The Trade Unions International of Public and Allied Employees is a section of the World Federation of Trade Unions representing public sector workers.
The union was founded at a conference in East Berlin on October 29, 1949 as the International Union of Trade Unions of Postal, Telephone and Telegraph Workers. The name was changed in 1955 during a conference in Vienna, when it broadened its scope to include workers in the health, finance and public administration areas.
The TUI-PAE had a three level structure with the Congress being the highest organ, a directive committee meeting between congress and day-to-day activities led by the executive bureau and secretariat based in East Berlin. There were five branch commission for the different sectors of the labor movement the union represented: posts and telecommunications, bank employees, local public servants and public administration.
In 1957 the headquarters for the organization were reported to be at 0.17 Fritz-Heckertstasse 70, East Berlin. In 1978 its address was reported as 47 Französisch Strasse, Postfach 1322 DDR 108, East Berlin. It was reported at the same address in 1985. Its current address is at SRTVS – Quadra 701 – Bloco O – Sala 1512 – Ed. Multiempresarial, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.
1st Oct. 1949, East Berlin
2nd 1955, Vienna
7th Oct. 11-15 1982, Prague
In 1955 TUI-PAE claimed 6.8 million members were represented at its Vienna congress. In 1977 it claimed 24.1 million members in 104 member organizations. In 1985 this had grown to 29 million in 104 affiliates in 44 countries.
In 1978 the following groups were known to be affiliated with the Trade Unions International of Public and Allied Employees:
Angola - National Union of Employee of Angola
Bangladesh - Bangladesh Electricity Workers Federation
Bangladesh - Bangladesh Water Development Workers Federation
Benin - National Union of Finance Employees of Dahomey
Benin - National Union of Health Service Workers
Benin - National Federation of Civil Servants
Benin - National Union of Employees of Products Conditioning
Benin - Custom Employees Union of Dahomey
Benin - National Union of Municipal Workers
Chile - National Association of Municipal Employees
Chile - National Association of Civil Servants
Congo - Federation Syndicale des Travailleurs de l'Administration Generale et des Municipalites
Cyprus - Pancyprian Government and Military Workers Union
Czechoslovakia - State Administration, Finance, and Foreign Trade Employees Union
Ecuador - National Federation of Municipal Employees of Ecuador
France - National Federation of Employees of Commerce, Credit Institutions, Insurance Establishments, Social Insurance and Allied Branches
France - Union of Public and Health Service Workers
France - General Federation of Civil Servants
East Germany - Union of State Authorities and Local Economy Workers
Ghana - Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union of Trade Union Congress of Ghana
Hungary - Public Employees Union
India - All India P&T Casual Workers Union
India - All India Bank Employees Association
India - Calcutta Corporation Mazdoor Union
Iraq - General Union of Public and Social Service Workers
Italy - Italian Federation of Postal and Telecommunications Workers
Italy - Federation of Local Government and Hospital Workers
Jordan - General Syndicate of the Public and Allied Employees of Jordan
Madagascar - Syndicat des Medecins Diplome de l'Ecole des Medecins de Tananarive
Nigeria - Internal Revenue Staff Association
Peru - Bank Employees Federation of Peru
Poland - Union of Local Economy Workers
Romania - Union of State Administration and Peoples' Council Employees
Soviet Union - States Institutions Workers Union
Soviet Union - Medical Workers Union
Sri Lanka - All Ceylon Government Clerks Union
Sri Lanka - Public Service Workers Trade Union Federation
Sri Lanka - Local Government and Municipal Employees' Union
Syria - Professional Federation of Health Service Workers Union
Syria - Professional Federation of Public Sector Unions
Uruguay - Federation of Health Service Employees
Uruguay - Confederation of Civil Servants
Uruguay - Federation of Sewerage and Water Supply Workers
Uruguay - Association of Municipal Employees and Workers
South Yemen - Public Employees Union
The TUI-PAE published a quarterly Public Services in English, French, Spanish and German. It also published Information Bulletin in English, French, Spanish, Russian and German.
