IndigoSky's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=IndigoSky2002-10-03T12:27:51ZInternational Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (thing)http://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky/writeups/International+Textile%252C+Garment+and+Leather+Workers%2527+FederationIndigoSkyhttp://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky2002-10-03T12:27:51Z2002-10-03T12:27:51Z<p>The International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation or <a href="/title/ITLGLWF">ITLGLWF</a> is a <a href="/title/global+union+federation">global union federation</a> bringing together 217 affiliated organisations in 110 countries, with a combined membership of over 10 million workers.</p>
<p>It is structured into four regional organisations;
<ul>
<li> the <a href="/title/FITTVCC%252FORI">FITTVCC/ORI</a> for the Americas based in <a href="/title/Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li>
<li> the <a href="/title/ITGLWF%252FERO">ITGLWF/ERO</a> for Europe based in <a href="/title/Belgium">Belgium</a></li>
<li> the <a href="/title/TWARO">TWARO</a> for Asia based in <a href="/title/Japan">Japan</a></li>
<li>the <a href="/title/African+Regional+Consultative+Council">African Regional Consultative Council</a> or <a href="/title/ARCC">ARCC</a> based in <a href="/title/South+Africa">South Africa</a></li>
</ul>
</p>
Union Syndicale Fédérale (thing)http://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky/writeups/Union+Syndicale+F%25C3%25A9d%25C3%25A9raleIndigoSkyhttp://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky2002-10-03T12:25:45Z2002-10-03T12:25:45Z
<p>The Union Syndicale Fédérale or to give it its full name <em>Union Syndicale Fédérale des
Services Publics Européens et Internationaux</em> or the <a href="/title/USF">USF</a> for short is the federation
of staff unions which are active within <a href="/title/European+Union">European Union</a> institutions. It is commiteed to
the "ideal of a genuine European Public Service which will bring about European integration
in peace and prosperity, in the interest of the people of Europe".</p>
<p>It was formed in 1974, when it was known as the <em>Union des Syndicats</em> and
currently features the following member organisations;
<ul>
<li>Union Syndicale Brussels</li>
<li>Union Syndicale Luxembourg</li>
<li>Union Syndicale Euratom Karlsruhe</li>
<li>Union Syndicale Ispra</li>
<li>EPSU-Fusion </li>
<li>Union Syndicale Service Public Européen Petten</li>
<li>Union Syndicale OEB (Office Européen des Brevets) / the Staff Union of the European
Patent Office <a href="/title/SUEPO">SUEPO</a></li>
<li>Syndicat des Agents du Conseil de l'Europe <a href="/title/SACE">SACE</a></li>
<!-- close unclosed tag --></ul><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations (thing)http://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky/writeups/Federation+of+International+Civil+Servants%2527+AssociationsIndigoSkyhttp://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky2002-10-02T12:58:28Z2002-10-02T12:58:28Z<p>There is what is termed a <a href="/title/United+Nations">United Nations</a> system of organisations, meaning the <a href="/title/United+Nations">United Nations</a> itself and all the various other international bodies such as <a href="/title/UNESCO">UNESCO</a> the <a href="/title/ILO">ILO</a> etc. Each of these organisations has its own staff association or union to represent the interests of the staff or international civil servants that are employed. The Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations or <a href="/title/FICSA">FICSA</a> is simply the international federation of all these separate institutional staff associations, established in May 1952 to represent the concerns of all staff working for the <a href="/title/United+Nations">United Nations</a> system.
