| Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International | |
| Native Name: | Internationale du personnel des postes, telegraphes et telephones |
| Native Name Lang: | French |
| Founded: | 1920 |
| Dissolved: | 31 December 1999 |
| Merged: | Union Network International |
| Members: | 4 million (1994)[1] |
| Publication: | PTTI News |
| Headquarters: | 36 avenue du Lignon, Geneva, Switzerland |
The Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International (PTTI) was a global union federation bringing together unions of communications workers worldwide.
While a meeting of unions of communication workers was held in Paris in 1911, no lasting organisation was established until 1920, when the PTTI was founded at a meeting in Milan. Initially, the federation consisted entirely of European unions, but after World War II, it expanded worldwide, and by 1994 had four million members from every continent except Antarctica.
By 1997, new forms of communication had grown in importance, and the federation renamed itself as the Communications International. At the end of 1999, it merged with the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees, the International Graphical Federation, and the Media and Entertainment International, to form Union Network International.[2]
In 1998, the following unions were affiliated to the PTTI:[3]
| Union | Country | Affiliated membership | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 25481 | ||
| All Ceylon Telecom Services Union | Sri Lanka | 1817 | |
| Japan | 75000 | ||
| All Pakistan RMS Employees Union (Central) | Pakistan | 2000 | |
| United States | 244000 | ||
| Antigua | 500 | ||
| Asociación Salvadoreña de Trabajadores de la Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones | El Salvador | 1000 | |
| Bahamas Communications & Public Officers' Union | Bahamas | 1123 | |
| Bahamas Communications and Public Managers Union | Bahamas | 258 | |
| Bahamas Public Services Union | Bahamas | 400 | |
| Bangladesh Post Office Union | Bangladesh | 2000 | |
| Bangladesh Postmen and Lower Grade Staff Union | Bangladesh | 30000 | |
| Bangladesh T&T Employees' & Workers' Ideal Federal Union | Bangladesh | 5328 | |
| Bangladesh Telezogazoge Sramik Karmachari Parishad | Bangladesh | 7968 | |
| Barbados | 1200 | ||
| Belize Telecommunication Workers Union | Belize | 209 | |
| Bermuda | 298 | ||
| Bermuda | 331 | ||
| Botswana | 379 | ||
| Botswana Telecommunications Employees Union | Botswana | 907 | |
| Buklod ng Manggagawa sa RCPI National Federation of Labour | Philippines | 1040 | |
| Cable & Wireless (HK) Ltd Staff Association | Hong Kong | 1027 | |
| Canada | 44890 | ||
| Centrale Générale des Services Publics Secteur Postes | Belgium | 14940 | |
| Centrale Générale des Services Publics Secteur Télécom | Belgium | 8600 | |
| Chinese Federation of Postal Workers | Taiwan | 26814 | |
| Chinese Telecommunication Workers' Union | Taiwan | 17500 | |
| Ireland | 1700 | ||
| Clerical and Commercial Workers' Union | Guyana | 100 | |
| Comité Nacional Unico de Telecomunicaciones del Ecuador | Ecuador | 3000 | |
| Commercial, Technical & Allied Workers' Union | St Vincent | 220 | |
| Communication & Public Sector Union | Australia | 13802 | |
| Communication and Transport Workers Union | Tanzania | 6500 | |
| Australia | 68640 | ||
| United Kingdom | 13999 | ||
| Communication Managers' Union | Ireland | 1025 | |
| Communication Workers of the Philippines | Philippines | 15300 | |
| Ireland | 16100 | ||
| Canada | 22290 | ||
| United States | 400000 | ||
| South Africa | 40000 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1785 | ||
| United Kingdom | 274820 | ||
| Communications Workers' Union | Ghana | 5000 | |
| Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores en Radio y TV de Bolivia | Bolivia | 1100 | |
