The International Textile and Garment Workers' Federation (ITGWF) was a global union federation of unions representing workers involved in manufacturing clothing and other textiles.
The federation was established on 17 June 1960 at conference in Copenhagen , when the International Federation of Textile Workers' Associations (IFTWA) merged with the International Garment Workers' Federation (IGWF).[ 1]
The federation was led by general secretary Jack Greenhalgh , formerly leader of the IFTWA, president John Newton , formerly leader of the IGWF, and vice-president Alphonse Baeyens.[ 2]
On 5 June 1970, at a conference in Folkestone in England, the federation merged with the International Shoe and Leather Workers' Federation to form the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation .[ 1]
In 1960, the following unions were affiliated to the federation:[ 3]
Union Country Affiliated membership Alliance of Textile Workers' Unions South Korea 37,479 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America United States 376,000 Amalgamated Felt Hat Trimmers, Woolformers and Allied Workers Union United Kingdom 2,073 Clothing and Hat Federation France Unknown Danish Clothing Workers' Union Denmark 19,131 Danish Textile Workers' Union Denmark 19,355 Federation of Textile Workers of Greece Greece 40,000 Federation of Textile Workers of Peru Peru 25,000 Garment Workers' Industrial Union South Africa 5,000 Garment Workers' Union of the Cape Peninsula South Africa 14,500 General Industrial Union of Textiles and Clothing Netherlands 17,332 International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union United States 442,901 United Italian Federation of Clothing Workers Italy 55,186 Italian Federation of Textile Workers Italy 120,000 Italian Union of Textile Workers Italy 20,000 Japan Federation of Textile Workers' Unions Japan 320,000 National Federation of Textile and Needle Industry Trades Cuba 23,000 National Federation of Textiles France 18,000 National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers United Kingdom 68,596 National Union of Hosiery Workers United Kingdom 40,660 National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers United Kingdom 120,998 National Union of Textile Workers Colombia 20,000 National Union of Textile Workers Israel 13,000 Norwegian Union of Clothing Workers Norway 14,409 Norwegian Union of Textile Workers Norway 9,741 Pakistan Textile Workers' Federation Pakistan 20,000 Swedish Clothing Workers' Union Sweden 37,164 Swedish Textile Workers' Union Sweden 37,588 Swiss Clothing, Leather and Equipment Workers' Union Switzerland 3,360 Tailors, Tents, Sailmakers and Garment Workers' Union Kenya 549 Textile and Clothing Union West Germany 354,118 Textile and Knitting Workers' Union Finland 5,000 Textile Workers Union of America United States 197,200 Union of Belgian Textile Workers Belgium 65,190 Union of Clothing Workers Finland 3,103 Union of Clothing Workers and Kindred Trades in Belgium Belgium 9,500 Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers United Kingdom 15,000 Union of Textile, Clothing and Leather Workers Austria 69,000 Union of Textile and Factory Workers Switzerland 12,000 United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union United States 40,000 United Textile Factory Workers' Association United Kingdom 172,770
^ a b "International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF)" . Union of International Associations . Retrieved 13 June 2019 .^ Goldberg, Arthur (February 1961). "Textile and Garment Workers' policy statement". Labor Developments Abroad : 4– 5. ^ Goldberg, Arthur (1960). Directory of International Trade Union Organizations . Washington DC: United States Department of Labour. pp. 7.1 – 7.16 .
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