International Transport Workers' Federation – ITF (1896–)
Samling
ITF- International transport workers’ federation 1940. På bilden: Frans Hilos, Bruyno Airola, Niilo Wälläri, Nils Mortensson, Ragnar Helgesson, Charles Lindley.
Beskrivning
The organisation was founded at a meeting in London in 1896. Among the founders were Tom Mann and Ben Tillett, the British Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union; Charles Lindley, from the Swedish Transport Workers Union; and Havelock Wilson, from the British National Fishermen's and Sailors Union.
Originally named the International Federation of Ship, Dock and River Workers in 1898, it later merged with the International Commission for Railwaymen and adopted its current name.
Organisationshistoria
1896 - Organisation grundas
1898 - slås samman med International Commission for Railwaymen