| Cyprus-Turkish Telecommunications Employees Union | Cyprus | 275 | |
| Denmark | 6309 | ||
| Dansk Post- og Giroforening | Denmark | 5199 | |
| Denmark | 11764 | ||
| Eastern Telecom Employees Union | Philippines | Unknown | |
| EBS Werknemers Organisatie " OWOS" | Surinam | 500 | |
| Estonian Post and Telecommunciations Workers Trade Union | Estonia | 4642 | |
| Facket för Service och Kommunikation | Sweden | 58520 | |
| Federação Interestadual dos Empregados da Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos e Similares de Comunicaçôes dos Estados de São Paulo, Minas Gerais e Bahia | Brazil | 630 | |
| Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Empresas de Radiodifusão e Televisão | Brazil | 15000 | |
| Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Empresas de Telecomunicações e Operadores de Mesas Telefonicas | Brazil | 5400 | |
| Federación Argentina de Trabajadores de Luz y Fuerza | Argentina | 32000 | |
| Federación de Comunicación y Transporte | Spain | 10224 | |
| Federación de Obreros y Empleados de Correos y Telecomunicaciones | Argentina | 25000 | |
| Federación de Obreros y Especialistas y Empleados de los Servicios e Industria de las Telecomunicaciones | Argentina | 23000 | |
| Federacion de Trabajadores de Comunicaciones Eléctricas y Afines de Panama | Panama | 1300 | |
| Federación de Trabajadores de la cpt-Telefonica del Peru | Peru | 1500 | |
| Federación de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones de Venezuela | Venezuela | 13000 | |
| Federación de Trabajadores Telefonicos de Cuba en el Exilio | Cuba | 1605 | |
| Federación Enrique Schmidt Cuadra | Nicaragua | 2000 | |
| Federación Nacional de Empleados de Comunicaciones Eléctrico-Postales | Costa Rica | 3486 | |
| Federación Nacional de Empleados y Trabajadores Postales del Ecuador | Ecuador | 750 | |
| Federación Nacional de Sindicatos de la Compañía de Teléfonos de Chile | Chile | 5100 | |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de AASANA | Bolivia | 1000 | |
| Federacion Nacional de Trabajadores de Electricidad del Perú | Peru | 800 | |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Luz, Fuerza y Telefonos | Bolivia | 1000 | |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Radio, Teatro, Cine y Televisión y Afines de Venezuela | Venezuela | 2943 | |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Eléctricos y Afines de Chile | Chile | 3200 | |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Postales de Bolivia | Bolivia | 1200 | |
| Federación Sindical de Trabajadores de la Empresa ENTEL Bolivia | Bolivia | 1800 | |
| Federacion Uruguaya de Funcionarios Postales | Uruguay | 800 | |
| Fédération Démocratique Unifiée des Travailleurs des PTT - CFDT | France | 41790 | |
| Fédération des Employés des Postes Helléniques | Greece | 7000 | |
| Fédération des PTT "Podkrepa" | Bulgaria | 2000 | |
| Fédération des Syndicats de la "Poste Roumaine" | Romania | 10500 | |
| Fédération des Syndicats Rom Télécom | Romania | 18000 | |
| Fédération Nationale des Postes et Télécommunications | Mauritania | 400 | |
| Fédération Nationale des Postes et Télécommunications - UMT | Morocco | 8000 | |
| Federation of National Postal Organisations | India | 125000 | |
| Federation of National Telecommunications Organisations | India | 100000 | |
| Federation of Semi-Government Employees | Cyprus | 850 | |
| Federation of Telecommunications, Electronic Information and Allied Workers | Japan | 30000 | |
| Federation of Workers in Greek Telecommunications | Greece | 20007 | |
| Fédération syndicale nationale des PTT | Guinea | 1000 | |
| Fédération Syndicaliste des Facteurs des Postes et Télécommunications du Grand-Duché du Luxembourg | Luxemburg | 1225 | |
