International Garment Workers' Federation (1893-1960)
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Description
The organisation was established in 1893 at a conference in Zürich, under the name International Clothing Workers' Federation. The following year, it established its headquarters in Berlin, with Clara Zetkin acting as its first General Secretary. The organisation moved to Amsterdam in 1920. It held conferences in various European locations every 3 to 4 years. In 1925, the International Furriers' Secretariat merged into the organisation, giving it 29 affiliates and a total of 315,000 members.
The federation ceased to operate during World War II, but was re-established in 1946, based in London. In 1949, it was re-founded as the International Garment Workers' Federation, which in 1960 merged with the International Federation of Textile Workers' Associations to form the International Textile and Garment Workers' Federation.
Organisational history
1893 - Organisation founded
1925 - The International Furriers' Secretariat joins
1949 - Re-founded as the International Garment Workers' Federation
1960 - joins the International Textile and Garment Workers' Federation.
