The Trade Unions International of Building, Wood, Building Materials and Industries, also known as the Trade Unions International of Construction, Wood, Building Materials and Industries, or by its French acronym UITBB (Union internationale des syndicats des travailleurs du bâtiment, du bois et des matériaux de construction) is a Trade Union International affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.
The UITBB was founded at a conference in Milan in 14–16 July 1949.[1] [2] [3]
The highest organization is the Conference which meets every 4 years. Between conferences, the union is run by an administrative committee. The committee elections the president, vice-presidents, secretary general and secretaries, who constitute the executive bureau. The secretariat is made up of the secretary general and secretaries who ran the day-to-day activities of the organization.[4]
The organisation's headquarters was in Helsinki from at least 1955. Its address that year was reported to be Kainsaniamenk 5 A 14.[5] In 1957 it was reported to be headquartered at 28B Fredrikinkatu, Box 281.[6] By 1978 it was listed at Fredrikinkatu F28B13 Box10281, 00101 Helskini.[7] From 1985, the address was only listed as Post-office box 281 Helskini.[8] [9] [10] The headquarters have since moved to Nicosia in Cyprus.[11]
In 1978 the UITBB claimed 15 million members in 52 affiliated unions in 42 countries.[12] In 1985 this had grown to 17 million members in 72 unions in 57 countries.[13] By 2003, this had fallen to 2 million workers in 50 countries,[14] growing again by 2020 to 2.5 million workers in 60 countries.
Member organizations as of 1978 included:[15]
Austria - Fraktion Gewerkschaftlicher Linksblock in der Gewerkschaft der Bau-und Holzarbeiter
Australia - Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia
Benin - Syndicat National des Travailleurs du Batiment, du Bois et des Materiaux de Construction
Bulgaria - Syndicat des Travailleurs du Batiment et des Materiaux de Construction Bulgaria - Syndicat des Travailleurs Forestiers et l'Industrie du Bois
Chile - Federación Industrial Nacional de la Edification, Madera, y Materiales de Construccion (in exile)
Colombia - Federación Nacional de Trabojadores de la Industria de la Construccion, Cemento, y Materiales de Construccion
Congo - Fédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Batiment et Travaux Publics
Costa Rica - Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de Construccion, Madera y Materiales de Construccion
Cuba - Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de los Construccion
Cyprus - Cyprus Building Wood General Workers Trade Union
Ecuador - Fédération de Trabajadores de la Construccion del Guayas
Finland - Construction Trade Union
France - National Federation of Construction Workers France - Fédération nationale des Travailleurs du Bois et des Parties Similaires
Guadeloupe - Syndicat CGTG des Travailleurs du Batiment, des Travaux Publics et Activities Annexes
Hungary - Construction, Wood and Building Materials Industries Workers Union
India - Mysore Cements Employees Association India - Central PWD Workers Union India - Public Works Department (Union), Mazdoor Sabah of Uttar Pradesh
Iraq - General Union of Building and Construction Workers
Italy - Italian Federation of Wood, Building and Industry Workers
Jordan - General Syndicate of Building, Wood, Building Materials and Allied Industries (in exile)
Japan - All Japan Dayworkers Union Japan - All Construction Ministry Workers Union
Lebanon - Union Interproffessionnelle des Travailleurs du Batiment du Bois et des Materiaux du Construction
Madagascar - Syndicat de la Metallurgie, du Bois et du Batiment
Mali - Syndicat National de l'Industrie du Batiment et des Materiaux du Construction
Martinique - Syndicat des Ouviers du Batiment
Mongolia - Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Industrie et du Batiment
Nigeria - Public Work Construction Technical and General Workers Union
Panama - Fédération Nacional de Trabajadores de la Construccion, Madera, Materiales de la Construction y Ramas Afines
Peru - Fédération de Trabajadores en Construccion Civil
Poland - Syndicat des Travailleurs de la Construction Poland - Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Industrie Forestiere et du Bois
Romania - Union des Syndicat du Batiment de l'Industrie des Materiaux du Construction Romania - Union des Syndicat des Enterprises de l'Economie Forestiere
Sierra Leone - General Construction Workers Union
Sri Lanka - Industrial and General Workers Union Workers Union Sri Lanka - Mercantile and Local Industries Employees Union
Togo - Syndicat du Batiment et des Travaux Publics Prives
Uruguay - Sindicato Unico Nacional de Trabajadores de la Construccion y AnexosThe union published Information Bulletin quarterly in English, French, Spanish, Russian, German, Swedish and Finnish.[16] According to one source it also published a "brief information circulars" five or six times a year.[17] Another sources says it published "new briefs on a fortnightly basis.[18]
1949: Yrjö Murto
1952: Aarne Saarinen
1955: Erkki Salomaa
1960: Veikko Porkkala
1983: Mauri Perä
1992: Jose Dinis
2010s: Michalis Papanikolaou
Joseph Kobel
1957: Walter Tille
1960: Lothar Lindner
1990: Robert Brun
2020: Daniel Diverio