The Trade Union International of Workers in Commerce was a trade union international affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.
The union was formed in 1959.
In 1997 it merged with the Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers, Trade Union International of Food, Tobacco, Hotel and Allied Industries Workers, and Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur Workers Unions to form the Trade Union International of Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile & Allied Industries.
The highest organ in the union was the international conference. Then there was the administrative committee and the secretariat.
In 1978 its address was listed as Opletova 57 Prague, 1 an address it would keep until at least 1991.
When the TUI began it had 22 affiliated unions. At its 1976 conference it claimed 14,862,279 members in 50 affiliated unions in 44 countries. By the mid 1980s it had 70 members organizations in 61 countries representing 20 million members
In 1978 the following organizations were affiliated to the TUI:
Albania - Union Professionelle du Commerce d'Albania Austria - Fraktion Gewerkschaftlicher Linksblock - Privatangestellte Benin - Travailleurs du Commerce de l'Industrie et Assimiles Bulgaria - Fédération des Travailleurs du Commerce Cameroon - Union Nationale des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Commerce et Assimiles de la RF du Cameroun Chile - Confederación de Empleados Particulares de Chile China - Syndicat des Travailleurs du Commerce Colombia - Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Venta, Industia, Commercio y Cooperatives Congo - Fédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Commerce Cuba - Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Commercio Cyprus - Cyprus Commercial and Industrial Workers Union Czechoslovakia - Comite Centrale Syndicat des Travailleurs du Commerce El Salvador - Sindicato Nacional de Empleados Particulares France - Fédération des Personnel du Commerce de la Distribution et de Services, CGT France - Fédération Nationale des Syndicats des Confederes des Voyageurs, Representants, Placiers, CGT Guadeloupe - Syndicat professionnel des Employes de Commerce, CGT East Germany - Gewerkschaft Handel - Nahrung - Genuss Guyana - Guyana Public Service and General Workers Union Honduras - Sindicato de Trabajadores de Casas Commerciales y Afines Hungary - Fédération des Travailleurs des Travailleurs des Finances et de l'Industrie Hotelier India - All India Lipton Employees Union India - Bengal Motion Pictures Employees Union Iraq - General Union of Workers, General Service and Social Affairs Italy - Fédération Italienne des Travailleurs du Commerce de la Hotellerie et de Services Jordan - General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions, Commerce (in exile) North Korea - Syndicats des Travailleurs du Commerce Madagascar - Fédération des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Commerce et Professions Similares Mali - Syndicat National du Commerce, des Banques du Credits et des Assurances Mauritius - Shop and Commercial Workers Union Mongolia - Comite Central des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Transport, du Commerce et de Services Publics Nigeria - Co-operative Inspectorate Staff and Co-operative Workers Union Nigeria - UTC African Workers Union Palestine - Palestine Trade Union Federation (in exile) Panama - Union de Empleados de Comercio Panama - Sindicato de Agentes Vendedadores, Cabradores y Similares de la Republica de Panama Peru - Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Comercio de Lima, Callao y Balnearios Peru - Federacion Nacional de Trabajadores en Mercados Poland - Fédération des Travailleurs du Commerce d'Etat et des Cooperatives Romania - Union des Travailleurs du Commerce et des Cooperatives de Consomation Sierra Leone - Transport, Agriculture and General Workers' Union Somalia - Commercial and Allied Workers Union Soviet Union - Fédération des Travailleurs du Commerce d'Etat et des Cooperatives de Consomation Sri Lanka - United Tea, Rubber, Local Produce Workers' Union Sri Lanka - All Ceylon CWE Store Managers and Store Assistants Union Syria - Professional Federation of Public Service Workers Tanzania - National Union of Tanganyika Workers Uruguay - Federacion Uruguaya de Empleados de Comercio y Industrias Venezuela - Sindicatos de Trabajadores de Comercio, (CUTV) Vietnam - Syndicat National des Travailleurs du Commerce South Yemen - General Union of Banks, Trading and Insurance WorkersThe TUI published News monthly and Bulletin quarterly in English, French, Spanish, German and Russian.
