International Landworkers Federation - ILF (1920-1960)
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Delegates at the congress in Salzburg, 1952. (ARAB)
Description
The organisation was a global union federation of agricultural and forestry workers, founded in Amsterdam in 1920. It later moved its headquarters between Utrecht and Berlin.
The Dutch unionist Piet Hiemstra served as the organisation's first General Secretary, and British unionist Walter Smith was the first chairman.
In 1960, it merged with the Plantation Workers International Federation to form the International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers, expanding its reach to workers in developing countries.
Organisational history
1920 - the organisation is founded
1960 - the organisation merges into the International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers
1920 - organisation grundades
1960 - organisation uppgår i the International Federation of Plantation and Agricultural Workers
