World Federation of Agriculture and Food Workers explained

World Federation of Agriculture and Food Workers
Location Country:International
Affiliation:World Confederation of Labour
Native Name:Fédération mondiale des travailleurs de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation
Founded:December 1982
Dissolved:2006
Merged Label:Dissolved
Headquarters:31 rue de Treves, Brussels

The World Federation of Agriculture and Food Workers (French: Fédération mondiale des travailleurs de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation, FEMTAA) was an International Trade Federation affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour (WCL).

History

The federation was established in December 1982 at a meeting in Bogota, when the World Federation of Agricultural Workers merged with the World Federation of Workers in Food, Tobacco and Hotel Industries. Originally named the "World Federation of Agriculture and Food Workers", it later changed its official name to the World Federation of Agriculture, Food, Hotel and Allied Workers, but its older name remained in common use, and it retained its FEMTAA acronym.

In 2006, the WCL merged into the new International Trade Union Confederation, and FEMTAA dissolved, its former affiliates mostly joining the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations.[1]

The federation had three regional affiliates, the Pan-African Federation of Agricultural and Food Workers, the Federation of Agricultural Workers in Latin America, and the Asian Professional Federation of Mixed Industries.

General Secretaries

1996: José Gómez Cerda

2004: Timothee T. Boko

References

  1. Web site: World Federation of Agriculture and Food Workers (WFAFW) . Open Yearbook . Union of International Associations . 3 December 2019.