{ubl | International Federation of Bakers, Pastry Cooks and Allied Workers' Associations | International Federation of Brewery Workers | International Federation of Meat Workers}} | type = Trade union centre | headquarters = Geneva, Switzerland | coordinates =  | fields =  | membership = 12 million | num_members_year =  | leader_title = President | leader_name = Mark Lauritsen | leader_title2 = General secretary | leader_name2 = Kristjan Bragason (acting) | secessions = | affiliations = | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | website = {{official URL}} | former_name = {{ubl | International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Associations (1920–1958) | International Union of Food, Drinks and Tobacco Workers' Associations (1958–1961) | International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (1961–1994)}} }} The '''International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations''' ('''IUF''') is a global union federation of trade unions with members in a variety of industries, many of which relate to food processing.

==History== The federation was founded in 1920 with the merger of the International Federation of Bakers, Pastry Cooks and Allied Workers' Associations, the International Federation of Meat Workers, and the International Federation of Brewery Workers.<ref name="labor">{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=James |title=The International Union of Food and Drink Workers' Associations |date=1959 |publisher=U.S. Department of Labor |location=Washington DC}}</ref> Originally named the '''International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Associations''' (IUFAWA), its affiliates were all European until 1950, but it then rapidly expanded worldwide.<ref name="docherty">{{cite book|last1=Docherty|first1=James C.|last2=van der Velden|first2=Sjaak|title=Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor|date=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0810879881|pages=149}}</ref>

In 1958, the International Federation of Tobacco Workers merged into the federation, which renamed itself as the '''International Union of Food, Drinks and Tobacco Workers' Associations''', then in 1961 the International Union of Hotel, Restaurant and Bar Workers merged in, and the federation became the '''International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations''' (IUF). By 1978, the federation's affiliates had a total of 2.1 million members.<ref name="docherty" /><ref name="rutters">{{cite book |last1=Rütters |first1=Peter |title=International Trade Union Organisations |date=2001 |publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |location=Bonn |isbn=3898920453 |page=18 |url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/01168.pdf |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref>

During the 1980s, the IUF campaigned against Coca-Cola following the assassination of union leaders in Guatemala. In 1988, the IUF was the first international trade union to sign a global framework agreement with the French food multinational BSN (Danone). In 1994, the International Federation of Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers merged into the IUF, which took its present name. In 2006, most of the former affiliates of the World Federation of Agriculture and Food Workers joined the federation.<ref name="uia">{{cite web |title=World Federation of Agriculture and Food Workers (WFAFW) |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100018721 |website=Open Yearbook |publisher=Union of International Associations |access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>

==Current operations== {{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}} In 2019, the IUF was composed of 422 member organisations in 127 countries, representing more than 10 million workers.

The organization represents workers employed in agriculture, the preparation and manufacture of food and beverages, hotels, restaurants and catering services and in tobacco processing.

The international headquarters of IUF is located in Geneva, Switzerland. Within the organization, there are autonomous regional organizations for Africa, Asia/Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe and Latin America.

==Leadership== ===General Secretaries=== :1920: Jean Schifferstein :1941: Hermann Leuenberger (acting) :1949: Juul Poulsen :1968: Dan Gallin :1997: Ron Oswald :2017: Sue Longley :2025: Kristjan Bragason (acting)

===Presidents=== :1920: Max Wilhelm<ref name="bushak">{{cite book |last1=Bushak |first1=Willy |title=Von Menschen, die wie Menschen leben wollten |date=1985 |publisher=Bund-Verlag |isbn=9783766309228}}</ref> :1934: Robert Fischer<ref name="bushak" /> :1939: Hermann Leuenberger<ref name="bushak" /> :1949: Marius Madsen<ref name="bushak" /> :1958: Hans Nätscher<ref name="bushak" /> :1964: John Swift<ref name="bushak" /> :1967: Henri Ceuppens<ref name="bushak" /> :1970: Daniel E. Conway<ref name="bushak" /> :1977: Sigvard Nyström<ref name="bushak" /> :1981: Günter Döding<ref name="bushak" /> :1989: Lage Andréasson :1993: Willy Vijverman :1997: Frank Hurt :2002: Paul Andela :2012: Hans-Olof Nilsson :2017: Mark Lauritsen

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==External links== {{Portal|Organized labour}} * [http://www.iuf.org/ IUF official website] * [http://www.facebook.com/IUFglobal/ IUF Facebook page] * [http://www.rel-uita.org/ IUF Latin America website] * [http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bibliothek/01655.pdf#search=%22IUF%20FES%20History%22 On the history and policy of the IUF]—comprehensive information on the IUF and its predecessors in PDF (3MB): a brief history of the IUF, an interview with Dan Gallin (General Secretary of the IUF 1968-97) and an inventory of records and reports of the IUF and its predecessors in the library of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060718091505/http://www.global-labour.org/dan_interview.htm Interview with Dan Galin, IUF General Secretary 1968-1997]—web version of interview printed in FES history document. {{Council of Global Unions}}

Category:International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations Category:Global union federations Category:Agriculture and forestry trade unions Category:Food processing trade unions Category:Trade unions established in 1920