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TRADE UNIONS
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of Trade and Industrial Unions (the " Red " Trade Union International) was found to act, in its own words, as a "militant international committee for the reorganization of the trade union movement." Its headquarters in 1921 were at Moscow and it was dominated by the ideals and influence of the Russian Communist party. It would only accept as members trade unions or minorities of trade unions which it recognized as revolutionary bodies. Besides these two general groupings, there were in 1921 a number of international federations of workers in different trades, of ever varying membership and importance. A list of these, with their membership, where known, and headquarters, is given in the table on page 744.

A table is also given showing comprehensively the membership of trade unions in different countries after the war. This table does not take into account some minor associations and trade unions which are not for various reasons affiliated to any of the important central bodies. Nor does it include overlapping membership, e.g. in Great Britain the General Federation of Trade Unions, whose members are also affiliated to the Trades Union Congress. In such countries as Brazil, Armenia, Lithuania, Turkey, Ukraine, China, the state of organization is not sufficient to include them. In some countries which have been included the figures of membership given are approximate only. This is naturally the case where trade unionism is subject to severe repression, or where a particular organization, such as the Industrial Workers of the World in the United States, has come under the ban of the executive.

Membership of Trade Unions (Continued).

Membership

Central Organization

No. of Trade Unionists

of Internaional Feder-

Affiliated

ation July

1921

Holland (continued)

General Trade Union Federation (non-

.political) .

SO.OOO

Hungary (1920) .

Iceland . Ireland (1920)

Jngarlandischer Gewerkschaftsrat "our Trade Unions rish Trades Union

2I5,OOO

Not

152,441 cnown

Congress and Labour

Party ....

300,000

Membership of Ulster

Italy (1920) .

Unions . . Confederazione Gene-

4OjOoo


rale del Lavoro.

2,000,000

2,055,773

Jnione Sindacale Italiana ....

150,000

jeneral secretariat 01 Professional Unions

(Catholic) .

100,000

Latvia .

....

25,000

30,000

Luxemburg (1920) Norway (1920)

Commission Syndicale de Luxembourg National Trade Union

27,000

27,000

Federation

150,000

150,000

Poland (1920) Portugal (1919) .

Rumania (1920) .

Trade Union Congress ^onfederajao General do Trabalho Trade Union Wing of

948,000

100,000

403,138

Social - Democratic

Labour Party .

200,000

Membership of Trade Unions in Different Countries after the War.

Russia (1920)

All-Russian Congress


of Trade Unions

5,222,000


^o. of Trade

Membership

Spain (1920)

Zonfederacion General


Central Organization.

Unionists

ional Feder-

del Trabajo

800,000

240,113


Affiliated

ation July

Jnion General de Trabajadores .

300,000

Sweden (1920)

National Federation of

EUROPE:

Trade Unions .

280,987

277,242

Austria (1919)

Trade Union Commis-


Switzerland (1920)

federation of Trade


sion ....

928,146

I,OOO,OOO

Unions

225,000

223,558

Belgium (1920) .

industrial Branch of


Yugoslavia (1920)

"entraluo Radmitchko


Parti Ouvrier Beige.

670,000

718,410

Sindikalno Vetche .

250,000

25,000

Bulgaria (1920) .

General Federation of


AMERICA:


Trade Unions (Social


United States


Democratic)

28,OOO

4,000

(1920)

American Federation


Czechoslovakia


of Labor .

4,079,740

f t

(1920)

"ederation of Czecho-


Industrial Workers of


slovakia Trade Uni-


the World (1919) .

about


ons ....

352,000

740,000


70,000


federation of German


Canada (1919)

Dominion Trades and


Trade Unions .

360,000

g ,

Labour Congress

173,463

26O,OOO

Denmark (1919) .

federation of Trade


Total Trade Unionists


Unions

277,392

279-255

in Canada .

378,047

. .

Association of Free


' One Big Union "


Trade Unions (Syn-


(1920) about

40,000


dicalist)

8o,OOO

Argentina (1920) .

Federacion Obrera Re-


Esthonia (1919) .

Trade Union Congress

3O,OOO


gional Argentina

70,000

749,518

Finland (1920) .

Trade Union Federa-


Other Unions and Fed-


tion ....

55,000


erations

40,000

. .

France (1920)

Confederation Gn6-


Chile (1920) .

No Central Authority.

C.2O,OOO

1

rale du Travail .

1,500,000

1,500,000

Mexico (1921)

Regional Confederation


Germany (1919) .

Allgemeiner Deutscher

8,000,000

of Labour .

C.SOO.OOQ


Gewerkschaftsbund .

7,338,132


Syndicalist and Com-


Hirsch-Duncker Trade


munist Federation .

. .

r f

Unions . . .

102,108

Peru

Federation of Artizans


Federatipn of German


and General Federa-


Trade Associations .

1,700,000


tion of Workers

C.25,000

25,000

I ndependent Unions


ASIA:


(1918)

214,360

India

Indian Trades Union


i

Alliance of Clerical anc


Congress .

unknown

. .

Technical Employees (1018).

270,000

Japan

Japanese Federation of Trade Unions

unknown

Great Britain

\* 7 ' '


Federation of Trade


(1920)

Trade Union Congress

6,505,482

6,600,000

Unions of Western


Greece (1920)

General Confederation


Japan.

unknown

. .

of Labour .

60,000

170,000

AFRICA:


Holland (1920)

Federation of Trade


South Africa


Unions

250,000

216,581

(1920)

South African Indus-


National Labour Sec-


trial Federation

60,000

6o,OOO

retariat (Syndica-


'AUSTRALASIA-.


list) . .

50,000

Australia (1919) .

No Central Body.

627,685


Christian Trade Unior


New Zealand


Federation .

70,000

(1920) .

New Zealand Workers


Roman Catholic Trade


Union and Alliance


Union Bureau .

150,000


of Workers

82,553