The International Federation of Trade Unions of Transport Workers (, FIOST) was an International Trade Federation affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour (WCL).
History The federation was established in 1921 at a conference in Lucerne, as the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions of Railway, Tramway and Other Transport Workers. In 1955, it renamed itself as the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions of Transport Workers, and then in 1970 it dropped "Christian", to assume its final name.
In 2006, the WCL merged into the new International Trade Union Confederation, and FIOST dissolved, its former affiliates mostly joining the International Transport Workers' Federation.
The federation had four sections, covering aviation, railways, waterways, and road transport.
Affiliates In 1979, the federation claimed 50 affiliates, of which 21 were indirectly affiliated through the Latin American Federation of Transport Workers. The other affiliates were:
Union Country Christian Fraction of the Commerce and Transport Union Austria Christian Fraction of the Railway Workers' Union Austria Christian Union of Communication Belgium Christian Union of Transport Workers Belgium Public Services Belgium General Federation of Transport France National Federation of Housing, Equipment and Transport France Railway Workers' Federation France Seafarers' Federation France Christian Union of German Railway Workers West Germany Federation of Christian Transport Workers Luxembourg Dutch Catholic Union of Transport Personnel Netherlands Transport Union Netherlands Christian Union of Transport, Military and Customs Switzerland
Leadership General Secretaries 1921: H. F. Timmermans 1940s: Vaassen Jan van der Elst 1980s: Alfred Gosselin Freddy Pools
Presidents 1921: F. L. D. Nivard 1940s: de Clerq 1950s: A. Meeuwissen Antoine de Barbara Benoit de Smet 1980s: John Janssens Michel Bovy
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