| International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers | |
| Founded: | 2 Dec 1959 |
| Predecessor: | Plantation Workers International Federation International Landworkers' Federation |
| Dissolved: | 31 Dec 1993 |
| Merged: | International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations |
| Members: | 3 million (1994)[1] |
| Publication: | IFPAAW Snips |
| Headquarters: | 17, Rue Necker, Geneva, Switzerland |
The International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers (IFPAAW) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing land workers.
The federation was created on December 2, 1959, when the Plantation Workers International Federation (PWIF) merged with the International Landworkers' Federation (ILF). The ILF consisted of European unions representing agricultural workers, while the PWIF consisted of mostly workers on plantations in poorer countries, but also included some former affiliates of the defunct International Federation of Tobacco Workers.
By 1976, IFPAW claimed 3 million members, and maintained this level for the remainder of its existence. At some point, it changed its name slightly to the International Federation of Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers, while retaining the IFPAW abbreviation.
IFPAW pioneered collective bargaining at the international level in 1988, when it signed an agreement with Danone.
The federation merged into the International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Associations at 1 January 1994, which renamed itself as the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association.
In 1960, the following unions were affiliated to the federation:[2]
| Union | Country | Affiliated membership | |
|---|---|---|---|
| British West Indies Federation | 7,000 | ||
| United States | 4,500 | ||
| British West Indies Federation | 6,000 | ||
| British Guiana | Unknown | ||
| Cameroons Development Corporation Workers' Union | British Cameroons | 14,000 | |
| Ceylon | 140,000 | ||
| Denmark | 5,302 | ||
| Denmark | 25,000 | ||
| Eastern Region Development Corporation Workers' Union | Nigeria | 2,700 | |
| Federation of Peasants and Rural Workers of Peru | Peru | 1,000,000 | |
| Belgium | 4,000 | ||
| Grenada Manual and Mental Workers' Union | British West Indies Federation | 10,000 | |
| West Germany | 85,000 | ||
| Italy | 325,000 | ||
| Italy | 448,669 | ||
| National Agrarian Federation | Costa Rica | 1,500 | |
| National Federation of Agricultural Technicians and Employees | Italy | 4,000 | |
| National Federation of Agricultural Workers | France | 2,000 | |
| National Federation of Farmers | Colombia | 12,000 | |
| Italy | 100,000 | ||
| National Federation of Sugar Workers | Peru | 25,000 | |
| United Kingdom | 125,000 | ||
| National Union of Hired Agricultural Workers | Israel | 200,000 | |
| Malaysia | 140,000 | ||
| British West Indies Federation | 8,000 | ||
| Netherlands | 39,962 | ||
| Norway | 8,000 | ||
| Plantation Workers' Federation of Vietnam | South Vietnam | 26,000 | |
| Plantation Workers' Union | Mauritius | 5,000 | |
| Finland | 6,620 | ||
| British West Indies Federation | 958 | ||
| Sweden | 29,925 | ||
| Tanganyika Sisal and Plantation Workers' Union | Tanganyika | 81,339 | |
| Tela Railroad Company Workers' Union | Honduras | Unknown | |
| United Kingdom | 6,000 | ||
| Austria | 68,636 | ||
| Switzerland | 1,010 |
1960: Tom Bavin
1976: Stanley Correa
1982: José Vargas
1988: Börje Svensson
1960: Harold Collison
1976: Tom Bavin
1982: Börje Svensson
1988: P. P. Narayanan
1992: Post vacant