<p>Its membership consists of ;
<ul>
<li>Full members - 27 staff associations/unions from organizations within the United Nations system</li>
<li>Consultative members - 24 additional staff associations/unions from outside the system</li>
<li>Observers - 14 national Federations of United Nations Associations</li>
</ul>
</p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (thing)http://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky/writeups/International+Federation+of+Air+Line+Pilots%2527+AssociationsIndigoSkyhttp://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky2002-10-01T16:04:04Z2002-10-01T16:04:04Z<p>Shortly after the end of World War II the <a href="/title/International+Civil+Aviation+Organisation">International Civil Aviation Organisation</a> (<a href="/title/ICAO">ICAO</a>) was formed and began to make decisions on aviation policy and the structure of <a href="/title/civil+aviation">civil aviation</a>. This began to concern a number of national pilots' associations who were being left out of the process. As a result thirteen associations formed the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations or <a href="/title/IFALPA">IFALPA</a> in 1948.</p>
<p>The <a href="/title/IFALPA">IFALPA</a> therefore exists to deal with matters which affect international <a href="/title/civil+aviation">civil aviation</a> and to provide airline pilots with a global voice in the world's major aviation forums. Unlike other similar international federations it does not appear to concern itself with any issues regarding pay, conditions or the state of the <a href="/title/Amazonian+rain+forest">Amazonian rain forest</a> (it leaves those sort of issues to the national pilots' associations) but occupies itself with the issue of aviation safety.
Its current membership consists of over 90 member associations representing a total in excess of 100,000 pilots. </p>Federation of European Employers (thing)http://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky/writeups/Federation+of+European+EmployersIndigoSkyhttp://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky2002-10-01T11:23:45Z2002-10-01T11:23:45Z<p>The Federation of European Employers or <a href="/title/FedEE">FedEE</a> describes itself as "the leading organisation for progressive employers in Europe". But despite its name the <a href="/title/FedEE">FedEE</a> is not a representative organisation, it was founded in 1989 with money provided by the <a href="/title/European+Commission">European Commission</a>, and exists to sell the idea of <a href="/title/Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/title/Europe">Europe</a> in the sense of the <a href="/title/European+Union">European Union</a> and the <a href="/title/Single+European+Market">Single European Market</a>.</p>
<p>It now considers itself to be an independent initiative and essentially provides support services to the <a href="/title/Personnel">Personnel</a> or <a href="/title/Human+Resource">Human Resource</a> functions of large companies with a Pan-European reach, based on the premise that the spread of the <a href="/title/Euro">Euro</a> and the adoption of <a href="/title/English">English</a> as a common language, will make a unified approach to corporate policy in this area a practical reality.</p>World Federation of Trade Unions (thing)http://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky/writeups/World+Federation+of+Trade+UnionsIndigoSkyhttp://everything2.com/user/IndigoSky2002-09-30T16:03:49Z2002-09-30T16:03:49Z<p>In February 1945, whilst <a href="/title/World+War+II">World War II</a> was still in the process of being fought, a World Trade Union Conference was held in <a href="/title/London">London</a> chaired by representatives from the <a href="/title/Trades+Union+Congress">Trades Union Congress</a> of the <a href="/title/United+Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, the <a href="/title/Congress+of+Industrial+Organisations">Congress of Industrial Organisations</a> of the <a href="/title/United+States">United States</a> and the <a href="/title/All+Union+Central+Council+of+Trade+Unions">All Union Central Council of Trade Unions</a> of the <a href="/title/USSR">USSR</a>. As a result of this conference the World Federation of Trade Unions or <a href="/title/WFTU">WFTU</a> was established at a congress meeting held in Paris on the 3rd October 1945 attended by a total of 56 national trades union organisations from 55 countries.</p>
<p>Even at this first congress there were sharp poltical differences between many of the delegates which led <a href="/title/Walter+Citrine">Walter Citrine</a> of the <a href="/title/British">British</a> <a href="/title/Trades+Union+Congress">Trades Union Congress</a> to remark that "If once we get into the maze of politics. . . . this International will perish." By 1949 the arrival of the <a href="/title/Cold+War">Cold War</a> brought matters to a head, the <a href="/title/British">British</a> and the <a href="/title/Americans">Americans</a> walked out of the <a href="/title/WFTU">WFTU</a>, most of the other union federations<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…