| Federazione Italiana Sindacati Telecomunicazioni | Italy | 10000 | |
| Félag Islanzkra Simamanna | Iceland | 854 | |
| FETRA-TV | Chile | 1500 | |
| Fiji Post and Telecoms Employees Association | Fiji | 1144 | |
| Fiji Public Service Association | Fiji | 200 | |
| Free Pancyprian Organisation of Telecommunications Employees | Cyprus | 1800 | |
| General Trade Union of Communication Workers | Egypt | 60000 | |
| General Trade Union of Postal Workers | Egypt | 2500 | |
| General Trade Union of PTT Workers | Sudan | 8818 | |
| Malta | 1690 | ||
| Germany | 479418 | ||
| Ghana Electronic Servicing Technicians Association | Ghana | 1200 | |
| Government Servants' Association | Mauritius | 700 | |
| Grenada Technical & Allied Workers' Union | Grenada | 316 | |
| Guyana Public Service Union | Guyana | 580 | |
| Haber-is Sendikasi | Turkey | 4500 | |
| Handels- og Kontorfunktionaerernes Forbund i Danmark | Denmark | 1585 | |
| Hong Kong Telephone Co. Ltd Staff Association | Hong Kong | 2401 | |
| Hungarian Union of Telecommunications Sector | Hungary | 8613 | |
| Italy | 13000 | ||
| Italy | 5300 | ||
| Japan | 150000 | ||
| Japan | 208000 | ||
| Kokusai Denshin Denwa Workers' Union | Japan | 3900 | |
| Kommunikasjons- og Teletilsattes Landsforbund | Norway | 2515 | |
| Korean Communications Workers' Union | South Korea | 26804 | |
| Korean Federation of Communications Trade Unions | South Korea | 2950 | |
| Korean Telecommunications Trade Union | South Korea | 45000 | |
| Lithuanian Communication Workers Trade Union | Lithuania | 9200 | |
| Finland | 2100 | ||
| Mongolian Postal Workers Union | Mongolia | 350 | |
| Montserrat Allied Workers' Union | Montserrat | 221 | |
| United States | 200000 | ||
| National Organisation of Postal Employees | Pakistan | 12000 | |
| United States | 47450 | ||
| National Union of Communication Workers | Zambia | 5000 | |
| National Union of Government Employees, PTT Section | Israel | 10000 | |
| National Union of P & T Employees | Nigeria | 20000 | |
| Barbados | 250 | ||
| National Union of Telecoms Employees | Malaysia | 12000 | |
| Nepal Telecommunication Corporation Workers Union | Nepal | 2208 | |
| Norway | 11274 | ||
| Norway | 10587 | ||
| Norway | 12865 | ||
| NZ Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union | New Zealand | 5000 | |
| Oversesas Telecoms Employees Union | Sri Lanka | 190 | |
| Pakistan Telecommunication Staff Union | Pakistan | 6000 | |
| Pakistan Telecommunication Union | Pakistan | 4563 | |
| Papua New Guinea Post and Telecommunication Workers Union | New Guinea | 1600 | |
| Personalverband der Bundesverwaltung | Switzerland | 1390 | |
| Philcom Employees Union | Philippines | 171 | |
| Pos Malaysia Berhad Clerical Staff Union, Sarawak | Malaysia | 260 | |
| Post and Telecommunication Workers Trade Union | Latvia | 11300 | |
| Post Office Administrative Staff Association | Mauritius | 60 | |
| Postal Employees Union of the Philippines | Philippines | 250 | |
| Finland | 5437 | ||
| Postal Trade Union | Hungary | 24300 | |
| Finland | 19133 | ||
| Postal Workers' Association | Philippines | 5000 | |
| Póstmannafélag Islands | Iceland | 1002 | |
| Precision Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association | Nigeria | 404 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 884 | ||
| Public Service Association of Western Samoa | Western Samoa | 116 | |
| Ireland | 600 | ||
| Public Service Union of Belize | Belize | 90 | |
| Radio Nepal Employees Association | Nepal | 272 | |
| Schweizerischer Posthalterverband | Switzerland | 2484 | |
| Sekretariat Lacznosci - Solidarnosc | Poland | 19000 | |
| Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies | Nigeria | 5020 | |
| Sierra Leone Postal Services Ltd. Senior Staff Association | Sierra Leone | 45 | |
