World Union of Liberal Trade Union Organizations

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The World Union of Liberal Trade Union Organizations known by its French acronym UMOS-BESL (Union Mondiale des Organisations Syndicales sur le base economique et social liberal) is a trade union federation of liberally inclined unions.[1]

History[edit]

The federation was founded in Zürich in 1950.[2]

Aims[edit]

The stated aims of the group were "to improve the moral and material status of manual and intellectual workers in public and private enterprises on the basis of a free and democratic state in which the liberty and dignity of man is guaranteed, the rights of minorities recognized and all groups collaborate in a liberal economy and opposition to dictatorship and class struggle."[3]

Organization[edit]

UMOS-BESL had an annual congress which set policy and planned activities. The executive committee was made up of one delegate from each member union.[4] In 1978 the headquarters was at Bandenerstrasse 41 CH-8004, Zurich c/o Josef Weber, the current general secretary.[5]

Membership[edit]

In 1975 the union claimed half a million members. It had seven affiliate unions, all of them in Europe, though it had formally had an affiliate in Zaire[6]

The seven European members were:[7]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Coldrick, A. Percy and Jones, Philip. The international directory of the trade union movement New York : Facts on File, [1978] p.233
  2. ^ Coldrick and Jones p.233
  3. ^ Coldrick and Jones p.233
  4. ^ Coldrick and Jones p.233
  5. ^ Coldrick and Jones p.234
  6. ^ Coldrick and Jones p.233
  7. ^ Coldrick and Jones p.234
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