World Federation of Workers in Food, Drink, Tobacco and Hotel Industries explained

The World Federation of Workers in Food, Drink, Tobacco and Hotel Industries (French: Fédération mondiale de travailleurs des industries alimentaires, du tabac et hôtelière, FMATH) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing workers in food and service industries.

The federation was established on 10 October 1948 at a meeting in Marche-en-Famenne. Initially named the International Christian Federation of Food, Drink, Tobacco and Hotel Workers, the federation was a merger of the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions of Workers in the Food and Drink Trades, the International Federation of Christian Tobacco Workers, and a federation of Christian hotel workers. Like its predecessors, it affiliated to the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions.[1]

By 1979, the federation's affiliates claimed a total of 250,000 members.[2] In 1982, it merged with the World Federation of Agricultural Workers, to form the World Federation of Agriculture and Food Workers.

References

  1. Web site: World Federation of Workers in Food, Tobacco and Hotel Industries - WCL (WFFTH-WCL) . UIA Open Yearbook . 9 April 2020.
  2. Book: Coldrick . Percy . Jones . Philip . The International Directory of the Trade Union Movement . 1979 . Facts on File . New York . 0871963744 . 128 - 154.