| Sierra Leone Union of Postal & Telecommunications Employees | Sierra Leone | 1300 | |
| Italy | 25500 | ||
| Italy | 60000 | ||
| Sindicato Argentino de Televisión | Argentina | 3616 | |
| Sindicato de Correos, Telégrafos y Caja Postal | Spain | 11000 | |
| Sindicato de Funcionarios Postales del Paraguay | Paraguay | 435 | |
| Sindicato de la Industria Eléctrica de El Salvador | El Salvador | 562 | |
| Sindicato de Luz y Fuerza de la República de Guatemala | Guatemala | 800 | |
| Sindicato de Telefonistas de la República Mexicana | Mexico | 44000 | |
| Sindicato de Teléfonos - UGT | Spain | 14225 | |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores de Correos | Guatemala | 1200 | |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Administración Nacional de Electricidad | Paraguay | 400 | |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Empresa Guatemalteca de Telecomunicaciones | Guatemala | 1000 | |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones | Paraguay | 2700 | |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones de Honduras | Honduras | 3000 | |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores del Instituto de Recursos Hidraúlicos y Electrificación | Panama | 3700 | |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores del Servicio Postal de Honduras | Honduras | 700 | |
| Sindicato Democratico dos Trabalhadores das Telecomunicaçôes e Correios | Portugal | 6037 | |
| Sindicato dos Correios e Telecomunicações de São Tomé e Príncipe | São Tomé and Principe | 131 | |
| Sindicato dos Electricitarios de Sao Paulo | Brazil | 25000 | |
| Sindicato dos Trabalhadores de aviacao Civil, Correios e Comunicacoes | Mozambique | 257 | |
| Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Empresas de Telecomunicações e Operadores de Mesas Telefónicas no Estado de São Paulo | Brazil | 9736 | |
| Sindicato dos Transportes Comunicações e Turismo | Cape Verde | 442 | |
| Sindicato Interempresa Nacional de Trabajadores de ENDESA y filiales | Chile | 2560 | |
| Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de de la Radio y la Televisión | Paraguay | 1250 | |
| Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Empresa de Correos de Chile | Chile | 4089 | |
| Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Servicio Postal Mexicano | Mexico | 5100 | |
| Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Postales SINTRAPOSTAL | Colombia | 2300 | |
| Sindicato Nacional dos Trabalhadores das Telecomunicaçoes e audiovisual | Portugal | 7490 | |
| Sindicato Nacional dos Trabalhadores dos Transportes e Comunicações | Guinea-Bissau | 436 | |
| Sindicato Nacional Interempresa de la Empresa Telex-Chile y Filiales | Chile | 1150 | |
| Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores de la Compania Peruana de Radiodifusion | Peru | 200 | |
| Sindikata e e Punonjesve Poste-Telecom | Albania | 2017 | |
| Sindikato di Trahadonan den Telekomunikashon di Korsou | Curacao | 410 | |
| Sociedad Unión de Carteros y Empleados Postales de El Salvador | El Salvador | 70 | |
| United Kingdom | 17430 | ||
| Solidaridad de Trabajadores Vascos | Spain | 500 | |
| St Vincent | 46 | ||
| Statstjänstemannaförbundet | Sweden | 10050 | |
| Nigeria | 1500 | ||
| Svenska Industritjänstemannaförbundet | Sweden | 11236 | |
| Swaziland P&T Workers' Union | Swaziland | 568 | |
| Swedish Federation of Lawyers, Social Scientists & Economists | Sweden | 1100 | |
| Syndicat Autonome des Postes | Central African Republic | 727 | |
| Syndicat Autonome du Personnel de la SOCATEL | Central African Republic | 550 | |
| Syndicat des Agents des Postes | Rwanda | 300 | |
| Syndicat des Agents des Télécommunications | Rwanda | 600 | |
| Syndicat des P & T | Luxemburg | 995 | |
| Syndicat des Télécommunications du Sénégal | Senegal | 1004 | |
| Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Audio-Visuel du Bénin | Benin | 300 | |
| Syndicat des Travailleurs des Postes et Télécommunications | Burundi | 750 | |
| Syndicat libre des Travailleurs des Secteurs des Postes et Télécommunications du Congo | Republic of the Congo | 800 | |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télecommunications | Côte d'Ivoire | 2298 | |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications | Mauritania | 400 | |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications | Burkina Faso | 700 | |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications | Gabon | 1500 | |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications | Benin | 1540 | |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications et TIM | Mali | 1926 | |
| Syndicat National des Postes, Télécommunications et des Télécommunications Internationales | Chad | 500 | |
| Syndicat National des Télécommunications | Chad | 300 | |
| Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Postes et des Télécommunications | Senegal | 2800 | |
| Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Postes et Télécommunications du Niger | Niger | 490 | |
| Telecommunication Officers' Union | Sri Lanka | 700 | |
| Telecommunication Workers' Union | Mauritius | 517 | |
| Telecommunications Employees' Association | Fiji | 219 | |
| Canada | 10695 | ||
| Telegraaf en Telefoon Werknemers Organisatie Suriname | Surinam | 1050 | |
| Denmark | 11477 | ||
| Telephone Organisation of Thailand State Enterprise Employees Association | Thailand | 9545 | |
| Telephone Shilpa Sangstha Workers and Employees Union | Bangladesh | 550 | |
| The Guyana Postal & Telecommunication Workers’ Union | Guyana | 1080 | |
| The St Lucia Civil Service Association | St Lucia | 350 | |
| The State Enterprise Association of the Communication Authority of Thailand | Thailand | 7000 | |
| The Telephone Industries of Pakistan and Workers Federation | Pakistan | 2600 | |
| France | 45182 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 780 | ||
| Uganda Posts & Telecommunications Employees' Union | Uganda | 2000 | |
| Unie van Werknemers in het Water, Gas- en Electriciteitsbedrijf | Curacao | 400 | |
| Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Zaïre Fédération Nationale des PTT | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7500 | |
| Union of Communication Workers | Slovakia | 22083 | |
| Union of Communication Workers | Czech Republic | 51700 | |
| Union of Hong Kong Post Office Employees | Hong Kong | 1380 | |
| Union of Pos Malaysia Berhad Clerical Workers | Malaysia | 3243 | |
| Union of Post & Telecommunication Officers | Sri Lanka | 4678 | |
| Union of Post Office Workers | Mauritius | 163 | |
| Canada | 2554 | ||
| Austria | 43800 | ||
| Union of Postal Employees PASYDY | Cyprus | 350 | |
| Union of Postal Uniformed Staff | Malaysia | 4504 | |
| Union of Postal Uniformed Staff Sarawak | Malaysia | 289 | |
| Union of Posts & Telecommunications Employees | Kenya | 9999 | |
| Union of Sabah Postal Uniformed Staff | Malaysia | 123 | |
| Switzerland | 5318 | ||
| Switzerland | 20855 | ||
| Switzerland | 4017 | ||
| Union of Telecoms Employees (Sarawak) | Malaysia | 1950 | |
| Union of Telecoms Employees of Singapore | Singapore | 6059 | |
| Dominica | 95 | ||
| Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications Workers' Union | Zimbabwe | 6703 |
1911: Felix Koch
1919: Ludwig Maier
1936: Franz Rohner
1940: Fritz Gmür
1965: Stefan Nedzynski
1989: Philip Bowyer
1920: John William Bowen
1949: Charles Geddes
1957: William Norton
1960: Carl Stenger
1966: Ron Smith
1967: Charles Delacourt-Smith
1969: Joseph A. Beirne
1974: Ivan Reddish
1979: Ernst Breit
1984: Glenn Watts
1985: Akira Yamagishi
1990: Curt Persson
1997: Kurt van Haaren